New Skills in Process Manufacturing.

Autor/inn/en	Dumbrell, Tom; de Montfort, Rowena; Finnegan, Wendy
Institution	National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia).
Titel	New Skills in Process Manufacturing.
Quelle	(2002), (48 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	1-74096-036-X
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); Communication Skills; Conflict Resolution; Coping; Decision Making; Delivery Systems; Education Work Relationship; Educational Attitudes; Educational Needs; Employer Attitudes; Employment Patterns; Employment Qualifications; Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Competence; Job Skills; Job Training; Labor Force Development; Manufacturing Industry; Needs Assessment; Organizational Change; Organizational Climate; Perspective Taking; Postsecondary Education; Problem Solving; Questionnaires; Relevance (Education); Social Change; Social Cognition; Teamwork; Technological Advancement; Trend Analysis; Vocational Education; Work Environment; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kommunikationsstil; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Bewältigung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Auslieferung; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Ausland; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Arbeitskräftebestand; Fertigungswirtschaft; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Bedarfsermittlung; Organisationswandel; Organisationsklima; Zukunftsperspektive; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Problemlösen; Fragebogen; Relevance; Relevanz; Sozialer Wandel; Soziale Kognition; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Trendanalyse; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Arbeitsmilieu; Australien
Abstract	Recent changes in the nature of work in Australia's process manufacturing industry and their impact on operative-level workers and vocational education and training (VET) were examined. Structured interviews were conducted with training or human resource managers in 16 firms representing a cross-section of small, medium, and large enterprises across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Structured questionnaires were also administered to a total of 17 workers from the 16 firms. Of the 16 firms, 12 had introduced major workplace changes within the past 5 years. In most firms, those workplace changes involved multiskilling of operative-level workers, greater levels of responsibility and decision making, and mastery of additional skills. Elimination of line supervisors and, in some cases, replacement of line supervisors by work teams, were additional important trends. It was concluded that training programs for operator-level jobs in the process manufacturing sector should address emerging soft skill demands and underpinning skills in the basic sciences of physics and chemistry. The following were among the specific soft skills recommended: enhanced oral and written communication skills; team-working and conflict resolution skills; skills in adjusting to workplace change; and problem-solving skills. (The bibliography lists 16 references. A statistical profile of the industry and the questionnaires are appended.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	National Centre for Vocational Education Research, 252 Kensington Road, Leabrook, South Australia 5068, Australia (Cat no. 752: $18.15 Australian). Tel: 08 8333 8400, Fax: 08 8331 9211; e-mail: vet_req@ncver.edu.au; Web site: http://www.ncver.edu.au. For full text: http://www.ncver.edu.au/research/proj/nr0012.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC