ERIC Number: ED085509
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1972-Jul-31
Pages: 255
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An Exploratory Study to Analyze New Skill Content in Selected Occupations in Michigan and the Mechanism for its Translation into Vocational Education Curricula: Section Report on Construction Electrician, Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Operator, and Construction Carpenter.
Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH. Columbus Labs.
The report is one of a series which supplements overall report "Exploratory Study to Analyze New Skill Content in Selected Occupations in Michigan and the Mechanism for its Translation into Vocational Education Curricula". It presents detailed task analyses and results of employer skill requirements for construction carpenter, construction electrician, and numerically controlled machine tool operator. The purpose of the study was to develop information for curriculum development which could be used to reduce discrepancies between skills employers desire and those students acquire in vocational education. (Author)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Carpentry, Construction Industry, Curriculum Development, Electricians, Employer Attitudes, Entry Workers, Machine Tool Operators, School Business Relationship, Skill Analysis, Tables (Data), Task Analysis, Trade and Industrial Education, Unions, Vocational Education
National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va. 22151 (PB-223 086, MF $1.45, HC $6.25)
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Sponsor: Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Research and Development.
Authoring Institution: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH. Columbus Labs.
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