Pre-Industrial Training Workshop.

Participant materials are provided from a workshop to acquaint women with nontraditional careers in the skilled trades and to help them become more knowledgeable about their options in making informed career decisions. The agendas for five day-long sessions outline the scope of the workshop that emphasizes basic math skills, hands-on experiences in nontraditional occupational areas, specific requirements needed for nontraditional careers, work-related tests, and familiarity with terminology and hand tool usage. Representative materials in this package include a self-analysis shield, self awareness/knowledge instruments, information on assertiveness, role playing situations, information on communications, a quiz on women in the work force, a vocational interest checklist, information on types of training for nontraditional careers, information on potential problems in nontraditional fields, a life change questionnaire, suggestions for coping with stress, instructions for meditative relaxation, requirements and problems in apprenticeships, information on job interviews and applications, sources of information about employment, 25 pages of math problems, and six pages of exercises for physical fitness. (YLB)