This study examines how recently graduated journeymen, vocational teachers, and workplace trainers view the integration between learning at school and at work in a dual vocational education and training (VET) system, and how these views might be influenced by the duration and the sequencing of school- and work-based learning periods. Research…

Schools use a variety of new approaches to build future construction craftsmen. (Editor)

Description of a building trades program at Southside Skill Center in Jacksonville, Florida, in which students in six vocational shops get practical experience in hands-on demonstration and training projects by building homes on the school grounds. (JT)

Three building trades projects are described: Students who have designed and built their new vocational education classroom; on-the-job experience with various local firms; and cooperation between five building trades areas in the design and construction of a press box for their school's football stadium. (SA)

The carpentry work standards contained in the guide cover basic requirements for effective apprenticeship and are offered to assist local organizations of contractors and journeymen in establishing local systems of apprenticeship and improving existing systems. Twenty-five items to be considered when adapting national standards to local use are…

This document presents a two-year community college curriculum for training building construction technicians. The technical content is intended to provide the student with an understanding of building construction and expertise as a member of that industry. The technical skills in construction are to be learned as the student participates in a…

Describes a building trades program operating since 1971 for handicapped students in Fairfax County, Virginia, which provides construction work experience training under actual working conditions, and offers advice to vocational education teachers in adjusting programs for handicapped students. (MF)

This guide presents a focused, structured method of facilitating ex-offender employment. Section 1 takes classic marketing techniques and adapts them to the needs of the particular situation, placing ex-offenders in meaningful employment. The set of specific requirements for creating a workable marketing plan is condensed to six basic steps that…

This booklet on Ontario (Canada) apprenticeship programs describes regulated and non-regulated trades in the following four categories: (1) construction, (2) industrial, (3) motive power, and (4) service. The introductory section covers what apprenticeship is, educational requirements, credits for academic and skill achievements, finding an…

This document highlights the school-to-careers (STC) partnerships connecting workplace experiences to classroom learning to prepare students for successful employment in the home building industry. First, the current state of the home building industry is reviewed. Next, the following organizations and employers are profiled: (1) the National…

A project was undertaken to establish a cooperative work experience program in building trades entrepreneurship. The first phase of the program, which was implemented in Baltimore, Maryland, involved the formation of a task force that included representatives of the school, business, industry, and public sectors. Eventually, two Baltimore…

A project was conducted in Idaho to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a cooperative construction and mining training program to provide preapprenticeship training in construction trades, equipment operation and construction truck driving, apprenticeship-related instruction, and classes in more technical areas for journeyworker…

The Women in Technology (WIT) program at Texas' El Paso Community College (EPCC) was established to recruit women into nontraditional occupations, offering technical education, services to help retain women, and community outreach efforts to help change attitudes. This report describes outcomes for the 1996-97 fiscal year, focusing on six WIT…

The Ventures in Community Improvement (VICI) demonstration, a national research and demonstration program, was designed to test the effectiveness of a youth employment program in various settings. Eight VICI programs, each of which enrolled up to 60 unemployed, out-of-school, economically disadvantaged youths between the ages of 16 and 19, were…