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Integration
Retraining and
cross-training are now commonplace demands in workplaces across the country.
Employees see that their job prospects depend on skill mobility within their
own industries and want to qualify for the required training. Some do not have
the basic skills necessary to complete training that would lead to promotions,
different jobs, or even maintaining the jobs they have now. |
Basic skills integrated with
job-specific training
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and safety, customer service, or equity training, for example). |
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One successful
program model integrates basic skills and existing job-specific training.
Trades training, especially in construction, has made significant progress
using this model. Apprenticeships, requiring a set amount of classroom learning
every year, provide a natural link with basic skills.
Integration depends on teamwork between the job-skills trainer and the
basic skills instructor or facilitator. Teamwork can take many forms —
team teaching, tutor support, note taking, small-group facilitation, staff
development for the trainers in integrating basic skills — and will vary
with the workplace and the people involved. |
