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Roskvas, Ihor – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2017
The article deals with the issues of modern approaches to training competitive locksmiths-electricians and the influence of effective management on the process of vocational training. The modern labour market needs concerning vocational training of highly qualified workers have been analyzed. The concept of a competitive worker has been revealed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Building Trades, Electrical Occupations
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Fjellström, Magnus; Kristmansson, Per – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare, and identify both similarities and differences in, affordances for vocational learning in two contrasting education systems, for construction worker and shop salesperson apprentices, in Swedish contexts. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected through interviews and observations in two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Affordances
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Beach, Dennis; Carlen, Margata – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2009
The head gangman in the Swedish building trade is a worker elected organiser in a gang comprising between about 4 and 16 workers and an "on-site" and trained representative of the trades union. In 2002 the employer association for the building industry in Sweden (BI) and the Swedish Building and Allied Trades Union (SBATU) signed a joint…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Building Trades, Unions, Administrators