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Vocational and Social Learning of People with Severe Disabilities in Sheltered Employment.

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Brackhane, Rainer – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1990

This paper discusses a German program that provides a network of sheltered workshops for those unable to work under competitive conditions. Specifically described is the program at Detmold, Westphalia, which uses job analysis and detailed appraisal of workers' social and psychological characteristics in its training program. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individualized Programs, Interpersonal Competence, Job Analysis

Merging Quality Processes & Tools with DACUM.

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McLennan, Krystyna S. – 1994

This paper explains how merging DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) analysis with quality initiatives can reduce waste, increase job efficiency, assist in development of standard operating procedures, and involve employees in positive job improvement methods. In the first half of the paper, the following principles of total quality management (TQM)…

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Principles, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries

Determining Workplace Basic Skills. Part I. A Literacy Task Analysis (LTA) of the Carpenter and the Carpenter Foremen (3 Levels). Part II. A Literacy Task Analysis of the Carpenter Apprentice, the Carpenter, Carpenter Foreman, and the Superintendent.

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British Columbia Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council, New Westminster. – 1992

This document reports two literacy task analyses conducted in Burnaby, British Columbia, on a job site designated "large" and another considered "small." The report of the analysis of the "large" job site: (1) describes the goals of the analysis, which include identifying the basic skills required for the jobs studied…

Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Building Trades, Carpentry, Construction Industry

Working Conditions in Children's Libraries: Analysis of a Research Project.

Bruyns, R. A. C. – 1979

Questionnaires were submitted to a number of Dutch public libraries where books are loaned to children to gather data for an investigation of the nature and scope of tasks in the children's library and changes that have taken place since the introduction of the free library system in 1975. Also examined were the duties of children's librarians and…

Descriptors: Children, Foreign Countries, Job Analysis, Job Training

Building Competency Models: One Approach to Occupational Analysis

Adams, Robert E. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1974

A promising way of improving school-industry communication about requisite job skills is to use competency models to relay employers' needs to educators and by which educators can transmit clear descriptions of their products back to employers. The DACUM Chart described in the article also serves for organizing and conducting training. (Author/AJ)

Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Job Analysis

Basic Skills Training--A Launchpad for Success in the Workplace. Literacy Task Analysis Project, Interim Report.

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Taylor, Maurice C.; Lewe, Glenda R. – 1990

This interim report describes the first few months' work of a task force that developed a set of procedures for conducting a literacy task analysis. A literacy task analysis could be used by employers, union delegates, human resource personnel, trainers, and adult educators to understand better the specific workplace training needs of employees,…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Job Analysis

Canada--The Education, Training and Functions of Technicians. Scientific and Technical Personnel.

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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Directorate for Scientific Affairs. – 1967

To identify problems regarding economic development, the Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel conducted an educational and occupational survey of each member country of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The specific purpose of the surveys was to gather comparative data on the training and utilization of…