ERIC Number: ED330796
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: 98
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West Hills College Cooperative Training Network. Truck Driving Program. Dissemination Workbook.
West Hills Community Coll., Coalinga, CA.
A cooperative training network was developed by West Hills Community College (Coalinga, California) in conjunction with government agencies/private businesses to train students in truck driving skills. Emphasis was placed on training women, members of minority groups, and disadvantaged persons. During the project, an advisory council was established with business and industry representatives, the curriculum for the truck driving program was redesigned to include a competency-based format and driving recommendations set by the Professional Truck Driving Institute of America, government/industry partners were recruited and cross-trained at workshops, approximately 80 students were trained, and the program was evaluated. (This document summarizes the program and provides a curriculum guide, course syllabus, course outline, operational instruction and training information, information on trucks and equipment, information on California driving test requirements, program form, and project newsletters.) (KC)
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Programs, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Disadvantaged, Driver Education, Females, Job Skills, Job Training, Minority Groups, Motor Vehicles, Nontraditional Occupations, Outcomes of Education, Program Development, School Business Relationship, Student Recruitment, Transportation, Two Year Colleges, Units of Study, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: West Hills Community Coll., Coalinga, CA.
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