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ERIC Number: EJ1245678
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-May
Pages: 10
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ISSN: EISSN-2578-2118
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Employability Skills and Trends in the Outdoor Power and Equipment Industry
Alston, Antoine J.; Anderson, Ryan; English, Chastity W.; Wakefield, Dexter B.
Journal of Research in Technical Careers, v2 n1 p22-31 May 2018
The Power, Structural, and Technical Systems (PST) Career Pathway is one of eight within the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Career Cluster; this pathway provides the curriculum that includes outdoor power equipment content. The perceived workforce readiness and skills needed in this pathway and related future trends were analyzed for entry-level jobs within the outdoor power equipment industry. The respondents expressed concern with being able to find qualified entry-level employees. Respondents indicated that the major skill categories of interpersonal skills, communication skills, computer skills, character skills, technical competency, and their corresponding subskills, were important for entry-level employment. The respondents indicated shop experience and general work experience are important for career success, which are experiences that take place through school-based agricultural education. The areas with greatest impact on the future of the industry were equipment technology advancements, urbanization, environmental laws/policies, and the growth of technical education at the secondary and post-secondary level. Secondary agricultural educators and outdoor power equipment dealers should explore developing internships and other partnerships in order to better prepare students for entry-level positions within the outdoor power equipment industry.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia; Tennessee; Maryland; Delaware
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