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Barrett, Debra K. – Journal of Extension, 2013
For Michigan State University Extension, the Berrien County 4-H Tractor Operator Program has provided tractor safety education to teens for over 30 years. The certification training satisfies current requirements for operation of a 20 PTO HP or greater agricultural tractor by 14- and 15-year-old youth employed on property "not" owned,…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Youth Opportunities, Employment Potential, Job Skills
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Shiller, Z. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2013
This paper describes a multidisciplinary teaching program, designed to provide students with the broad knowledge and skills required to practice product development in robotics and mechatronics. The curriculum was designed to prepare students for the senior capstone design project, in which they design and build a working mechatronic/robotic…
Descriptors: Mechanical Skills, Robotics, Engineering Education, Instructional Innovation
Thomas, Ingrid – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
Drag racing is just one of the exciting sporting activities that students enrolled in the Parkland College's Engineering Science and Technologies program get an opportunity in which to participate. The college, located in Champaign, Illinois, has provided affordable career-tech and academic education to area residents since 1966. This article…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Auto Mechanics, Technology Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique)
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN. Manpower Development Div. – 1975
The Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) of Tennessee and the Nuclear Division of the Union Carbide Corporation established an industrial training program called Training and Technology (TAT) which was conducted at the Oak Ridge Y-12 plant. TAT instructors were provided by the regular work force of Union Carbide while ORAU provided the…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Electrical Occupations, Industrial Education, Industrial Training