Training requirements were projected using survey data of agricultural employment needs and the number of students in agriculture in France and Sweden. Independent studies in each country investigated recent trends in agriculture, the present situation in agricultural education, employment training needs, and implications for the future.…

Proceedings of the Sixth Colloquium on Intra-Regional Technical Training sponsored jointly by the Colombo Plan and the Government of Malaysia are presented in this report. Four working papers are presented centered around three main areas of concern: influence of technical education on economic development; how the status of technicians could be…

For over a hundred years the federal government has been underfunding its treaty obligations and other commitments to the Navajos. As a result, much of the reservation economy now operates at the level of bare subsistence. Deficiencies in social overhead capital have brought on even more marked deficiencies in industrial and commercial capital.…

References with annotations in seven key rural development areas and suggestions on sources of information are contained in this selective bibliography on rural development. Community leaders, rural development committees, researchers, and community resource development personnel should find the publication useful for identifying and obtaining…

This document discusses the training capabilities, software, and related products of GTE Sylvania Training Operations (STO). With the rapid emergence and development of the Third World, the technical knowhow of large manufacturing industries has become a marketable commodity in the international transfer of technology. Manpower training and human…

A study of the economic characteristics and occupational status of the Chinese in the United States, based primarily on a special tabulation of the 1970 census, has resulted in a demographic profile of this bicultural and physically distinct ethnic group. Potential improvement and expansion of the occupational sphere of the Chinese is discussed in…

The paper provides historical background of the training movement, an overview of the state of the art of personnel development in business and industry, and assessments affecting the future direction of human resource development in business/industry and public vocational education. An historical sketch traces training for work through…

The document analyzes the Training and Technology (TAT) Industrial Skill and Technical Training (ISTT) program and describes the basic relationships between various training components and their linkages to certain aspects of program structure and organization. The TAT ISTT program operations are presented within the conceptual framework of an…

The report describes a manpower assessment and classification system for criminal offenders directed towards making practical training and job classification decisions. The model is not concerned with custody classifications except as they affect occupational/training possibilities. The model combines traditional procedures of vocational…

The report examines the multiplicity of factors which influence the labor market activity of the population and explores the implications of changes in those influential factors with regard to manpower and educational planning policy. The first section contains the introduction to the problem, summary of factors affecting labor force…

The 1975 supplement to the National Task Bank consists of 550 additional tasks in the field of human service selected and edited from task analysis projects in a number of States. The supplement is organized in the same format and numbered sequentially with the original edition published in 1973. The use, organization, and development of the Bank,…

The final report for Phase 1 of the National Committee on Employment of Youth (NCEY) demonstration project for upgrading and credentialling paraprofessionals in human-service occupations to intermediate and professional positions is directed to the occupations of: (1) addiction services worker, (2) occupational therapist, (3) public health…

The final report of the Transitional Employemnt Experimental Model (TEEM) Project, a research and development project providing a potential model for a large scale manpower absorption program in times of economic need, is presented. One major purpose of the project was to demonstrate the viability of providing suitable job placement for the…

The book describes the Hospital Continuing Education Project, a nine-year endeavor concluded in 1972 which set up a communications network among universities, hospital associations, hospitals, and individual educators and trainees. The project's goal was the expansion of continuing education opportunities for personnel in health care institutions.…

The Ohio allied health manpower invitational conference was the initial step of a Federally sponsored project to develop and utilize allied health manpower in Ohio, especially the delivery of health care services. Conference participants included college/university educators, administrators of State health agencies, State/Federal governmental…