Technicians need to be prepared for photo instrumentation who can maintain the critical tolerances required of both electronic and photographic instruments. The practitioner must also possess a solid background in quality control and densitometry, and a knowledge of optics, photographic chemistry, and the physics of the photographic process.…

The development of the Estuarine Resource Technician (ERT) Program, its curriculum, student recruitment, placement, faculty and facilities, problems and potential applications are described. (MW)

Hospitals need technicians to maintain increasingly complex health care systems. Filling a need first addressed by the military, the education of Biomedical Equipment Technicians is now a growing civilian field. (Author)

Evaluation of the impact of a highly publicizedbooklet, "25 Technical Careers You Can Learn in Two Years or Less," reveals: a low response rate from women; a significant number of potential candidates available among liberal arts students and adults wishing to change careers. (Tables illustrate research findings.) (AJ)

If students do not understand how agricultural and aquacultural technology affects the environment, as leaders they will not be prepared to cope with increasingly complicated environmental problems. Implications for two-year technical program development, student recruitment, interdepartmental cooperation, career education for children, and the…

Technological and social change have created a large and growing demand for technicans and paraprofessionals who combine theory and practical skills in satisfying careers. Numerous and diverse technical education programs are the consequence, and more are needed, of increasing quality for our increasingly complex technologies and social systems.…