--- title: UA’s JATCs embrace virtual technology as a valuable training tool description: The AWF Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Ray Boyd of the UA International Training Fund joined us on today’s show. image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/UA%20Mic%20image%20red.jpg --- 1 min read Season 3, Episode 223 # UA’s JATCs embrace virtual technology as a valuable training tool [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) November 14, 2022 [United Association International Training Fund](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/united-association-international-training-fund) [America's Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/americas-work-force-union-podcast) [Union Responsibilities](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/union-responsibilities) ![UA](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/UA.jpg?width=407&height=407&name=UA.jpg)   Guest Name: --- Ray Boyd Guest Website: --- [ua.org/education-and-training](https://ua.org/education-and-training/) Guest Social Media: --- [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/UnitedAssociation/) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/UAPipeTrades) [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsNn8dLWiukW8YHw3mK60oA) [ LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/united-association/) Supportive Documents: --- Raymond Boyd, [United Association (UA)](https://ua.org/) International Training Fund Assistant Director of Education and Training, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and explained how the UA’s apprenticeship programs are using more virtual technology. Boyd appeared as part of National Apprenticeship Week, held Nov. 14 to 20.  UA JATCs regularly use digital simulated welding experiences to teach the trade through hands-on instruction, Boyd said. Students do not need to be in an actual welding booth wearing personal protective equipment, but can still experience a realistic demonstration. The younger generation is especially attracted to the virtual training technology and tends to excel at it, he added. Boyd also talked about the UA’s Train the Trainer program and recruitment strategies, including the use of apprentices as ambassadors to visit high schools and middle schools in order to teach students about the UA’s apprenticeship program. Listen to the entire episode to learn more about these topics. --- America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. America’s Work Force is committed to providing an accessible venue in which America's workers and their families can hear discussion on important, relevant topics such as employment, healthcare, legislative action, labor-management relations, corporate practices, finances, local and national politics, consumer reports and labor issues. 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