Module 1: What is the Workforce System?
syllabus Why am I here? I am talent development instructional designer educator long interest in promoting lifelong learning; job skill training; professional development that is evidenced based training / development competency based training / development formally recognized via digital badging, eportfolios, micro credentialing ( which may emerge as a strategy to help facilitate workforce system changes) currently involved in addressing problems found in unregulated trades - one - painting (working with a paint contractor on designing a skills based, evidence based, standards based approach to becoming a architectural painter poor public perception of industry - unregulated, untrusted recruitment difficult poor training regiment poor hiring practices retention difficult short term work / gig common low pay advancement unclear career paths? sub contractor / self contractor .. to red seal (apprenticeship) barriers to entry yet many transferable job skills ... if do