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Workforce Training. Supply, Demand, and Gaps.
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Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1998
A study identified the gaps between supply and demand for training in Washington State and recommended strategies for reducing them. The study considered the perspectives of both employers and workers and separately analyzed the needs of three groups: youth, adults, and adults with barriers to employment. The study found the following: (1) there…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns
Progress of Operating Agencies in Implementing "High Skills, High Wages," Washington's Comprehensive Plan for Workforce Training and Education. A Report to the Legislature. July 1996-June 1997.
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Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1997
During 1996-97, state agencies in Washington worked to implement the state's High Skills, High Wages Plan for Workforce Training and Education, focusing on seven most urgently needed actions to ensure that the people of the state succeed in an economy that requires ever higher levels of skill and knowledge. The seven actions are the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Progress of Operating Agencies in Implementing "High Skills, High Wages," Washington's Comprehensive Plan for Workforce Training and Education. A Report to the Legislature. July 1997-June 1998.
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Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1998
During 1997-98, state agencies in Washington worked to implement the state's High Skills, High Wages Plan for Workforce Training and Education, focusing on seven most urgently needed actions to ensure that the people of the state succeed in an economy that requires ever higher levels of skill and knowledge. Progress made on seven actions included…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Development of a Solar Related Vocational Training Curriculum. Final Report.
Charles, John F. – 1978
A project developed a solar-related vocational training curriculum for use in the general technical trades training curriculum. Forty-seven firms comprising Washington State's "solar industry" were surveyed to identify existing and emerging solar-related occupations and prerequisites for entry. Results indicated that solar technologies…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Carpentry, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
Workforce: Washington
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2006
In Washington, the demand for well-educated employees will only increase over the next several years. In the decade leading up to 2012, healthcare occupations will see growth of 20 percent. Teachers will be in demand: nearly 9,000 new elementary and middle-school educators will need to be hired. Computer fields will undergo growth of 24 percent,…
Descriptors: Student Exchange Programs, Employment Projections, Higher Education, Veterinary Medicine
State and Regional Needs Assessment Report (Revised)
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Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2006
This report includes analysis of student enrollment behavior, employment outlook and training needs, and community needs to understand the supply and demand for postsecondary education in Washington State. The assessment will specifically respond to criteria laid out in state legislation: (1) Projections of student, employer, and community demand…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Higher Education, Supply and Demand, State Legislation