Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the use of "competence" as a concept and through the use of occupational competence standards in six European countries. Design/methodology/approach: Partners in an Erasmus+ project in each of the six countries prepared a review of the use of "competence" in their countries using…

In an effort to provide additional insight on providing a secure teaching and learning environment within schools, this study sought to: (1) explore the safety and health practices within Career and Technical Education (CTE); and (2) identify the perceived obstacles which appear to hinder implementation of health and safety programs. While it…

Developing countries such as Malaysia and Oman have recently established occupational standards based on core work processes (functional clusters of work objects, activities and performance requirements), to which competencies (performance determinants) can be linked. While the development of work-process-based occupational standards is supposed…

The repair of approximately 100 hurricane-damaged homes had several benefits: homes of hardship'' cases were repaired for the cost of materials; students from area vocational-technical schools received on-the-job training, apprentice training credit, and experience in a work group; and labor saw the value of vocational programs. (AG)

This paper describes guidelines issued by the U.S. departments of Education and Labor to ensure that community-based vocational education programs operate in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. Federal guidelines are clarified in terms of student eligibility (especially as it relates to disabilities), documentation requirements, program…

Intended for use by cooperative education program coordinators, this module deals with fair labor standards as they are specified in the amended version of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The module, which is designed to be a self-paced instructional package, includes a pre-test, answer key, scoring instructions, a reinforcement…

The revised national standards for carpentry apprenticeship encompass standards for carpentry, millwright, and mill-cabinet apprenticeships. The standards were developed to provide guidelines for establishing local systems of apprenticeship as well as for advancing and improving existing systems. The term for carpentry, millwright, and…

Revised national standards for sign, pictorial display, electric sign, and process apprenticeships were developed to provide guidelines to local employers and labor groups to be used in setting up and operating uniform and effective apprenticeship programs. The apprenticeship term is 10,000 hours or 5 years of on-the-job training subdivided into…

Describes the development of occupational standards for technicians in education and highlights the main aspects of the work. Explains the importance of learning as much as possible about technicians' work so that emerging occupational standards are both accurate and enabling. (DDR)

Developed for personnel who have responsibility in the issuance of employment and age certificates, this document contains sections on: (1) The Young Worker, His Job, and the Law, (2) Good Practices, (3) The Larger View, and (4) Certificates and Federal Law. Guidelines are provided for a coordinator or principal, the director of attendance, the…

A study evaluated the feasibility of introducing unheated outside air into the airstream of a cross-flow welding exhaust system to reduce heating energy costs of a school welding laboratory. The physical facility used was the agricultural mechanics laboratory at the University of Arizona, which is similar to facilities in which instruction in…

The carpentry work standards contained in the guide cover basic requirements for effective apprenticeship and are offered to assist local organizations of contractors and journeymen in establishing local systems of apprenticeship and improving existing systems. Twenty-five items to be considered when adapting national standards to local use are…

Despite unprecedented political and financial difficulties, the International Labour Organization's Director-General reported significant progress in all fields at the Fifty-seventh Session of the International Labour Conference, convened in Switzerland in 1972. An action research program in world employment problems is in progress, with a mission…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of an Australian Tripartite Mission appointed by the Minister of State for Labor and National Service to examine the methods of training skilled workers in a number of European nations from which Australia is obtaining migrant labor. The Mission summarized its findings of…

This manual, intended as a training module for professionals involved in providing community-based vocational education, provides a thorough review of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as it applies to vocational education, training, and employment of students. Individual sections address the following topics: (1) relationship of the FLSA to…