Several independent analyses of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) indicate that it has achieved mixed results and has failed to effectively serve disadvantaged youth and school dropouts. It can only offer short-term, low-cost programs, and has difficulty in attracting youths. The number of dropouts being served is declining. The…

Industry and education must share responsibility for broadening and deepening the talent pool within Canada's population in order to ensure a productive economy. First, the educational enterprise should: (1) review its present program to focus more attention on the career and employment probabilities ahead; (2) revise learning materials with…

This document is a guide to the implementation of the Manpower Services Commission's (MSC) Youth Training Scheme (YTS) in Great Britain. It is intended to serve as a negotiating brief for colleges and schools and for local education authorities in their dealings with employers. An introduction explains the background of YTS, provides an overview…

This handbook provides a short, simple, non-academic, and practical guide on instruction in an on-the-job setting. It teaches job instructors the skills, knowledge, and techniques necessary to carry out job training in vocational and technical areas. Part 1 focuses on elements present in the job instruction setting that must be weighed to maximize…

In spring 1981, Florence-Darlington Technical College (FDTC) conducted a needs assessment survey of employers in Darlington, Dillon, Florence, and Marion Counties in South Carolina to collect information that would allow the college to respond more positively to employment and training needs in its service area. The study sought to encourage…

In developing a vocational education training program, provision must be made for articulating the occupational program and its courses and units with employment opportunities in the occupation. The first step in gathering and organizing data needed in developing an occupational training program is an organizational analysis. The organizational…

With expiration of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) impending, the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed four types of adult-oriented service: classroom training, on-the-job training, work experience, and public service employment. The GAO researched and synthesized program administrative data and the results…

Changes in occupational status and income were examined among former participants in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs that had an educational focus and the purpose of providing short-term employment. Telephone interviews were conducted with 62 percent of individuals who terminated from CETA programs in a selected state…

Interest in recent years has centered on the purposes, forms, effects, and magnitude of private sector training of employees. Demand for detailed and accurate information on these subjects has arisen within idustry itself, within government agencies, education and research institutions, and organized labor. This monograph is an attempt to supply a…

DESIGNED AS A GUIDE FOR COUNSELORS OF VOCATIONAL HABILITATION CLIENTS (CLIENTS WITH LITTLE OR NO VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE) THIS MANUAL PRESENTS THE PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY THE WORK EXPERIENCE CENTER (WEC) OF THE ST. LOUIS JEWISH EMPLOYMENT AND VOCATIONAL SERVICE. THE MAJOR TRAINING VEHICLES USED BY WEC ARE HABILITATION WORKSHOPS, EMPLOYER JOB SITES, AND…

THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE PRESENTED IN THIS MODEL FOR TRAINING NONPROFESSIONALS FOR JOBS IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN SERVICES ARE BASED ON A "NEW CAREER" CONCEPT, WHERE THE JOB ITSELF PROVIDES MOTIVATION FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TRAINING, UPGRADING, AND EDUCATION. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IN DEVELOPING TRAINING PROGRAMS IS GIVEN TO THE…

The Oakland University Kresge Library in Rochester, Michigan placed 10 Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) enrollees in their library following assurances that they would be tested prior to placement and assigned to areas of their occupational choice. The project required 32 hours of work per week for 9 weeks at $2.00 per hour, paid by the NYC Program.…

The author, as former administrative head of Detroit Northern Systems Company, describes that company's successful approach to the training of the hard-core unemployed. The systems approach emphasizes the achievement of goals and sub-goals through an interplay of program components which include training lines of 'tool stations,' back-up classes…

In association with three months of training in clerical tasks at a community job site, two 19-year-old mentally retarded females demonstrated an increase in incidental behaviors, defined as behaviors which increased independence in a job setting but did not receive direct instruction from staff. (Author/JW)

This study, involving 4 high school seniors with learning disabilities, found that an initial vocational social skills simulation intervention delivered at school led to generalization in 8 of 12 target behaviors (3 behaviors per student). Subsequently, in situ training at the work site produced generalization in four of six behaviors. (Author/JDD)