A copy of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) as amended in 1977 and a summary of the act's provisions with rationale for the amendments constitute this report. The 1977 version of the bill includes provisions for (1) extension of the authorization of all titles of CETA through 1978, (2) extension through 1978 the…

Specific skill training of the kind usually done on the job (and occasionally by trade schools) is considered in terms of the specific training of people to allow them to function effectively in their occupations. To define the potential role of media in this type of training, a review of major U.S. media-based training programs was conducted.…

This manual provides the new Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) training program instructor with resource information and teaching/instructional techniques found successful by other CETA instructors. Chapter 1 addresses questions related to CETA procedures, jargon, and relationships between agencies. Specific areas covered include…

Assembled in a loose leaf notebook, this collection of independent on-the-job activities is designed to facilitate employee development and intended to help improve an organization's performance appraisal system. The on-the-job development activities described derive from job descriptions, performance appraisal forms, and discussions with job…

United Vocational Preparation (UVP) is a scheme or strategy organized in England to assist young people to make successful progress during the transition from school to work. It consists of courses and assistance to young workers on an individualized basis. This guide is intended to help educators to construct and conduct schemes of UVP. The…

This model was developed to assist Oregon community colleges in making a planned response to the needs of business and industry for retraining/training of their employees. The model offers a streamlined process for making needs assessments in business and industry through sequential steps for converting needs data into instructional programs. The…

This document is a transcript of hearings on evaluation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Focus of the hearing was on mismanagement and misappropriation of CETA contract funds, especially in the last days of the Carter administration. Testimony was given by various present and former officials of the Department of Labor,…

This Planning, Management, and Evaluation (PME) guide was developed by the National Alliance of Business as part of its program of management assistance for Private Industry Councils (PICs). The guide is a tool which PICs can use to improve their capability to plan, manage, and evaluate the programs which they administer, and to establish locally…

This document is a guide for use by the practical researcher concerned with conducting studies of transfer of learning from pretraining of pilots in ground-based environments to performance in aircraft. While the material addresses principally transfer of learning of pilots, many of the issues should be applicable to other contexts, to include…

Litton Industries has been investigating methods for analyzing training problems and designing appropriate systems of individualized instruction to address those problems. This work can be referred to as the development of the Instructional Systems Analysis and Selection (ISAS) procedures. ISAS is a collection of questions, comparison matrices,…

Thirty Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs, selected because of high Hispanic population or because community groups had reported inequitable services, were reviewed to determine whether women and Hispanics received equitable services. Data indicate that many programs failed to: meet their participation and employment…

To develop background for examining the past, present, and future of adult education in Thailand, the author initially sketches an economic and geographic profile of the country. In the second of five sections, Thailand's adult education movement is traced by examining the influences of kings, the Buddhist religion, various governments, and the…

This booklet contains national standards for apprentices in vending machine mechanics. The main topic of the booklet, Provisions of Standards, includes the following: definitions of terms used in the booklet, apprenticeship qualifications, a statement on equal opportunity employment, explanation of probation, hours of work, credit for previous…