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IATSE, Local 22 Training Department

, , • 11 - 50 Employees
Performing Arts

The I.A.T.S.E., Local 22 Training Department is a non-profitorganization of theater technicians dedicated to establishing more and betterstandards of workplace safety, behavior, and technical knowledge through bettertraining.We are a division of the Local dedicated to training, through whichwe hope to establish more and better standards of workplace safety, behavior, andtechnical knowledge. The department has developed over 200 hrs. (over 60 separatesubjects) of classes and has held over 1100 hrs. of classes, with more than 3000 studentsattending. After the Local funded us for the first four years, in 2001 we began operation ofthe nonprofit Local 22, I.A.T.S.E. Training Fund, a 501(c)(3) corporation set up to continueour efforts. We receive annual contributions from the Kennedy Center, the WolftrapFoundation for the Performing Arts, Fords Theatre, the National Theatre Corporation, andthe Grateful Dead organization. We also receive contributions on a percentage basis fromGLP, the Warner Theater, Strathmore Hall Foundation, and other contracts, as well as thecontinuing contribution of the Local. In 2002, we began a partnership with Prince George'sCommunity College offering the Theatre & Entertainment Technology Certificate Program,jointly funded and taught by our two organizations. We are members of PLASA, USITT,InfoComm, NSC, and ASSE.