The increase in apprenticeships and on-the-job experiences at schools and vocational institutions has increased school administrators' and employers' legal responsibilities. One major legal concern is responsibility for student injury at the training site. While all states have workers' compensation laws, states have varying laws concerning…

This booklet describes how an apprenticeship program can be established in any industry and for any occupation requiring skills that take one or more years to learn. Topics covered briefly in the booklet include the following: how an apprenticeship program is started, recommended minimum standards, basic provisions, on-the-job instruction, and…

Judges were surveyed for their views on their law clerks' responsibility for confidentiality. Background is outlined, results are presented, and guidelines for law clerk conduct are suggested. The questionnaire is appended. Available from: Executive Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 3400 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104, $6.50.…

Students can make valuable contributions to college alumni publications when involved in writing apprenticeships. Making the relationship work requires advance planning, flexibility, and an understanding of student limitations and the constraints under which they must work. (MSE)

This qualitative study explored college teaching in an "apprenticeship" setting, specifically the architectural design studio. The study examined studio teachers' efforts to design effective project assignments and to help students move successfully through those assignments. Two design teachers were interviewed and observed as their students…

Businesses can utilize the concepts of multidimensionality and multipotentiality of gifted and talented young people in apprenticeship and vocational training programs. By considering dimensions of self-concept, abilities, work preferences, and personality, and by matching these with business trends and future needs, increased productivity can be…

The four books on job training essentials critiqued in this review essay belong in every academic library and should prove particularly useful to business education faculty. "Workplace Basics" (1990), by Anthony Carnevale and co-workers, is noteworthy for detailing "higher-order" capabilities, such as collaboration,…

This guide is intended to assist professionals in helping students explore apprenticeship as one alternative for entry into the work force. Additionally, it provides the processes for acquiring and registering in an apprenticeship program. The introduction focuses on the Apprenticeship-School Linkage Project; benefits for students, schools, and…

This guide defines apprenticeship as a training program in industrial and craft occupations that require a wide and diverse range of skills and knowledge. It combines supervised on-the-job training and experience with technical classroom studies in subjects related to the trade. Formal apprenticeship training programs must be approved by the U.S.…

The National Apprenticeship Program is the term used to describe the coalition of management, labor, and government that supports the apprenticeship program in the United States and the aggregate nationwide of such programs and enrolled apprentices. Apprenticeship programs are operated by employers, employer associations, or jointly by management…

This publication provides information on the National Apprenticeship Program, the coalition of management, labor, and government that supports the apprenticeship program in the United States. The program and apprenticeship are described, and the importance of apprenticeship is touched upon. The goals of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training…

This booklet provides an overview of the youth apprenticeship program in Florida. The 12 sections cover the following topics: (1) "why" youth apprenticeship; (2) goals and objectives of youth apprenticeship in Florida; (3) characteristics of youth apprenticeship; (4) how youth apprenticeship differs from other work-based learning…

This program development guide outlines the procedures for replicating the B-WEST (Building Workers Entering Skilled Trades) program, a two-term professional certificate program designed to prepare women for skilled jobs in the traditionally male-dominated electrical, mechanical, and construction trades. The components and major activities of the…

This project was conducted to develop an apprentice-related training curriculum for cabinetmakers and millmen in Oregon. During the project, a task inventory for the occupation of cabinetmaker/millman was produced, the components of a complete four-year related training program were identified, a nationwide search for existing instructional…

Intended for state prison administrators and their vocational and educational staff, community-based organizations, and women's employment project seeking better programming for female offenders, this publication covers three aspects of the Women Offender Apprenticeship Program. Part 1 discusses development of this program for women in the federal…