This study explores the incorporation of structural masonry into the undergraduate programmes of higher education institutions in South Africa, specifically focusing on civil engineering. This study is of an exploratory nature. A significant portion of the urban infrastructure in South Africa is predominantly built using structural masonry.…

The skilled trades have long been ignored and under-valued in society. This article explores the potential problem with maintaining the status quo and the impacts it will have on future generations. It considers the steps educational institutions and leaders can make in addressing the skilled trades shortage and how changes to the current…

This is a case study of a group of students enrolled in traditional skilled trade certificate programs at a large Midwestern community college. Considering severe shortage of skilled labor in the geographic area of the college, there is great need for better understanding of ways to alleviate the labor shortage by attracting more young adults to…

The importance of developing a knowledgeable, skilled, adaptable and flexible workforce that engages in continuous learning is outlined in the 2015 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) document "Unleashing the Potential: Transforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training". While this…

The strength of our nation's economy is dependent on a workforce that is highly skilled, and skilled workers are in high demand. Institutions preparing these individuals for employment have high expectations to meet. Since 1998 when the Department of Labor released the Workforce Investment Act, employers, and the nation as a whole, have been…

While concerns for skill shortages within the world of trades workers have been a focal point of a variety of recent studies and reports, the reactive alarm has not been sounded in the modernized registered apprenticeship program. Registered apprenticeship is a combination of on-the-job learning (OJL) and related classroom and shop instruction. A…

The graduate of the Bricklayer apprenticeship training is a journeyperson who will be able to: (1) responsibly do all work tasks expected of a journeyperson; (2) supervise, train and coach apprentices; (3) produce a better quality product than the minimum acceptable by industry standard; (4) use and maintain tools and equipment to the standards of…

Argues that apprenticeship, as the largest private sector training program for skilled workers, does not have the recognition it deserves. (SK)

THIS GUIDE DESCRIBING 21 APPRENTICEABLE TRADES IS FOR USE BY COUNSELORS AND OTHERS WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE BOTH DURING AND AFTER THEIR SCHOOL YEARS. TO QUALIFY FOR APPRENTICESHIP IN ANY OF THE SKILLED TRADES, A YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN MUST HAVE MECHANICAL APTITUDE AND ABILITY, AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL MUST HAVE PERSEVERANCE, AMBITION, AND…

Describes the construction of elliptical gears as a means of sparking student interest in power transmission. (GR)

Until women working in all skilled trades becomes an everyday occurrence, career and school counselors owe it to all women to make the participation of women in the trades a top priority. (Author)

This document contains the materials necessary to teach four instructional units on welding that are designed to prepare learners for entry-level employment. The following instructional units are presented: (1) welding materials; (2) welding tools; (3) welding layout and basic skills; and (4) oxyacetylene cutting. The document begins with a copy…

Discusses how for-profit colleges are adapting to the decline in the high-technology job market by offering programs to train "old economy" workers in skilled trades. (EV)

A review of craft apprentice training in Great Britain has been carried out by the training board, based on the reports of its regional training officers, on discussions with electricity board training staff, and on the comments received from the industry through the concordat procedure. As a result of the review, certain specific matters were…

Reports on the training and recruitment of shipbuilding workers in Norway, Sweden, and Germany. (DS)