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Bauske, Ellen M.; Fuhrman, Nicholas E.; Martinez-Espinoza, Alfredo D.; Orellana, Rolando – Journal of Extension, 2013
Landscape work is dangerous. In the Southeast, Hispanic workers predominate in landscape industries. The incidence of functional illiteracy in this group of workers is high. A pictorial knowledge-based evaluation instrument was developed to measure the effectiveness of the trainings. No reading skills were required to take the evaluation. The…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Horticulture, Safety Education, Pictorial Stimuli
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Div. of Adult and Occupational Education. – 1990
The Working Smart workplace literacy project was sponsored by a public school district and several profit and nonprofit companies and conducted for the hotel and food industry in the Los Angeles area. Literacy instruction was merged with job requirements of the customer service job classifications. Videodisc courseware was developed, as were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills