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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED167756 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Women in Nontraditional Jobs: A Program Model.
Boston: Nontraditional Occupations Program for Women.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 133 p.; For related documents see CE 019 143 and CE
019 871-872
AVAILABILITY: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Stock Number 029
000-00319-0)
ABSTRACT: Part of a project to expand and improve the
occupational options of low-income women, this program
model
(one of thirty nationwide) describes classroom training and
work experience in the building maintenance skilled trade
areas (maintenance and repair of electrical machinery,
construction carpentry, plastering, painting, and
papering).
Part I, an overview, discusses program components,
eligibility, and benefits. Part II deals with budget and
staff. Part III discusses recruitment, intake, and
orientation. Part IV covers classroom training and
occupational fitness. Part V deals with work experience.
Part VI covers counseling and supportive services. Part VII
consists of job development, placement, and post-placement.
Part VIII deals with monitoring and evaluation. Appendixes
include a screening interview form; a counseling
orientation
schedule; formative evaluation questionnaires; a weekly
scheduling form; samples of a course outline, classroom
assignments, and an evaluation form; suggested exercises
for
developing occupational fitness; a list of electrical
tasks;
a worksite agreement; a schedule for the counseling
component of the program; a brochure on the Nontraditional
Occupations for Women program; a list of procedures for
identifying and posting jobs; a form letter to employers;
and a final trainee reaction form. (LMS)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Ancillary-Services; Blue-Collar
Occupations; Building-Operation; Career-Counseling; Career
Development; Career-Guidance; Cooperative-Programs;
Coordination-; Educational-Programs; Employed-Women;
Employment-Opportunities; Federal-Aid; Job-Placement; Labor
Force-Development; Maintenance-; Program-Administration;
Program-Budgeting; Program-Content; Program-Costs; Program
Evaluation; Recruitment-; Skilled-Occupations
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Building-Trades;
*Females-; *Job-Training; *Models-; *Nontraditional
Occupations; *Program-Descriptions; *Program-Development;
*Work-Experience-Programs
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