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Meleen, Paulette; And Others – 1976
Intended for use by State vocational education directors and curriculum planners, this guide documents the results of a project which developed and applied a process for identifying new and emerging occupations for skilled and technical areas, part of a larger effort to assist the alignment of vocational and technical program offerings with new…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Job Analysis, Occupational Information, Occupational Surveys

U'Ren, Paula Kabance; Baker, Meryl S. – 1983
An effort was undertaken to develop a job-oriented basic skills curriculum appropriate for the acoustic sensor operations area, which includes members of four ratings: ocean systems technician, aviation antisubmarine warfare operator, sonar technician (surface), and sonar technician (submarine). Analysis of the job duties of the four ratings…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Job Analysis
Barley, Stephen R. – 1993
Between 1950 and 1988, the number of professional and technical workers increased by 282% while the labor force as a whole only increased by 94%. Most persons employed as technicians work on or with reputedly complex technologies. Most work at the empirical interface between a larger production process and the materials on which the process…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Employment Qualifications
Kempton, Robert F. – 1976
This teaching guide for still photographic technician aide is one of a series of five performance-based secondary level guides for vocational education. Part 1 provides tools, resources, and a process to be used at the local level to develop a still photographic technician aide training curriculum. It includes a comprehensive overview of the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Laboratory Technology, Learning Activities

1979
At the end of 1978, there were approximately 230 nuclear-fueled electric generating plants around the world; 72 of these were in the United States. Each plant requires an operations-and-maintenance workforce of 92 people, and attrition occurs at a rate of 8% per year. Requirements for a nuclear taskforce and job training, in view of current…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Electrical Occupations, Employment Opportunities, Job Training
Mitchell, Gary; Carlson, Ralph – 1984
A project was conducted at Spokane Community College to identify the electronics competencies required of entry-level employees in several occupations. The methodology included surveying advisory committee members and faculty members representing a variety of vocational programs at the college, and direct contact with industry. Through these…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development

O'Connor, J. Kevin – 1979
The Solar Energy Task Force Report summarizes data, information, and discussions focusing on solar space and water heating applications. The report is intended to fill a need for curriculum and course development and direction for technical training programs, especially in vocational/technical schools and community colleges. It addresses…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Equipment, Facility Requirements
North Lake Coll., Irving, TX. – 1995
This document reports on the second year of a project conducted to design a seamless training application model for infusing workplace skills into academic and occupational programs at the secondary, postsecondary, and apprenticeship level using the components of SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills). For this pilot project,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Certification, Competence, Competency Based Education
North Lake Coll., Irving, TX. – 1994
This document contains the report of a project conducted to make the concept of a world-class work force a reality. The project was intended to design a comprehensive strategy to link elements from the state's existing vocational-technical education, job training, adult education, tech prep, and apprenticeship programs with the components of SCANS…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Certification, Competence, Competency Based Education
Kisner, Mary J.; Marks, Renee – 1998
A Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) curriculum was developed for a new job title, the "multiskilled health technician." A traditional task analysis method was not feasible, since the occupation does not exist. Instead, the project defined the occupation and developed the duties and tasks as a hybrid of many…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Blue, James L.; And Others – 1976
Since speaking, writing, listening and reading are used daily in the performance of virtually all jobs for which vocational training is available, a project was conducted with the following objectives: (1) To determine basic communication skills that are common to jobs in seven occupational fields, (2) to identify the basic communications skills…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Communication Skills, Communications, Curriculum Development
Northern Montana Coll., Havre. Montana Center for Vocational Education, Research, Curriculum and Personnel Development. – 1988
This skills inventory for mining occupations was developed by a technical committee in Montana to assist in the development of model curricula and to address state labor market needs. The committee included employers from the mining industry, members of trade and professional associations, and educators. The validated task list and defined job…
Descriptors: Competence, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Engineering
Northern Montana Coll., Havre. Montana Center for Vocational Education, Research, Curriculum and Personnel Development. – 1988
This skills inventory for travel and tourism occupations was developed by a technical committee in Montana to assist in the development of model curricula and to address state labor market needs. The committee included employers from the travel and tourism industry, members of trade and professional associations, and educators. The validated task…
Descriptors: Competence, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Hospitality Occupations
Thomas-Gordon, Sandy L.; Spetz, Sally H. – 1980
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…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Associate Degrees, Curriculum
Northern Montana Coll., Havre. Montana Center for Vocational Education, Research, Curriculum and Personnel Development. – 1988
This skills inventory for health care occupations was developed by a technical committee in Montana to assist in the development of model curricula and to address state labor market needs. The committee included employers from hospitals and other health care providers, members of trade and professional associations, and educators. The validated…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Personnel, Competence, Curriculum Development
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