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European Training Foundation, 2024
Since 2020, the ETF has conducted multiple studies ('Future of Skills' studies) to examine how various drivers of change -- both technological and non-technological -- are affecting occupations and related skill needs in selected sectors and countries, and how education and training systems are adapting to these evolving needs. This has led to…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Job Training, Foreign Countries, Occupations
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Selwitz, Jason L.; Ahring, Birgitte; Garcia-Perez, Manuel; Morrison, Judith – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2018
Community and technical colleges serve a vital function in STEM education by training workers for medium- and high-skilled technical careers and providing employers the labor necessary to operate and maintain thriving business ventures. A curriculum developed with the elements of a systems-based approach results in a program more relevant to the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year Colleges, STEM Education, Job Training
Gruidl, John; Markov, Ilya – Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 2010
The prospect of clean, well-paying jobs spurred by green development is attractive to many small Illinois towns. It is important for local leaders to understand this emerging sector of economic opportunity and implement policies that promote green jobs. Unfortunately, since the green movement is a new approach, there is a lot of misunderstanding…
Descriptors: Industry, Economic Opportunities, Energy Conservation, Rural Areas
Misko, Josie – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
This document was produced by the author based on her research for the report "Responding to Changing Skill Demands: Training Packages and Accredited Courses", and is an added resource for further information. "Responding to Changing Skill Demands: Training Packages and Accredited Courses" looks at whether vocational education…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Change, Accreditation (Institutions), Courses
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2013
The California Community Colleges Workforce and Economic Development program (WED program) helps students, incumbent workers, business partners and industries develop skilled competencies in critical industry sectors. As a source for developing and implementing training and curriculum, the WED program is instrumental in helping the community…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Economic Development, Community Colleges, State Legislation
Campbell, Robert, Comp. – 1992
This Idaho secondary education curriculum guide provides lists of tasks, performance objectives, and enabling objectives for instruction intended to impart entry-level employment skills in industrial technology. The first list is a general job competencies task profile, followed by a sheet on which teachers can evaluate students' general job…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Electricity, Employment Potential, Energy
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on occupations in energy-producing industries, this document is one in a series of forty-one reprints from the Occupational Outlook Handbook providing current information and employment projections for individual occupations and industries through 1985. The specific occupations covered in this document include coal mining, occupations in…
Descriptors: Electricity, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections