This is a congressional hearing on the Training Technology Transfer Act of 1984, which would establish a mechanism for transferring the Federal Government's investment in computer programming for training systems to those organizations and groups that can use such technology in training the civilian work force. Focus is on refining this bill, which would implement a program specifically charged with the special responsibility for transferring training technology to support vocational education and job training in the private sector and thus promote employment. Testimony includes statements and prepared statements from the president, Community College of Rhode Island; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Productivity, Technology, and Innovation, U.S. Department of Commerce; editor and publisher, Videodisc Monitor, Falls Church, Virginia; manager of retraining, Motorola training center, Schaumberg, Illinois; Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Installations, and Logistics; and vice president for community affairs, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and president of the Boston Private Industry Council. (YLB)