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Peer reviewedDuke, John; Brand, Horst – Monthly Labor Review, 1981
Productivity growth was slow during 1958-80, partly because of the industry's tendency to retain skilled workers during cyclical downturns; computers and other electronic equipment aided production, but diffusion of such innovations has been slow. (Author)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
Hula, Vicky – Florida Vocational Journal, 1978
Training to provide skilled workers for a large corporation's power plant to be built in Manatee County, Florida, is being planned in area vocational schools and community colleges in collaboration with the corporation. Several photographs illustrate the type of generator, turbine, and other equipment that will be involved in the plant's…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Industry, Labor Market, Machine Tool Operators
King, Barbara C. – Industrial Education, 1972
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Careers, Machine Tool Operators, Machinists
Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1961
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
