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Occupational Training
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Career Voyages 
 This Web site tailored for teens and young adults "features detailed information about the fastest growing industries and occupations, the skills and education required to prepare for them, job openings by area, and wages, licensing requirements and growth rates for numerous occupations." Includes information about "on-the-job training, apprenticeship programs for skilled trades, and two-year professional degree programs at community colleges." From the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. http://www.careervoyages.gov/ Topics: Education, Jobs & Work Last updated Oct 15, 2003 Guide to the Evaluation of Education Experiences in the Armed Services
This guide is "the standard reference tool used by most U.S. colleges and universities to award academic credit for military learning. Contains more than 8,000 courses offered by the U.S. armed services and defense department" since January 1990, providing course goals and content and suggested course credit equivalencies. Searchable by course criteria, keyword, and occupation. http://www.militaryguides.acenet.edu/ Topics: College and University Education, Education, Jobs & Work, Military Last updated Mar 5, 2002 John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
"The Center's mission is to increase the efficiency of the labor market by identifying and creating strategies to empower America's workforce to seize the job opportunities emerging in the global economy." This site contains, in the Publications and Products section, their quarterly Work Trends report in PDF. They also provide presentations and reports in PowerPoint and Word formats. Work Trends covers such issues as Americans' attitudes about work, employers and the government, and the race for the Presidency; experience and perceptions of working poor; and balancing work and family. http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu Topics: Education, Jobs & Work, Poverty Last updated Jul 14, 2005 National Centers for Career and Technical Education (NCCTE)
This consortium of university organizations has a goal of "providing innovative approaches to improving the practice of career and technical education at the local, state, and national levels." Its website features webcasts and podcasts, issue briefs, studies, information about programs, and related material. NCCTE are funded by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education. http://www.nccte.org Topics: Education Last updated Nov 8, 2006 Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)
The website for this U.S. Department of Education office provides "information, research, and resources to help prepare people for postsecondary education, successful careers, and productive lives." Find reports, speeches and presentations, statistics, details about grants and legislation, news, and topic pages for high school, community college, rural education, adult education and literacy, and career and technical education. http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/ Topics: College and University Education, Education Last updated Nov 14, 2006 Vocational Information Center: Apprenticeship Training Resources
A directory of resources relating to job apprenticeships, including information for the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and for specific trades. http://www.khake.com/page58.html Topics: Education, Jobs & Work Last updated Apr 20, 2004 |
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