Streamlining the vocational qualification development process in Australia is a current priority of the skills ministers of both the Australian Government and state and territory governments. This research summary explores the development processes associated with vocational qualifications in selected countries and compares them with the current…

This project is focused on the second element noted by the Australian Industry Skills Committee (AISC) to streamline the national vocational education and training (VET) system so that it can better respond to the needs of industry -- faster development of qualifications. It looks at the vocational qualification development processes in different…

The world of work is being impacted by a fourth industrial revolution, transformed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. With forecasts suggesting large shares of workers, displaced by automation, in need of upskilling/reskilling, the design of active skills policies is necessary. Conventional methods used to anticipate…

This 3-phase study was conducted to: (1) ascertain the essential education, training, and classification characteristics of marine technicians and technologists, (2) suggest their implications to educators, oceanographers, and labor administrators, and (3) develop a taxonomical schema for classifying these personnel. The methodology included…

Summarizes the results of a community survey and discusses the contributions such surveys can make to education. (JS)

Forecasts for manpower requirements by NUSC for fiscal years 1973 and 1974 were made using a linear regression model of the goal programming variety. An application of one of the Charnes, Cooper, Niehaus career management models for manpower planning was then made to evaluate the consequences of the policy reducing average GS grade to 9.35 while…

A commercial art program at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) was authorized to begin August 1975. In order to obtain information concerning needed skills and training, and future manpower needs for commercial artists, a questionnaire was designed and mailed to 936 possible employers of commercial artists in the Kansas City area. Although…

Based on data collected from agriculture teachers, business firms, and employees throughout the state of California, this study sought to: (1) determine the current status of education in agriculture, (2) identify the current need for employees in agriculture, (3) develop estimates of future needs for employees in agriculture, (4) identify…

This report presents a plan indicating how State and local governments might hire the unemployed and the underemployed for government jobs under the provisions of laws such as the Emergency Employment Act. Two major jurisdictions were selected for the field study, the city of Chicago and the State of Connecticut, to represent a broad spectrum of…

The primary purposes of this study were to determine occupational opportunities for ornamental horticulture technicians in Ohio and to propose curriculums for training them. In the first phase, data were collected by questionnaire from 64.8 percent of 962 potential Ohio employers which was a 50 percent random sample of 1900 employers. In the…

This curriculum resource guide, one of seven developed by the State of Illinois to present information on new and emerging curricula existing in the nation, can be used as a basis for local educators to determine the resources needed to offer solar technology curricula and to initiate curriculum development at the local level. Chapters 1 and 2…

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…

This essay deals with a series of methodological issues involved in assessing training priorities in developing countries. It is argued that the present methods of arriving at these priorities leave much to be desired, and a number of suggestions are made that might lead to more informed policy decisions on education and training. (CT)

This curriculum resource guide, one of seven developed by the State of Illinois to present information on new and emerging curricula existing in the nation, can be used as a basis for local educators to determine the resources needed to offer therapeutic recreation technician curriucla and to initiate curriculum development at the local level.…

This curriculum resource guide, one of seven developed by the State of Illinois to present information on new and emerging curricula existing in the nation, can be used as a basis for local educators to determine the resources needed to offer podiatric assistant curricula and to initiate curriculum development at the local level. Chapters 1 and 2…