Affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, and comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) employment goals are more than catch words in the Los Angeles (CETA) affirmative action program. (ABM)

A research study conducted to identify "occupational survival skills"--the basic knowledges, traits, and competencies most appropriate for worker success in maintaining their occupations, or in moving from occupation to occupation with a minimum of retraining. Skills are analyzed for major occupational groups. (Editor/HD)

The criteria identified may be applied in determining the training requirements for both the complete job and the individual tasks within the job. This study concluded that a combination of types of training can best satisfy the needs of the initial and continuing requirements. (HD)

A study based on data collected during in-depth interviews with a stratified random sample of 23 student families who attended the National Institute of Education (NIE) Career Education Model IV analyzed current perceptions and implied perceptual changes in self and social development. Positive results suggest that avenues of personal development…

Describes how an office simulation experience that combines a 2-quarter laboratory experience with an office internship in the local business community is being conducted by Everett Community College in Everett, Washington. (HD)

Facilities and instructors for job training, career exploration programs, tutorial services to dissuade dropouts, work-study, and summer employment are among examples of Navy involvement and support of vocational education in San Diego. School districts must initiate requests for these services. (HD)

Available from: the North-Holland Publishing Company, P.O. Box 211, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (JG)

Described is the H.E.L.P. (Handicapped Employability Learning Program) project for counseling severely handicapped (including cerebral palsied, emotionally disturbed, mentally retarded, and orthopedically handicapped) young adults aged 15 to 35 years. (SBH)

Describes a self-instructional system called PACT (Programmed Audio Cassette Training) adapted by the U.S. Civil Service Commission for relatively low-cost training of large numbers of employees or trainees. Included are a chart of PACT's benefits for both learners and management, with a detailed cost comparison methods study. (MF)

Discusses business communication problems and the development of communication skills in bank management personnel. (RL)

A Bureau of Labor Statistics report reveals that only five percent of job holders requiring some sort of training received it in a secondary vocational education course. Tables from the report are appended. The article discusses what vocational education is and how it can be improved. (MT)

Two studies investigated the extent to which high school students (N=12 and N=6) with such handicaps as moderate mental retardation, learning handicaps, and deafness could learn work behaviors in a technological setting. After training, these students were judged by graduate students and high school students to be significantly more vocationally…

Criteria for analysis of youth education and training in the context of lifelong learning and continuing education should be democratization, vertical articulation, and horizontal integration. Such an analysis should pay attention to the psychological development of youth and the meaning given to the criteria in specific national contexts. (CH)

Describes two studies that confirm the applicability of a behavioral approach to safety in the workplace. Discusses the results and makes recommendations for workplace managers. (CH)

Reviews the introduction of personal computers (PC) into the Information Research Center at Bell Communications Research, Inc. Highlights include challenges for successfully integrating PC's into each manager's unique work style, training objectives, and strategies for successfully implementing microcomputers. Prototype training program is…