The Literacy Requirements of a Draftsman on the Job and in a Vocational Training Program.

As part of a project that idettified the specific °literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional infortation about welders. Factual data are presented in Parts I and IT for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections note the specific literacy regnirements (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and mathematics) that were identified at three job sites And in three vocational trailingPrograms. Part III presents instructional methods/materials that adult baslc education teachers can use to develop literacy skills while imparting job related knowledge. The lesson format is based on a directed reading activity and includes vocabulary and concept development, sentence and organizational structure, silent xeeding, and skill development. Appendixes list the technical vocabulary that welders need to know, the 100 words that represent 45% of the language sampled for the entire project, and occupational literacy requirements for the ten occupations that were studied. thEA1