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Download full textFreedman, Marcia; Dutka, Anna – 1980
Designed to help occupational analysts, employment and training operators, guidance counselors, and vocational educators to better assess the source, content, and level of training necessary to achieve the desired skill requirements for most occupations, this report contains an analysis of training patters for clusters of occupations, a case…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Employment Qualifications, Industrial Training, Job Skills
STOKES, PAUL M. – 1966
DESIGNED TO AID FOREMEN AND OTHER SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL IN THE TASK OF EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND RETRAINING, THIS MANUAL DISCUSSES SUCH ASPECTS AS THE NATURE OF SKILL TRAINING, THE ROLE OF THE INSTRUCTOR, STAGES IN CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM PLANNING, TRAINEE SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT, ON THE JOB AND OFF THE JOB TRAINING, PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Development, Discipline Policy, Evaluation Methods
Cernota, Henry R. – 1975
A study was conducted to identify the current needs of truck mechanic apprenticeship training programs, the problems experienced in these programs, and possible solutions to these problems. Research data was collected by the following methods: A questionnaire was completed by operating and maintenance people in the trucking industry in the Chicago…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Auto Mechanics, Educational Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1977
Oral and written statements presented to the Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities regarding the Youth Employment and Training Act of 1977 and related legislation are presented in this hearings record. Texts of the remarks are printed in chronological order, while the names of the presenters are listed alphabetically in the contents. Oral…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Community Programs, Conservation (Environment), Federal Aid
McCaulley, Mary H. – 1969
The training program described in this final report is one of a number of attempts to solve the manpower shortage in psychology. The task proposes to demonstrate that the presence of psychological assistants, in this case seven female college graduates, increases the effectiveness and productivity of the clinical psychologists to whom they are…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Clinical Experience, Clinical Psychology, College Graduates
Gordon, Edward E. – 2000
This book outlines why the skills of the U.S. workforce have become the single most important factor in the competitiveness, not only of individual companies, but of national economies. It documents the widening gap between the need for highly skilled workers and their availability, and it points out the chilling consequences that may occur if the…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Economic Development, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
Peer reviewedOwen, James H. – Community Services Catalyst, 1981
Reviews the North Carolina community college system's role in the state's economic development. Outlines a five-step process providing customized training program for new and expanding industries. Describes State Board regulations supporting preemployment and inservice training, Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Manpower Resource Development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Schools, Industrial Training, Job Training
Smith, Thomas J. – 1993
For 30 years, the following programming strategies have become the backbone of public policy regarding youth employment: work experience, labor market preparation, job placement, on-the-job training, and occupational training. Three sources were used to analyze the effects of these core employment strategies on youth: a 1985 comprehensive study of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Research
Geroy, Gary D. – 1986
The study described in this document was conducted to identify the development and implementation issues surrounding the concept of integrating employer-specific education-for-work capabilities into Minnesota vocational education. The methodology of the study was as follows: (1) establish a small stakeholder group that represents constituencies…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Griffin, Daniel J. – 1984
In July 1984, Tri-Cities State Technical Institute began a comprehensive study of service and manufacturing industries within a five-county planning area. The study was conducted to obtain information regarding employment and training needs and to increase awareness and utilization of the On-the-Job Training and Targeted Job Tax Credit programs…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
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A project was designed to produce a broad description of current mining training programs and to evaluate their effectiveness with respect to reducing mine injuries. Aggregate training and injury data were used to evaluate the overall training effort at 300 mines as well as specific efforts in 12 categories of training course objectives. From such…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Accidents, Agency Role, Data Analysis
Goodgame, Doug – 1978
It is suggested that procedures for designing instructional systems which use the job inventory method to collect occupational data from incumbent workers and job supervisors can, in the data analysis phase, provide information for making decisions on cost effective scheduling of formal school training. Two situations substantiate this assertion.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Needs, Instructional Design, Job Analysis
Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Office of International Training. – 1970
The report describes the program of training for foreign students conducted by the Office of International Training of the Agency for International Development (AID). The report's first chapter describes the history, nature, and importance of participant training and diagrams the administrative structure of the program. Chapter 2 describes the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Development, Curriculum
Al-Bukhari, Najati Mohammed Amin – 1968
To investigate and analyze the role played by the industrial sections of the educational, intervening, and employment training systems in meeting manpower needs and to determine output and costs of these systems, interviews were held with employment officials, educators, and recruitment and training officers to obtain information concerning their…
Descriptors: Continuation Education, Cost Effectiveness, Dropout Programs, Educational Finance
Carey, Max; Eck, Alan – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1984
Describes results of a survey of workers concerning skills needed to obtain a job and training to improve those skills. Sources of training are explored. Occupational patterns are examined by group: executive, administrative, and managerial; professional specialty; technical; sales; clerical, household; service; farming; precision production; and…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Craft Workers, Farm Occupations, Household Workers
