Skills in reading, writing, mathematics, speaking, listening and problem-solving which are necessary for individuals to succeed in technical training programs. A grouping of several career majors that are generally viewed as having a common set of foundation knowledge, skills, and attitudes related in practice. A grouping of occupations having a common core of knowledge, skills, and attitudes among required tasks. A student career plan that outlines the educational pathways, including exit and reentry points, to be followed through secondary and postsecondary levels to prepare for the occupations within a career. Examples of career pathways are technical institute training, university training, apprenticeship training, military, and on the job experiences.
Training is shorter and less intensively focused than in a registered apprenticeship.
Coherent Sequence of Courses. A series of courses in which technical and academic education are integrated and which directly relates to, and leads to, both academic and occupational competencies. The term includes competency-based education, academic education and adult training or retraining, including sequential units encompassed within a single adult retraining course that otherwise meets the requirements of this definition. A student that has successfully completed a specific technical education program. Center for Occupational Research and Development.