ERIC ED308668: An Analysis of Occupational Requirements pdf

ERIC ED308668: An Analysis of Occupational Requirements

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This paper is a product of Project COMPETE, a service demonstration project undertaken for the purpose of developing and validating a model and training sequence to improve transition services for moderately, severely, and profoundly retarded youth. The paper reports on a study which examined the communication skills, critical academic skills, and machine/tool use requirements identified by employers for 104 selected entry-level jobs in a small midwestern city. The jobs analyzed through employer interviews were representative of occupational clusters identified on the basis of a labor market trend analysis, their potential for initial access and employment stability for moderately mentally retarded workers, and structured interviews with employers. Job clusters were: food service, custodians/janitors, housekeeping, laundry, groundskeeping, and general labor. Results suggested that negative assumptions of many job placement personnel may not be warranted since employers reported that most of the positions surveyed required no more than minimal communication skills or academic skills (e.g.

label recognition and simple counting). No single machine or tool was reported as frequently used across the clusters. (DB

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1987
• Year: 1987
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential, Job Skills, Moderate Mental Retardation, Secondary Education, Severe Mental Retardation

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