Development and definition of National Occupational Standards (NOS) as the curriculum basis for vocational education and training (VET)

One primary goal of vocational education and training (VET) systems is to provide trainees with the right qualifications to meet the needs of the labour market. VET program development faces the challenge of obtaining relevant labour market and occupation requirements. For these purposes different approaches are used throughout the world. The use of National Occupational Standards (NOS) for VET curriculum development is one possibility to overcome this challenge. But a high NOS quality is a prerequisite for a high quality of VET program development.

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Authors: Petersen, A. Willi; Jepsen, Maik

Published: Melbourne, Victoria, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2015

Resource type: Conference paper

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