| here are two different types of
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| | that completion rates grow larger.
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| Vocational Training. The first type is
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| | The High School and Junior College
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| commercially oriented vocational training
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| | locally based hands on vocational
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| programs. These are operated by for
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| | training programs are often somewhat
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| profit organizations which have primary
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| | limited
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| interest in the amount of profitability
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| | in the functional areas which they
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| rather than the specific functional areas
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| | teach. This often because of facilities
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| of coverage which are offered.
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| | constraints. There be limited space
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| The second type of Vocational Training
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| | available. In some the space available is
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| comes from the academic community. The
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| | unsuitable for the type of training being
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| two types of educational organizations
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| | performed. For example, a classroom is
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| most often involved in vocational
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| | not a suitable place to conduct a class
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| training are High Schools ans Junior
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| | in performing auto body repair.
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| Colleges. Undergraduate programs and
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| | The other common limitation facing
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| Graduate Schools are rarely involved in
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| | schools offering hands on training, is
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| vocational training.
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| | finding qualified people to teach the
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| The commercial vocational education
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| | courses. It is often difficult to obtain
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| programs typically offer both home study
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| | experienced instructors for many of the
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| programs through correspondence/websites
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| | functional areas for which hands on
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| as well as local on site, hands on,
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| | training is appropriate.
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| training. There are some Junior Colleges
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| | One lack that exists in the entire
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| who also offer home study programs. One
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| | vocational system is a training program
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| barrier to entry to the commercial
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| | which provides the skills needed to
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| vocational training is the enrollment
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| | improve productivity. Topics such as
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| costs. These can be quite expensive.
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| | productivity improvement, work
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| Typically the High School and Junior
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| | measurement, methods and procedures,
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| College vocational training classes are
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| | budgeting and conducting Requests for
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| much less expensive than their
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| | Quotations (RFQ) are rarely addressed.
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| commercially offered cousins. This
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| | This is despite the fact that
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| applies to both local, hands on, training
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| | productivity improvement opportunities
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| as well as to home study programs.
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| | are available in most if not every
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| One problem with home study programs is
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| | enterprise.
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| that they are self paced. Students often
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| | Many organizations have functional areas
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| sign up for such programs but lack the
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| | where potential productivity can be as
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| self discipline to continue them until
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| | high as 45% of the cost of the function.
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| completion. This often makes for a high
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| | Few enterprises have less than a 5%
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| drop out rate.
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| | opportunity for productivity improvement.
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| In the cases where completion of a
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| | These disciplines can benefit from both
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| course counts for credit toward a work
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| | hands on training and from self paced
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| related skill. The motivation exists so
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| | study programs.
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