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Phillipson, Todd – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
At Jefferson County Vocational School (JCVS) in Bloomingdale, Ohio, students get a lesson on building green with the construction of a home in the school's subdivision. The home is being built using Energy Star guidelines so that it may be identified as an Energy Star home. The goal for the Jefferson County Vocational Schools Board of Education…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, Energy Conservation, Decision Making, Conservation (Environment)
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Benini, Jim – Tech Directions, 2010
This article describes an activity for the author's Principles of Technology class in which students bring together the concepts of force, work, and rate, and show how they apply to mechanical, fluid, electrical, and thermal systems by building and flying a hovercraft. Building, testing, flying, and racing hovercrafts isn't something very many…
Descriptors: Motor Vehicles, Scientific Concepts, Construction (Process), Technology
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1991
This comprehensive and verified employer competency list was developed from a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives from Ohio. This competency list contains 14 units (with or without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that identify the occupational,…
Descriptors: Carpentry, Competence, Competency Based Education, Construction (Process)
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1992
Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for masonry occupations. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that…
Descriptors: Bricklaying, Competence, Competency Based Education, Construction (Process)
Miller, Lavonna; Bowermeister, Bob – 2002
This document, which lists construction technologies competencies as identified by representatives from government agencies and labor organizations as well as secondary and postsecondary educators throughout Ohio, is intended to assist individuals and organizations in developing both college tech prep programs and apprenticeship training/education…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Associate Degrees, Building Trades, Competency Based Education
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1992
Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for turf and landscape occupations. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and competency…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Building Trades, Business Administration, Competence
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education. – 2002
This document presents an overview of the 2-year competency-based building and property maintenance programs offered in Ohio schools at the secondary and/or adult levels. The overview covers the attributes and qualifications required to be a successful worker in the industry and the typical tasks performed by building and property maintenance…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Air Conditioning, Air Conditioning Equipment, Blueprints
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education. – 2001
This resource is designed to provide Ohio labor market information for use with advisory committees to stimulate and inform dialogue about the current evaluation and future planning of programs. It provides reports for 23 career fields in 6 career clusters. Each report highlights careers and occupations in the field and answers these questions:…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1999
Designed for Ohio educators responsible for planning programs to prepare high school students for careers in construction, this document presents an overview of Ohio's Integrated Technical and Academic Competencies (ITAC) system of career-focused education and specific information about the construction subcluster of the industrial and engineering…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Building Trades, Career Development