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Direct linkStrebel, Alexandra – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2023
Collective skill formation systems thrive if employers' skill needs are reflected in apprenticeship training programmes and firms offer apprenticeship positions. Occupation-level adaptation processes underpin these systems, which offer upper-secondary level vocational education leading to hundreds of occupations. Yet, it is considered challenging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Job Skills
Oyeneye, O. Y. – Vocational Aspect of Education, 1980
Illustrates how the self-allocative process of pupils can undermine the planning of vocational education in Nigeria. Discusses research conducted on the attitudes of primary school pupils to skilled jobs and craft-based education. (CT)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Occupational Aspiration
Download full textPortland Community Coll., OR. – 1993
This program development guide outlines the procedures for replicating the B-WEST (Building Workers Entering Skilled Trades) program, a two-term professional certificate program designed to prepare women for skilled jobs in the traditionally male-dominated electrical, mechanical, and construction trades. The components and major activities of the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Community Colleges, Employed Women
PDF pending restorationRochester City School District, NY. – 1977
The overall objective of the program was to provide 200 Spanish-speaking adults and out-of-school youth, 16 years of age or older, with occupational instruction and English language skills which would enhance the enrollees' opportunities to acquire entry level job skills or upgrade the enrollees' present occupational status. The program began with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bilingual Education, Career Development, English (Second Language)
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. – 1977
Developed as a guide for local joint apprenticeship and training committees in establishing local bricklaying apprenticeship programs, this booklet represents the sixth revision of the national apprenticeship and training standards for bricklaying apprenticeship. (The standards were prepared and approved by the National Joint Bricklaying…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Apprenticeships, Bricklaying
Daugherty, Ronald D.; And Others – 1971
With the primary objective of expanding vocational and technical education programs to accommodate highway safety manpower requirements, this project focused on (1) identifying what portion of highway safety manpower needs fall within the realm of technical and skilled occupations, (2) determining the extent to which educational institutions are…
Descriptors: Consultants, Demonstration Programs, Educational Needs, Instructional Materials
American Vocational Association, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1972
Post-secondary occupational education was created to meet the developing needs for a new class of worker--the technician, the technologist, the semi-professional working as an assistant to professionals. This publication deals with the importance of post-secondary programs in meeting the manpower demands created by technological advancement. Among…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Programs
Portland Community Coll., OR. – 1993
The B-WEST (Building Workers Entering Skilled Trades) project was an 18-month demonstration project at a campus of Portland Community College (Oregon). During the B-WEST project, the following programs/components were developed: (1) a model building construction (electrical, mechanical, construction) trades program for unemployed and underemployed…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Building Trades, Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1981
A serious constraint to the development of a modern and diversified industrial base in Saudi Arabia is the critical shortage of skilled manpower. To remedy this deficit, vocational and technical education programs in the country are being revised and expanded. Five secondary-level Vocational Industrial Schools have been established by the Ministry…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
EMERSON, LYNN A. – 1963
A STATEWIDE SYSTEM FOR POST-HIGH SCHOOL PREEMPLOYMENT AND EXTENSION TRAINING IN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE FORM OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION CENTERS WAS BEGUN IN 1958. THIS GUIDE INCLUDES A STATUS REPORT ON THE CENTERS, AN EXAMINATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS THEY SHOULD MEET, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THEIR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Curriculum, Directories, Educational Facilities
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1990
A British project explored ways further education colleges could help meet training needs of small businesses, specifically the small plant and tool hire industry. The industry's leading organization, the Hire Association of Europe (HAE), provided a list of members; responsibility for making contact rested with the colleges. The most effective…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Demand, Electrical Occupations, Equipment Maintenance
Bernstein, Richard; Mussell, Roger A. – 1984
This study was conducted as part of a project to develop a competency-based electrical/electronics (E/E) curriculum in Arizona. During this phase of the project, the following tasks were completed: (1) examination of selected E/E jobs in Arizona to develop a list of electronics competencies; (2) tying of electronic competencies to a particular…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing, Washington, DC. – 1997
This document presents and discusses the national skill standards for advanced high-performance manufacturing that were developed during a project that was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education. The introduction explains the need for national skill standards. Discussed in the next three sections are the following: benefits of national…
Descriptors: Blueprints, Business Administration, Communication Skills, Competence
Borman, Christopher; And Others – 1981
This handbook is designed for use by counselors and teachers in working with students who plan to enter the working world during or following high school; however, the information contained in the book should be useful in working with all students whether they plan to go to work, to college, or both. Following an introduction, the handbook is…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Decision Making Skills
Resources in Vocational Education, 1982
This volume consists of resumes of vocational and technical education curriculum products that were selected by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (ERIC/ACVE) for inclusion in the July 1981 through June 1982 issues of "Resources in Education." Among the major types of documents abstracted are curriculum…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Agricultural Education
