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Orana Sandri; Jan Hayes; Sarah Holdsworth – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2024
A global transition to low-carbon, resource-efficient economies is occurring in response to risks posed by climate change and environmental degradation. Hydrogen is proposed as a zero-carbon substitute for natural gas with the potential to reduce carbon emissions in homes and businesses. Trades, including gasfitting, will be affected by the…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Energy, Efficiency, Climate
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Lensjø, Marit – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2020
Context: Through a dual model, based on 2 years of education in upper secondary school followed by two and a half year of apprenticeship training, Norwegian plumbing education has become an integrated part of the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Competence and skills are described in national plumbing curriculum. However, there…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Plumbing, Building Trades, Skilled Workers
Marshall, Ray; And Others – 1973
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of apprenticeship on the employment and earnings of selected construction craftsmen and secondarily to learn how informally trained journeymen learned their trades. Information was sought from fringe benefit records and from interviews with over 1,700 journeymen, union officials,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Bricklaying, Building Trades, Carpentry
Franklin, William S. – 1975
The report describes a study of industry-sponsored upgrading programs for journeymen in construction unions. Interviews with union and training officials, as well as 405 journeymen and 99 contractors, revealed that upgrading activities were concentrated in electrical work, carpentry, and the pipe trades, and that both the number of programs and…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Carpentry, Construction Industry, Electricians
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Baker, William E.; And Others – 1972
The document is one of five summary reports, all part of a Pre-Technical Curriculum Planning Project for secondary students who aspire to technical employment or post secondary technical education. This report represents the results of an assessment of the northeast Florida area's technical occupations in engineering and industrial fields. A…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Electrical Occupations, Electromechanical Technology, Employment Opportunities
Paulet, J. L. – 1993
This report summarizes in tabular form the results of national studies that were conducted in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom to identify the job skills and knowledge required of persons employed in the fields of rehabilitation and conservation of historic buildings. Presented in chapter 1 is a comparative analysis of the…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Carpentry, Comparative Analysis, Construction (Process)