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Download full textEnvironmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. – 1980
Described are the activities, responsibilities, and educational requirements of approximately 100 technical occupations directly concerned with environmental protection. Each career description is listed under its preferred title and divided into three sections. The opening section describes job duties, places of employment, and areas of…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, College Programs, Environmental Education
National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC. – 1976
This document is a synopsis of the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) first ten years; its formation, development, and work. This document is not intended to serve as a definitive history of the NAE, but rather to outline its development and to introduce the Academy to the interested reader who may be unfamiliar with its work and to provide…
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Technology, Engineers, Institutes (Training Programs)
Dallas Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research, Evaluation, and Information Systems. – 1984
A guide to skilled occupations presents information on 30 occupations in narrative form. It is designed for students to use in career planning. For each occupation, the narrator describes, in conversational, first person form, the job, working conditions, necessary qualifications and personal characteristics, related school subjects, and…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Employment Qualifications, Occupational Information, Occupational Mobility
Weis, William J., III; And Others – 1979
This booklet describes academic program offerings in American colleges and universities in the area of occupational safety and health. Programs are divided into five major categories, corresponding to each of the core disciplines: (1) occupational safety and health/industrial hygiene, (2) occupational safety, (3) industrial hygiene, (4)…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Science, Health Occupations, Higher Education
1975
The yearbook, divided into six sections, records the growth of technician education and training. Section 1 consists of eight articles on new issues, problems, and proposals in technician education. Case studies of eight different college training programs are presented in Section 2. Section 3, the main portion of the yearbook, consists of three…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Directories
Otto, Luther B.; And Others – 1980
This reference volume on career lines provides two sets of information for 384 different occupations or jobs. Two discussions preface the prototypes: (1) illustration of a career line and elaboration on the concepts and (2) discussion of job and worker characteristics that provide detailed information about each occupational grouping examined. The…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Ladders, Careers
Dedman, Patricia L., Ed. – 1980
Designed for use by students, guidance counselors, educators and others, this third edition has five purposes: (1) identify educational programs in the allied health professions which are accredited by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA); (2) clarify the role of CAHEA in accrediting allied health educational…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1989
This document contains abstracts of 43 projects conducted through Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act sex equity set-aside grants administered by the Vocational Gender Equity Office, Virginia Department of Education. The projects described are grouped in the following categories: (1) centers to serve single parents and homemakers; (2)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Career Education, Community Programs
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1988
This document contains abstracts of 47 projects conducted through Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act sex equity set-aside grants administered by the Vocational Gender Equity Office, Virginia Department of Education. The projects described are grouped in the following categories: (1) centers to serve single parents and homemakers; (2)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Career Education, Community Programs
Prakken Publications, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI. – 1984
This yearbook deals with technician education. Included in a section on new issues, problems, and proposals for technician education are the following papers: "High Technology Challenges the Vocational-Technical Curriculum," by Walter J. Brooking; "Assessment of Technical Competency," by Gordon C. McMahon; "Industry and Education Cooperation…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Programs, Community Colleges, Community Resources
