Professional Situation And Training Of Trainers In The Member States Of The European Communities

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

CEDEFOP pub. Summary report on a comparison of the training of trainers in EC countries - covers occupational qualifications and working conditions and ways to improve them in view of technological change and youth unemployment; discusses training policies relating to alternating training and continuing vocational training. Diagrams.

This collection draws on books, journals, reports and historical papers to map the vast field of education for adults. This collection will make many major works more readily available.

The EUROTECNET program was implemented to develop and improve vocational training policies and systems to meet the challenges of change in the economic and social situation through the development of innovative responses and actions. Each Member State of the European Community was asked to identify one issue of strategic and critical importance to the vocational training system that would benefit from a focused examination and debate at a national and European level. As a result, a series of conferences was launched in all 12 Member States. Each dealt with a different theme of critical importance for vocational training systems that was likely to benefit from innovative solutions. The discussions focused on the following topics: the learning organization and reinforcement of quality assurance; role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); identification of individual competencies; a continuum of lifelong learning; involvement of social partners in the strategy for vocational education; and radical change in companies' in-house training. The following conclusions were reached: training was a part of a comprehensive approach to change; the greatest challenge was unemployment; change was posing new challenges for companies; innovation was needed; a new focus on the individual was crucial; employees should have core competencies; SMEs must invest in training; and the concept of partnership between industry and the vocational education and training systems must be applied more broadly. The biggest challenge was the acquisition of the new competencies for general workers. (YLB)