This research describes technical drawing techniques applied in a project involving digitizing of existing hard copy subsurface mapping for the preparation of three dimensional graphic and mathematical models. The intent of this research was to identify work flows that would support the project, ensure the accuracy of the digital data obtained,…

An evaluation of the Kentucky Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program used the critical incident technique to (1) identify on-the-job behavior to determine critical job requirements and (2) draw implications for training. The aides identified continuous personal contact with clients and an enthusiastic attitude as crucial to success.…

DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) job analyses were conducted for Kentucky state children's agency staff, both day treatment and residential teachers and administrators. Data were used to develop inservice programs, and the resulting job profiles were disseminated to local educational agencies providing services to state agency children. (SK)

During an evaluation of the Kentucky Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), the critical incident technique was used to measure successful and unsuccessful events encountered by the paraprofessional EFNEP aides: (1) To identify on-the-job behaviors and attitudes of EFNEP aides to determine critical job requirements and (2) to draw…

A study was conducted to ascertain the job requirements and training needs of juvenile service unit workers. A training needs assessment inventory questionnaire was mailed to all juvenile service unit workers in the Kentucky Department of Child Welfare (DCW). Data from 146 questionnaires were analyzed to provide job descriptive information, which…

The job performance of area-specialists and county agents in Kentucky and Indiana Cooperative Extension Services was measured; and relationships between their job performance and personal and organizational variables were identified. Data were collected by 350 self-reported work samplings per respondent during one work cycle in the Spring of 1966,…

Performance objectives and criterion-referenced measures are outlined for seventy-five tasks identified as necessary to the successful performance of local vocational administrators in Kentucky. Tasks are organized under thirteen duty categories: program planning and implementation, staff recruitment, personnel development and management,…

The overall objective of this study was to assist vocational teachers and administrators in assessing the vocational aptitudes of handicapped students by conceptualizing a model. Various parts of the model included identification of diagnostic tools and measures, the job matching process, and the development of the Individual Education Program.…

Designed to improve industrial education programs through the development of minimum uniform quality standards, a project developed a task list, educationally sequenced the identified tasks, and developed a recommended shop layout and equipment list for four occupational areas: diesel repair, appliance repair, office machine repair, and small…