Show Short Term Training A A. A Must Sa r Says ys 1 Utah Tech Admin Administrator is tr a tor Our instant society now demands term short-term concise skills training says John Anjewierden As a Division Chairman he oversees Management Marketing and Office Administration programs in the School of Business and Industry at Utah Technical College at Salt Lake Workshops seminars term short-term courses and fit custom-fit programs of less than nine months duration are becoming more popular than ever according to this administrator We are a generation brought up on fast foods instantaneous computer and satellite transmission breakneck rapid transportation immediate bionic body replacements spontaneous TV entertainment and yes even speed reading Students are insisting that education too needs to compress its teaching time more effectively says Anjewierden We no longer talk about tooling re-tooling industrial plants but of tooling re-tooling Am American rican work workers schools and tra training ning s systems stems he adds Giving emphasis to his position he lists eight points 1 Quick-fix Quick classes are needed now to reduce high unemployment in Utah and throughout the United States 2 Many old jobs have disappeared 3 International competition has closed in and many American jobs have moved overseas 1 4 Nearly every new job classification classification classification cation predictions end in the word technician implying less than baccalaureate degree learning 5 It is predicted that workers will turn over careers every decade with major revisions occurring about every two years The speed of new innovations is compounding so fast that work workers IS m must t Q have professional training to secure promotions better positions and sometimes just to beable be beable able to stay in their jobs 6 At least 24 percent of high school students in Utah are not graduating They need immediate job oriented j help 7 Displaced homemakers need training particularly those who 1 are 1 presently on the welfare system Y 8 Many people cannot financially afford one two or more years full- full time in school But they can take a class or two before or after work or even time full-time if the end is really in sight Anjewierden points to his divisions division's Work to clerical program as an example of term short-term training The week eight-week course assists homemakers homemakers homemakers home- home makers and some others who have a general background in clerical work but who have been out of the market for a long time Their revitalized office skills almost ost c certainly ensures s. s them remunerative employment Utah Technical College at Salt Lake works with employers too to create term short-term fit custom-fit classes to meet specific job needs |