Education
AYSKAD Initiates Visual and Hands-On Training Program in Aydın
The Lift and Escalator Industry Business Women Association (AYSKAD) has set up a gearless elevator system with two stops on the façade of the Aydın Mimar Sinan Technical and Industrial...
Village Institutes
In the early part of the 20th century, the literacy rate was very low In Anotolia. 90% of the people were not literate, and there were scarcely any literate women....
First Class
D&D’s Elevator Learning Center, like Yonkers itself, is one of a kind. Expect the unexpected from Yonkers. New York’s fourth-largest city with a history dating to the 1600s, Yonkers enjoyed...
The Sky’s the Limit
The 2007 recession changed retirement plans for many International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) members, forcing them to work past the IUEC’s typical retirement age of 58. During that time,...
ASME Foundation Kicks Off Pooled Student Scholarship Fund
Funding drive established to set up engineering grants. In recent years, many in the engineering community have expressed interest in establishing scholarships at the ASME Foundation. However, the resources required...
Elevator Education at Dillard’s
CET program earns praise from those on the front lines maintaining U.S. department store’s VT equipment. In 2001, The National Association of Elevator Contractors’ (NAEC) Education Committee began developing an...
Opening Doors
Women elevator mechanics are being trained at a forward-thinking college campus in Canada. After high school, Samantha Pauze narrowed her career focus to mechanical or electrical engineering after excelling in...
Going the “Distance”
Evolution of the Lift Engineering program at UoN Following the introduction of the first edition of the European standard EN 81-1:1977 in 1977 (introduced in the U.K. as BS 5655-1:1979),...
Updates from Europe: Digesting the Latest ECJ Working Time Ruling
What the European Working Time Directive really means for both employers and employees The European Working Time Directive (WTD) was recently questioned in a case between reputable security business Tyco...
Education in the Worldwide Elevator Industry
An overview of existing education and a summary of the needs for educating personnel The advent of safe elevators has been a vital enabling factor in the development of cities...
