; (II) developing national systems of qualification and apprenticeship for transit maintenance and operations occupations; (III) building local, regional, and statewide transit training partnerships to identify and address workforce skill gaps and develop skills needed for delivering quality transit service and supporting employee career advancement; (IV) developing programs for training of transit frontline workers, instructors, mentors, and labor-management partnership representatives, in the form of classroom, hands-on, on-the-job, and web-based training, delivered at a national center, regionally, or at individual transit agencies; (V) developing training programs for skills related to existing and emerging transit technologies, including zero emission buses; (VI) developing improved capacity for safety, security, and emergency preparedness in local transit systems and in the industry as a whole through— (aa) developing the role of the transit frontline workforce in building and sustaining safety culture and safety systems in the industry and in individual public transportation systems; and (bb) training to address transit frontline worker roles in promoting health and safety for transit workers and the riding public; (VII) developing local transit capacity for career pathways partnerships with schools and other community organizations for recruiting and training under-represented populations as successful transit employees who can develop careers in the transit industry; and (VIII) in collaboration with the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration and organizations representing public transit agencies, conducting and disseminating research to— (aa) provide transit workforce job projections and identify training needs and gaps; (bb) determine the most cost-effective methods for transit workforce training and development, including return on investment analysis; (cc) identify the most effective methods for implementing successful safety systems and a positive safety culture