Work Maturity Programming for Youth Under JTPA.
Work Maturity Programming for Youth Under JTPA.

Author: Rick Spill

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13:

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Competency-based programming for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) participants is a powerful tool that can be used by Private Industry Councils (PICs) to train youth in, among other things, the work maturity skills vital to finding and keeping employment. Work maturity skills are involved in the following behaviors: being on time for work, working industriously while on the job, getting along with others, dressing appropriately, following directions, completing the tasks assigned, and assuming responsibility. About 450 Service Delivery Areas across the United States have developed competency-based programs to teach work maturity or other competencies. Each local system is made up of the following key components: (1) PIC-recognized competency statements; (2) instruments to assess participant need; (3) employability plans; (4) classroom and on-site training; (5) evaluations of participant achievement; (6) certificates of achievement; and (7) documentation of participant activities. Following the narrative overview of the issues involved in developing such programs, the major portion of this report for job training professionals consists of seven descriptions of model programs. The descriptions take the form of National Alliance of Business Bulletins. The following sections follow the bulletins: a selected bibliography, a youth employment competency resource list, and a transcript of U.S. Department of Labor regulations that affect work maturity competencies. (CML)

Youth Job Training
Youth Job Training

Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G

Publisher: BiblioGov

Published: 2013-06

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 9781289022556

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GAO reviewed employment competencies for youth in job training programs that local service delivery areas (SDA) provided, specifically the: (1) extent and nature of youth competency systems; and (2) competency attainment data states used to judge local program performance. GAO found that, to evaluate employment competencies, the Department of Labor grouped them into three areas: (1) pre-employment and work maturity skills needed to find and hold a job; (2) basic education skills; and (3) job skills for specific occupations. Although states use national standards to evaluate local performance, they can adjust the standards to account for differences in competency systems. This makes less comprehensive programs appear more successful than those that provide training that includes basic education and is costlier and more difficult for trainees to complete. Although Labor has proposed establishing a separate standard for employment competencies, it does not believe that it has the data it needs to set such a standard. GAO believes that a separate standard might increase the emphasis on improving the employability skills of youth rather than just placing them in jobs.