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Hong, Jung Eun – Journal of Geography, 2016
This study identifies the skill requirements for geographic information system (GIS) positions, including GIS analysts, programmers/developers/engineers, specialists, and technicians, through a content analysis of 946 GIS job advertisements from 2007-2014. The results indicated that GIS job applicants need to possess high levels of GIS analysis…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Skill Analysis, Skill Development
Siekmann, Gitta – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 35 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. The Organisation for works with countries to develop skills strategies tailored to specific needs and contexts. The Organisation prepared a global…
Descriptors: International Studies, Position Papers, Case Studies, Job Skills
Wakimoto, Diana K. – Public Services Quarterly, 2015
Librarians often become de facto graphic designers for their libraries, taking responsibility for designing signage, handouts, brochures, web pages, and many other promotional, instructional, and wayfinding documents. However, the majority of librarians with graphic design responsibilities are not trained as graphic designers. This exploratory…
Descriptors: Graphic Arts, Design Crafts, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes
Siekmann, Gitta; Fowler, Craig – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
The digital revolution and automation are accelerating changes in the labour market and in workplace skills, changes that are further affected by fluctuations in international and regional economic cycles and employment opportunity. These factors pose a universal policy challenge for all advanced economies and governments. In the workplace, people…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Skill Development, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Barros-Bailey, Mary; Benshoff, John J.; Fischer, Jerome – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2009
In the 2006 Job Analysis of Certified Rehabilitation Counselors, the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification asked counselors where they thought the profession would be in 5 years. A total of 529 counselors gave their opinions about the future of rehabilitation counseling within the context of the sociopolitical environment in which…
Descriptors: Job Analysis, Rehabilitation Counseling, Counselor Certification, Assistive Technology
Stroud, Dean; Fairbrother, Peter – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to open up discussion about the relationship between trade unions and workplace learning. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on an analysis of a series of case-studies of restructuring in the European steel industry, incorporating interviews, observation and documentary analysis. Findings: The…
Descriptors: Industry, Unions, Metallurgy, Collective Bargaining
Varney, Glenn H. – Training and Development Journal, 1980
Decrying the lack of professional standards, the author attempts to define an organizational development professional in terms of the personal traits, skills, and competencies needed. He outlines a learning sequence for skills development and presents a skills assessment scale for self-evaluation. (SK)
Descriptors: Competence, Job Analysis, Organizational Development, Professional Development
Zuga, Karen F.; Lindstrom, Michael R. – 1989
A study was conducted in Minnesota to identify generic knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) that are germane to all of the fields of vocational education--that all students will need for future roles in the family and work force. The research consisted of a review of the literature pertaining to generic skills needed for work and a validation…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, Job Analysis, Job Skills

Dungy, Claibourne I.; Mullins, Ruth G. – Journal of School Health, 1981
A study was done to determine how school nurse practitioners apply skills learned in training programs to their daily activities and to provide a greater understanding of their relationship to consulting physicians. Results indicate that the nurses' perceptions provide useful data on time allocation but do not give a good estimate of patient care…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Job Analysis, Medical Care Evaluation, Nursing Education
English, Gary; Bonaguro, John; Madison, Stephanie – American Journal of Health Education, 2005
This study identifies the gaps between the skills needed for successful coordinated school health and the coordinators' ability to perform those skills. District health coordinators acknowledged that certain skills are important in developing coordinated school health programs, yet the extent to which they were able to perform these skills is…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Skill Development, School Health Services, Job Skills

Bennell, Paul – Comparative Education Review, 1984
Considers evolution of craft-training policies and practices in Kenya since 1945, with particular reference to engineering trades. Provides a case study of the process of occupational and training transfer from the metropolitan countries (Britain) to those in the periphery. Explores relationships between education/training and the labor market.…
Descriptors: African History, Apprenticeships, Colonialism, Craft Workers
Engel, Leonard, Jr. – 1989
Radiation workers, by law, have the responsibility to maintain their exposure to radiation levels as low as possible. This responsibility has not been accepted. Instead, they have relied solely on the policing action of health physics (HP) technicians, thereby delegating their lawful responsibility. Continued overexposure in the U.S. nuclear power…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Formative Evaluation, Hazardous Materials, Instructional Development
Miller, Debra G.; Smith, Denise M. – 2002
This paper discusses a study that investigated whether competencies identified by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) could be used to document job skills of students with mild disabilities. Participants in the study were 17 teachers, job coaches, and parents associated with a high school special education department…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Qualifications
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to identify the reading-related teaching competencies that will be of potential use to vocational teachers if they are to develop the reading skills necessary for classroom instruction and job success. Questionnaires were sent to 591 teachers in all areas of vocational education. Questionnaire items were rated…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education, Comprehension, Educational Diagnosis
Vaughan, Eva D.; And Others – 1984
This paper describes research concerning the nature of basic skills prerequisite to the learning and performance of a single, technical job (31M10, Multichannel Communications Equipment Operator) in the Army, and development of an instructional program to teach the skills. The work involved six phases carried out over a 2-year period: (1) analysis…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Course Content, Course Evaluation