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Boreham, Nick – Studies in Continuing Education, 2004
The term 'work process knowledge' refers to the knowledge needed for working in flexible and innovative business environments, including those in which information and communication technologies have been introduced to integrate previously separated production functions. It involves a systems-level understanding of the work process in the…
Descriptors: Inplant Programs, Foreign Countries, Employees, Job Skills
Galin, Jeffrey R. – 1990
Most corporate funds for workplace literacy programs are invested in intermediate literate workers. Questions regarding these learners concern what should be expected of them; what they should expect of workplace literacy programs; who or what should determine these criteria; and ramifications of the answers. Issues that affect the answers are the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development
Nabisco, Richmond, VA. – 1995
A workplace literacy project was conducted at the Nabisco Richmond Facility for the following purposes: to determine what academic skills are necessary to perform 10 selected jobs, to develop a validated assessment to evaluate an employee's literacy skills, to develop a job-specific curriculum to improve skill deficits, and to provide an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Hager, Paul; McIntyre, John; Moy, Janelle; Comyn, Paul; Stone, Jacqui; Schwenke, Cristina; Gonczi, Andrew – 1996
A project investigated the integration of key competencies into workplace training in Australia. Part 1 of the project researched the work of personnel engaged in on-the-job training (OJT) curriculum development in five industries to find out how key competencies were being incorporated into OJT curricula and to suggest models to guide this…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Case Studies, Competence

Norton, Robert E.; McLennan, Krystyna S. – 1997
The DACUM (Developing A Curriculum) occupational analysis process provides a systematic way to look at worker duties and tasks so that important knowledge, skills, standards, tools, and attitudes can be handed on to the next generation of workers. Revamped by The Ohio State University's Center on Education and Training for Employment, DACUM…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Greenville Technical Coll., SC. – 1993
These three documents (final performance report, evaluation report, methodology guide) are products of a project through which the Career Advancement Center provided workplace literacy services to two industries in Greenville, South Carolina. The final performance report discusses achievement of objectives, specifically employee assessment,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, Inplant Programs
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Philadelphia. – 1992
This document contains the final performance report, evaluation, and curriculum from a program that provided basic literacy instruction for employees of Chahta Enterprises in Mississippi. The final report describes development of curriculum materials that matched the reading and math tasks of production and quality control jobs; reading and math…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, American Indians, Behavioral Objectives
Prince, David – 1983
The Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) in Industry Project was designed to develop and implement a competency-based VESL curriculum to be used with industry-linked VESL language training. Language needs for limited-English-proficient workers in companies in the greater Seattle, Everett, and Tacoma areas were identified through a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum
Arlington County Public Schools, VA. – 1989
This handbook capsulizes the many steps in developing, implementing, and evaluating a workplace literacy program, and is written from the perspectives of both the educator and the employer. The handbook has been written for business leaders and for adult basic education and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) educators. While the suggestions in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Hellman, Linda – 1992
Pima County Adult Education's Workplace Education Project provided workplace education classes at 8 worksites to 322 workers. The worksites included Hughes Aircraft Company; AiResearch Tucson Division; Burr-Brown Corporation; Westward Look Hotel; Tucson Medical Center; Radisson Suite Hotel; Manufacturing & Research, Inc.; and University of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Farrell, Virginia, Comp. – 1994
Cuyahoga Community College's (CCC) Unified Technologies Center (UTC) collaborated with three Cleveland area manufacturing companies in a workplace literacy project. The project provided job-related mathematics and communications programs for 302 employees who needed basic skills upgrading to improve their job performance. The project…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills

Cichon, Don; Sperazi, Laura – 1997
This publication consists of four volumes of the evaluation report for a project to provide workplace basic skills education for employees in seven manufacturing companies in New York in partnership with five education agencies. Volume I: "Executive Summary" provides an overview of the evaluation results. Volume II: "Program Goals…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development
Connector, 1996
Four newsletter issues address aspects of adult immigrant education for employment. The first focuses on the manufacturing industry, with articles describing a Pima County Adult Education (Arizona) program concerning quality standards, an El Paso Community College (Texas) program for employees of companies in transition, and survey results on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Dowling, William D.; And Others – 1992
The Ohio State University, Inland Fisher Guide Division of General Motors, and United Auto Workers Local 969 formed a collaborative partnership in 1990 to train employees whose inadequate literacy skills made them unable to respond to the requirements of "synchronous manufacturing" (or "just in time" production). One of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
Jones, Kenneth M. – 1994
In 1989, Valmont Industries, a global manufacturer of steel lighting poles, center pivot irrigation systems, and other technologies and Metropolitan Community College began to work closely to address the basic skills training needs of Valmont workers. This partnership provided a unique educational opportunity for both Valmont employees and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
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