Standards: Making Them Useful and Workable for the Education Enterprise - 1997

A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Attachment A

Listing and Categories of Pilot Projects

Industry Sponsoring Federal Department
Advanced High Performance Manufacturing Education
Agricultural Biotechnology Education
Air-conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Education
Automobile, Autobody, Medium/Heavy Truck Technician Education
Chemical Process Education
Computer Aided Drafting and Design Education
Electrical Construction Labor
Electronics Education
Electronics Labor
Grocery Education
Hazardous Materials Management Technology Education  
Health Care Education
Heavy Highway/Construction & Environmental Remediation Education
Hospitality and Tourism Labor
Human Services Education
Industrial Laundry Labor
Metalworking Labor
Photonics Education
Printing Education
Retail Trade Labor
Welding Education

Types of Sponsoring Organizations

Industry Association

National Retail Federation (NRF)
Electronic Industries Foundation (EIF)
Grocers Research and Education Foundation (GREF)
American Electronics Association (AEA)
Uniform Textile and Services Association (UTSA)

Consortia of Associations

Council on Hotel Restaurant and Institutional Education (CHRIE)
Graphic Arts Technical Foundation(GATF)
National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA)
National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing/Foundation of Industrial Modernization, Advanced Manufacturing and CADD (NCFAMAM, NCFAMCD)
National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF)

Consortia of State and Student Organizations


National FFA Foundation (FFA)
Vocational Technical Consortium of the States (VTECS)

Applied Research & Development Organizations

Center for Occupational Research and Development, Photonics and Hazardous Material Management (CORDPh, CORDHm)
Education Development Center (EDC)
Far West Laboratories for Educational Research and Development (FarWst)
Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)

Apprenticeships

Laborers/AGC Education and Training Funds (LabAGC)
National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)

Professional Societies

American Welding Society (AWS)
American Chemical Society (ACS)

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[Final Thoughts] [Table of Contents] [Attachment B]