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Rauscher, Kimberly; Bush, Diane; Chang, Charlotte; Myers, Douglas – Career and Technical Education Research, 2020
Construction is one of the most dangerous industries in the US. Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are important settings in which new construction workers can learn about Occupational Safety and Health (OSH). CTE programs are sometimes the only place where these workers will encounter such training. We set out to examine the quality of…
Descriptors: Occupational Safety and Health, Safety Education, Health Education, Teacher Attitudes
Sharpe, Andrew – 1999
This discussion draft reviews trends in Canada's apprenticeship system over the last 20 years and then examines prospects for labor market conditions for Canada's total economy and for the construction sector to the year 2005. The apprenticeship system has a number of serious weaknesses, including the following: (1) the stagnation in new…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Developed Nations, Educational Trends
Drewes, Donald W. – 1994
A third-party evaluation was conducted of the International Masonry Institute's Regional Training System. Data were collected from the following sources: the enrollment database; surveys of 244 participants (68 prejob apprentices, 8 early leavers, 48 completers, 35 journeyworkers, 23 business agents, 23 craft instructors, 20 cross-craft, and 19…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Tippie, John L.; Rice, Eric – 1994
Patterned after a previously successful Laborers-Associated General Contractors model named the Construction Skills Training Program, a demonstration project was implemented at five regional training centers. At least eight courses were created, combined, or revised. Four full-length audiovisual support pieces were completed. Three courses were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Building Trades, Comparative Analysis, Construction Industry
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison. – 1985
A survey of former students of the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) wood technics programs and employers in woodworking industries was conducted during spring of 1985. General objectives were to determine job classifications, types of businesses, and relative importance of tasks or duties in various woodworking-related…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Building Trades, Educational Attitudes
Tippie, John; Rice, Eric – 1997
The objectives of the 4-year Laborers-Associated General Contractors (AGC) Business and Education Standards Project are: (1) generate world-class standards for construction craft occupations; (2) develop and promote a certification program for construction craft laborers (this objective was deleted because of negative reaction); (3) promote the…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Building Trades, Construction Industry, Education Work Relationship
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1990
A project was conducted in Idaho to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a cooperative construction and mining training program to provide preapprenticeship training in construction trades, equipment operation and construction truck driving, apprenticeship-related instruction, and classes in more technical areas for journeyworker…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Construction (Process)
Hase, Stewart; Davis, Lester – 2002
A 3-year research program on workplace learning was based on action research and involved the gradual implementation of "Work Activity Briefings" every 2 weeks or whenever a major task was to be undertaken at selected construction sites managed by an Australian mining and construction company. The briefings were regular meetings between…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Construction Management, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
Dumbrell, Tom – 1998
Australia's construction industry employs nearly 600,000 workers, over 7% of total national employment. The industry is heavily dominated by males (nearly 88%) and full-time workers (86%). Much of the work in this industry involves subcontracting and is cyclical. Construction employers provided much less structured training than the average…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Construction Industry, Education Work Relationship
Currie, Sheila; Foley, Kelly; Schwartz, Saul; Taylor-Lewis, Musu – 2001
In 1998, Canada's Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) conducted case studies of two work-based training and skill development programs for street youth in Vancouver, British Columbia. The BladeRunners program places youth on construction sites while encouraging them to work toward an apprenticeship in the building trades. The…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Building Trades
Santa Fe Community Coll., Gainesville, FL. – 1983
A project was undertaken to revise a model competency-based trade and industrial education program that had been developed for use in Florida schools in a project that was implemented earlier. During the followup evaluation, the project staff compiled task listings for each of the following trade and industrial education program areas: automotive;…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Building Trades
Zandniapour, Lily; Conway, Maureen – 2001
The benefits of sectoral workforce development programs to the working poor were examined in a 3-year longitudinal study of participants in six sectoral employment training programs across the United States. The programs, which were all designed to serve low-income clients, provided training in a diverse set of industries, including the following:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Allied Health Occupations, Building Trades
Valvasori, Joe – 2000
The Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF) in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) offers 12 targeted training programs that have successfully helped "hard-to-serve" clients return to the workforce. Compared with traditional training, targeted training has a much narrower focus and adapts quickly to industry trends to meet employers' changing…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Building Trades, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers