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Adcox, John W., Jr. – American Vocational Journal, 1977
Describes a progressive program at Southside Skill Center in Jacksonville, Florida, in which houses are constructed on the school grounds and homeowners then move these houses to locations of their choice. (BM)
Descriptors: Building Trades, Construction (Process), Demonstration Programs, Educational Facilities
Download full textSharpe, Andrew – 1999
This discussion draft reviews trends in Canada's apprenticeship system over the last 20 years and then examines prospects for labor market conditions for Canada's total economy and for the construction sector to the year 2005. The apprenticeship system has a number of serious weaknesses, including the following: (1) the stagnation in new…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Developed Nations, Educational Trends
Warrick, Glenn – Thrust for Education Leadership, 1972
Descriptors: Building Trades, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning
Moskowitz, Irving – Sch Shop, 1970
A description of a remedialsummer school program which combined English, mathematics auto mechanics andbuilding trades into a program for students who had failed English and mathematics courses. (GR)
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Building Trades, Interdisciplinary Approach, Remedial Instruction
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Direct linkGlover, Robert W.; Bilginsoy, Cihan – Education + Training, 2005
Purpose - This paper aims to compare the performance of building trades apprenticeship programs in the USA, sponsored jointly by employers and unions, with those sponsored unilaterally by employers. It reviews enrolment and graduation rates, including participation of women and minorities. The article also looks behind the numbers to examine the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Females, Graduation Rate, Construction Industry
Gibbs, Hope J. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2005
America is facing a skilled labor shortage in the construction industry. Predictions, like those from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, are that things may get worse. Retiring construction workers must be replaced if this industry is to grow. The estimate is around a quarter of a million replacements are needed each year.…
Descriptors: Construction Industry, Labor Needs, High Schools, Charter Schools
Alberta Advanced Education and Technology, 2007
The graduate of the Carpenter apprenticeship program is a certified journeyperson who will be able: (1) to responsibly do all work tasks expected of a journeyperson; (2) to supervise, train and coach apprentices; (3) to understand the principles of sound and safe construction; (4) to know the characteristics and proper use of all building…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Course Descriptions, Program Descriptions
Atkinson, Rhonda; And Others – 1993
Developed as part of the ABCs of Construction National Workplace Literacy Project, this instructional module teaches general, specialized, and technical terms encountered by persons employed in the occupation of millwright. Included in the module are the following: a discussion of the difference between general, specialized, and technical…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Building Trades, Learning Activities
Atkinson, Rhonda; And Others – 1993
Developed as part of the ABCs of Construction National Workplace Literacy Project, this instructional module is designed to help persons preparing for the occupation of millwright develop strategies for finding the meanings of compound words used in technical writing and the workplace. Presented in the first section is a method for deducing the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Behavioral Objectives, Building Trades, Learning Activities
Laborers-AGC Education and Training Fund, Pomfret Center, CT. – 1992
This packet consists of the instructor and trainee manuals for a concrete practices and procedures course. The instructor manual contains a schedule for an 80-hour, 10-day course and instructor outline. The outline provides a step-by-step description of the instructor's activities and includes answer sheets to accompany questions on information…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Building Trades, Cement Industry, Construction Industry
Parkes, David – 1979
This comparative study on craft apprenticeship in Europe is divided into four parts. An introductory section analyzes developments and trends in apprenticeship training in Europe. The second section is a view of vocational training derived from interviews with European commission officials. Some common issues in apprenticeship training in Denmark,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Comparative Analysis, Craft Workers
Ward, James E. – American Vocational Journal, 1976
A course in building maintenance (at the Voc Tech Department of Pensacola Junior College, Florida) teaches students to maintain, repair, and rework existing facilities under the CETA program. The daily schedule includes one hour of classroom work covering related academic subjects and five hours spent working on a variety of projects. (LH)
Descriptors: Building Trades, Buildings, Course Content, Job Skills
Elements of Technology, 1974
Students at Courtice Secondary School, near Oshawa (Canada), learn trowel trades, among others, while building a Building Construction annex for their school. (Author)
Descriptors: Building Trades, Construction (Process), Job Skills, Masonry
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1989
This document reports the oral and written testimony of senators and representatives, administration officials, union officials, contractors' associations, engineers' associations, and construction and consulting companies concerning S. 930, a provision of the Construction Safety, Health and Education Improvement Act of 1989. This provision would…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adults, Building Trades, Construction Industry
Goldstine, James; And Others – 1987
This courseware evaluation rates the Reading Vernier Calipers program developed by EMC Publishing Company. (The program--not contained in this document--uses high resolution graphics to illustrate the micrometer and describe its components, functions, and practical applications.) Part A describes the program in terms of subject area (technical…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware
