The Competency Profile Analysis System (CAP) is useful for planning training programs focusing on competency-based learning systems. The basic assumptions of the CAP System and its five phases (basic CAP document, validation, preparation of objectives, development of learning modules, and development of learning sites and resources) are detailed.…

An outline is presented of the carefully formalized method used by the Bois-de-Boulogne College in Montreal for setting up plans, on a consultancy basis, in industrial training for outside organizations. (Author/EC)

Teacher and student dissatisfaction with a traditional approach to technical education has led one Canadian college to develop the ACT (Applied Civil Technology) Program, a self-learning system in which the student makes his own structure by scheduling the paths he desires to follow to reach the ultimate goal. (Author/AJ)

The Alberta Vocational Center, planned to serve the training needs of a burgeoning area, is under construction by students, including several women; a heavy industrial campus and a downtown campus will serve a wide variety of needs. Academic courses, apprenticeships, and many types of job training are already being offered. (AJ)

The author describes the development of individualized instruction programs for adults in various areas of vocational education, including the use of advisory committees to identify occupational skills, preparing learning activity packages (LAPS) for the programs, and installation and operation of the programs in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (MF)