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AUTHOR Walker, Mary Margaret; And OthersTITLE Status of the NOICC/SOICC Network. NOICC

Administrative Report No. 13.INSTITUTION National Occupational Information Coordinating

Commit,:ee (DOL/ETA), Washington, DC.PUB DATE Dec 87NOTE 56p.PUB TYPE Reports - General (140)

EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS *Databases; Federal Programs; *Information

Dissemination; *Information Networks; InformationSources; Microcomputers; *Occupational Information;Program Content; Program Effectiveness; ProgramImplementation; *Shared Resources and Services; StatePrograms; User Needs (Information,; *UserSatisfaction (Information)

IDENTIFIERS National Occupational Information Coordinating Com;*Occupational Information Systems; State OccupationalInformation Coordinating Comm

ABSTRACTBetween July 1, 1986, and June 30, 1987, the National

Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (NOICC)/StateOccupational Information Coordinating Committee (SOICC) network hasmade significant gains in meeting the information needs of plannersand administrators of vocational education and employment andtraining programs as well as of individuals making career decisions.there are now microcompute....-based occupational information systems inplace in 38 states and territories. A new microcompt. er-basedoccupational projections system makes it possible for individualsowning an MS-DOS microcomputer to develop state and substatesupply-demand occupational projections. Two other new softwareenhancements to the network make it possible to identify educationand training institutions and program offerings by geographic areaand to retrieve data on industries that employ a certain share ofworkers in selected occupations. A census occupation /industry matrixfile has also been developed for each state. In 29 states,occupational information is being used to plan programs at localcommunity colleges, and 37 SOICCs report that their information isbeing used to plan programs for local Job Training Partnership Actservice delivery areas. During the past year, SOICCs in 36 statesprovided training on the use and analysis of occupational informationfor program planning. Forty-six states now computer-based careerinformation delivery systems (CIDS). In the 1986 program year, thesesystems served 6-8 million people at approximately 15,000 sitesnationwide, with almost 67 percent of the systems' users being schoolstudents. Pilot progrP.ms involving the U.S. Naval Reserve andDepartment of Defense were also launched during the program year.(MN)

National OccupationalInformation Coordinating

Committee

STATUS OF THE NOICC/SOICC NETWORK

June 30, 1987

S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONOff of Educational Research and Improvement

ED CATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATIONCENTER (MC)

This document has been ..produced asreceived from the person or crganizationoriginating 4Minor changes have been made to improvereprodUCtiOn C,Jelify

Ports of view or OpiniOnS stated this documerit do not necessanh represent officialOEFii 0031110n Or policy

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A l'aSSAGE FROM

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR...

During the first ten years of theNOICC/SOICC Network, 1977 to 1987,believe that very significant progresshas occurred in the coordination anddelivery of occupational and careerinformation.

All who have participated in imple-menting the Congressional intent of 176for NOICC have a sense of pride in an"experiment" that is succeeding.

Dedicated and committed SOICC staff,however few, with scant resources, helpedmake this Network possible.

NOICC looks forward to the next tenyears and is planning initiatives and

programs to further the use of occupa-tional and career information.

Finally, this report is dedicatedto the memory of Mr. Russell B. Flanders,Executive Director of NOICC from 1978 to1986. Mr. Flanders's sense of mission andcommitment to meeting the Nation's needfor occupational and career informationwere instrumental in making the NOICC/SOICC Network what it is today.

liette Noone ester

STATUTORY MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL OCCUPATIONALINFORMATION ...uvnylhAliAG COMMITTEE

CommissionerAssistant Secretary

Bureau of Labor StatisticsForce Management & Personnel

U.S. Department of Labor U.S. Department of Defense

Administrator CommissionerCenter for Education Statistics

Rehabilitation ServicesU.S. Department of Education

AdministrationU.S. Department of Education

Assistant Secretary DirectorEmployment and Training Office of Bilingual EducationU.S. Department of Labor & Minority Language Affairs

U.S. Department of Education

Assistant SecretaryVocational and Adult EducationU.S. Department of z,'ducation

Assistant SecretaryEconomic DevelopmentU.S. Department of Coramerce

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Under Secretary

Small Community and RuralDevelopment

U.S. Department of Agriculture

TECHNICAL STEERING GROUP

LeRoy A. Cornelsen, DirectorDivision of Vocat,nna3 EducationOffice of Vocational & Adult

EducationU.S. Department cf Education

Ronald KutscherAssociate CommissionerOffice of Economic Growth and

Employment ProjectionsBureau of Labor StatisticsU.S. Department of Labc-

W.S. Sellman

Director for Accession PolicyOASD Force Management and

PersonnelU.S. Departrent of Defense

Jenny Lou PhillipsExecutive Assistant to the

AdministratorFarmers Home AdministrationU.S. Department of Agriculture

Robert Schaerfl, DirectorU.S. Employment ServiceEmployment and Training

AdministrationU.S. Department of Labor

Allan L. Olson

Economic and Program Advisor tothe Assistant Secretary

Economic Developmen-Administration

U.S. Department of Cc-merce

Mar3crie ChandlerTeam Leader

Education and Employment UnitCondition of Education DivisionCenter fcr Educatior StatisticsU.S. Department of Education

Don Rave

Vocational Rehabilitation ProgramSpecialist

Vocational RehabilitationServices

U.S. Department of Education

Anna Maria Farias

Acting Deputy Director

Office of Bilingual Education andMinority Language Affairs

U.S. Department of Education

Invited Participants

Nicholas A. Kolb, D:rec-,.or

Policy Development and ReviewBureau of Apprenticesnip &

Training

U.S. Department of Labor

Brian MacDonald, ChiefDivision of Occupational &

Administrative StatisticsOffice of Employment and

Unemployment StatisticsBureau of Labor StatisticsU.S. Department of Labor

The Technical Steering Group (TSG;, which consists cf representatives tfNOICC statutory memders, provides policy direction to NOICC staff.

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NOICC STAFF

Juliette Noone Lester, Executive DirectorMary Alston, Secretary

Walton Webb, CoordinatorState & Interagency Network

Valerie LloydOIS Specialist

Mary Beth McCormacOIS Specialist

Betty NicholsonProgram Analyst

Opal Houston

Management Services Assistant

Mary WiriamsSecretary

James Wocdc, Coordinator

Occupational information System

Pamela FrugoliCIS Specialist

Harvey 011isOIS Specialist

Rodney SlackOIS Specialist

Billye Jean Armst-ongSecretary

NOICC Offices: 2100 M Street NW, Suite '5'6, Wash:ngton, :::: 20037Telephone Numbers: 202/653-5665, 653-5671 and 653-7680

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Foreword

This document is the eighth annual report of the National OccupationalInformation Coordinating Committee (NOICC) and is network of StateOccupational Information Coordinating COMMiZt'7^ (SOICCs).

This report highlights the initiatives, activities and accomplishmentsof the NOICC/SOICC Network during Program Year 1986 -- July 1, 1986 toJune 30, 1987. It also reports on the status of state occupational andcareer information delivery systems in mid-1987 and highlights some ofthe outstanding occupational and career information projects initiated byState Occupati,aal Information Coordinating Committees.

Because PY 1986 marks the tenth year of the NOICC/SOICC Network, thisreport includes a chapter, "The NOICC/SOICC Network: An Historical Per-spective," that outlines the development of the Network and the programsand projects it has initiated over the past ten years to help meet labormarket and occupational information needs in vocational education,employment and training, counseling Jna career development.

Acknowledgments

This report was prepared for the National Occupational InformationCoordinating Committee by Mary Margaret Walker, in cooperation withNOICC staff.

""ABLE OF CONTENTS

A Message from the Executive Director

The NOICC/SOICC Network: An Introduction

The Network in 1987

Next Steps .7

The NOICC/SOICC Network: An Historical Perspective22

Financial Report

L'ST OF EXHIBITS

National Committee Members

Technical Steering Group

NOICC Staffiv

NOICC Sources of Funding31

NOICC Expenditures32

NOICC Grants for State Activities33

SOICC Sources of Fund_ng34

OIS Information Base

OIS Delivery Systems for Program Planning,

Statewide, Computer-based CIDS

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State 35

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: NOICC Produced and Sponsored Publications 39

APPENDIX B: Major NOICC Conferences & Training Programs 42

APP1-iDIX C: SOICCs44

APPENDIX D: NOICC Enabling Legislation 47

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THE NOICC/SOICC NETWORK: AN INTRODUCTION

The National Occupational

Information Coordinating Committee(NOICC) is a Federal incerageacycommittee that promotes the develop-ment and use of labor market

information -- that is, informationabout education, ..obs, occupationsand careers. It was established byCongress in 1976 and its members

include representatives from theDepartments of Labor, Education,

Commerce, Agriculture and Defense-- all producers and users ofoccupational information.

NOICC's primary mission is toimprove coordination and communica-tion among developers and users ofoccupational information and to helpstates meat the occupational infor-mation needs of planners and admin-istrators of vocational education,and employment and trainingprograms, as well as individualsmaking career decisions. Thismission is accomplished through anetwork of State Occupational

Information Coordinating Committees(SOICCs).

Like NOICC, the SOICCs are inter-agency committees -- their membersrepresent state producers and usersof occupational triformation includ-ing, vocational education aRenties,vocational rehabilitation agencies,job training coordinating councils,employment security agencies andeconomic development agencies, amongothers. NOiCC and the SOICCs do notcollect occupational and labormarket data, but rather promote andfacilitate the use of data that iscollected by their member agenciesand other organizations.

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It is the goal of the NOICC/SOICC Network to promote thedevelopment and use of occupationalinformation, and the intergovern-mental structure of the Network :san important factor in its success.

The committees encourage.00rdination and communicationamong their respective memberagencies at the national and statelevels. They also work together :na larger Federal/State Network and,as a result, data producers andusers become more aware of eachother's programs and services,requirements and needs. Informa-tion on new products and researchis circulated and exchanged.Projects of mutual interest areidentified and carried out cooper-atively at the state and Federallevels. Successful productsdeveloped in one state are madeavailable for others to adapt andase.

When congress established NOICC,it specifically charged it withdeveloping a system that would meetthe occupational information anddata needs of state planners ofvocational education and job-related programs. Ia response tothat mandate, NOICC developed theconcept, framework and design forOccupational Information Systems(OIS), which bring together labormarket and occupational data fromnumerous sources to betterintegrate the information, andformat it to meet the needs ofdifferent users. The SOICCsdevelop, maintain and use thesystems, with technical andfinancial support from NOICC.

OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS

An Occupational InformationSystem (OIS) is an extensivedatabase of labor market informationalong with the mechanisms forformatting and disseminating thedata so that it can be used andunderstood by a variety of audi-ence:. An OIS database containsdata that is developed by nume"ousFederal and state agencies,including state employment securityagencies; state vocational educationand rehabilitation agencies; JobTraining Partnership Act (.TPA)programs; the Bureau of LaborStatistics; the Employment and

Training Administration; the Centerfor Education Statistics; theDepartment of Defense, and others.

The systems are implemented by

SOICCs at the state level since thatis where most economic developmentand employment and job-relatedprogram decisions are made. Eachstate system contains information on

current and projected demand for thevarious occupations in that state aswell as information about thecurrent supply of graduates fromeducational and training programs.

An Occupational InformationSystem also contains information oncharacteristics of occupationsincluding occupational duties andslr.i-1 requirements, tools and

equipment used, working conditions,education and training requirements,licensing and certification require-ments, wage and fringe benefits and

occupational demographics. Occupa-tional Information Systems alsocontain information about trainingprograms and educational institu-tions.

From this extensive database,SOICCs, their member agencies andother experts prepare informationfor different purposes and groupsof users.

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NOICC provides financial supportand technical assistance to helpSOICCs compile, organize anddeliver the information for twobasic purposes -- designing andplanning vocational education,economic development, employment-and job-related programs that meetthe needs of the local ana stateeconomy and labor market; andhelping individuals make informeddecisions about jobs and careers.

THE NETWORK AND CAREER INFORMATION

In 1977, Congress reinforced andexpanded the NOICC/SOICC role inthe development and use of occupa-tional information by involvingthem in helping to meet the labormarket information needs of youngpeople and adults making careerdecisions. Thus, NOICC and theSOICCs became involved in thede elopment of Career InformationDelivery Systems (CIDS).

CIDS are computer-based systemsthat provide individuals withcurrent, accurate and locallyrelevant occupational and educa-tional information -- informationon civilian and military occupa-tions and training programs andeducational institutions. The datain the OIS are used to help buildthe CIDS database. CIDS serve ascareer guidance tools, helpingindividuals elite personal charac-teristics, such as interests,

abilities, experience and educa-tional goals with compatible joband career, and training opportun-ities.

The systems describe occupa-tional duties, working conditions,worker requirements and employmentoutlook. They also describe occu-pational wage and salary levels andeducational and training require-ments. CIDS typically containdescriptions of 250 or more

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occupations. Many include infor-mation on financial aid, majoremployers in the state and joboperings listed with the stateemployment security agency. Inaddition, the systems provideinformation on postsecondary

institutions such as admissionsrequirements and programs offered.Most CIDS now include militaryoccupational and traininginformation.

As with Occupational InformationSystems, NOICC has helped fuzd thedevelopment and start-up of stateCIDS. Within each state, SOICCspromote the use of the systems andthe information la them.

State CIDS are located at some15,000 sites nationwide, includingschools, colleges, libraries, jobtraining centers, ccrrectionsfacilities, vocational rehabilitat-ion centers and community organiza-tions. It's estimated that thesystems serve six to eight millionpeople each year. More than half ofthe 46 state CIDS systems now inoperation were originally developedwith NOICC funding. Today NOICC isthe Federal program with respon-sibility for assisting statewideC1DS.

In -ddition to supporting CIDS,the NOICC/SOICC Network is involvedin a variety of other projects thatpromote career information forindividual decision-making. NOICCconducts special training programsfor labor market intermediaries --

that is, career development person-nel and vocational guidance counse-lors, who help individuals make

decisions about jobs and careers.

NOICC career-related projectsalso include publications and majorprograms that train counselors touse labor market information andpromote the use of career informa-tion in the classroom. NOICC is

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sponsrring a national project todevelop guidelines for statestandards for enmprPhg.nsiv°

guidance programs.

The SOICCs promote the use ofcareer information through avariety of methods including CIDStraining, telephone hotlines, jobrairs and career informationtabloids. These services andproducts are provided to schools,colleges, state library systems,job-training facilities andemployment security agencies. Thetaoloids are sometimes distributedas supplements to daily or weeklynewspapers. In addition, thestates often conduct studies andouLlish reports that are publi-izedin the news media, identifyingtrends and changes in the state andlocal labor markets.

THE NETWORK IN 1987

Over the past teh years.NOICC/SOICC Network has become aneffective instrument for bringingtogether data producers and usersto help meet the natir.:, s need for.ccupational and labor market1..Pormation. Today the NOICC/SOICCNetwork extends to a large andvaried universe of state and Federalagencies. But een more important,it involves a substantial communityof individuals who are committed toproviding high quality, timely andaccurate occupational and careerinformation to a growing number ofpeople.

SOICCs in most states have nowdeveloped and implemented Occupa-tional Information Systems and areconcentrating on enhancing theusefulness of mPir systems.

Through NO1CC grants, approxi-ma -fly 38 states have implemented

the NOICC-developed Micro-OIS -- amicrocomputer-based OIS system thatutilizes the increased capabilitiesof microcomputer hardware andsoftware. An additional seven stateseither have in place (r are imple-menting mainframe computer OISEvsteas.

SOICCs are refining their systemsand expanding applications o, theOIS beyond the originally targeteduser groups of vocational tlucation

and employment-related programplanners and administrators toinclude economic development, jobplacement and other uses. They areproviding training for new usergroups and are placing the systemsin employment service offices andother sites.

In addition to automateddciivery of occupational informa-tion, many states publish periodicoccupational supply/demand reportsfor state program planners andadministrators, while othersproduce labor market informationdirectories, drawing their informa-tion from regularly updated

Occupational Information Systems.

Forty-six states now havecompulr-based Career informationDelivery Systems -- 26 of themimplemented with NOICC funding,including five that are currentlysetting up their systems withstart-up grants from NOICC. Thesesystems are available at some15,000 sites nationwide and servesix to eight million people eachyear.

During the 19808, the processof connecting individuals who aremaking career and occupationaldecisions with the information tneyne i to make informed decisions hasbeen characterized by rapid change.Improved microcomputer technology,and the pressure of budgetary con-swaints have resulted in asignificant mr.vement away frommainframe computer delivery tomicrocomputer delivery in state-developed CIDS systems and byprivate vendors.

CIDS systems are increasinglyavailable at locations that providecareer development services toadults, including continuing educa-tion centers, private employers,employment service offices, rehabil-itation agencies, military bases,counseling agencies, welfareoffices, sate correctional institu-tions and libraries.

During the 1970s, high schoolstudents were the primary usersof CIDS systems, but by 1981, one-fourth of CIDS users were non-secondary school students. Lastyear, more than a third of thepeople who used CIDS systems wereadults or college students.

In addition to computer-basedCIDS systems, states continue touse a number of different methodsto deliver career information totheir citizens. SOICCs publishcareer information tabloids anddirectories of licensed occupationsand apprenticeship programs. SOICCssponsor career and job fairs andoperate telephone hotlines thatprovide information about occupa-tions and careers in their states.

Clearly, the systems supportedand operated by the mnTrr/nTrc

Network increasingly are being usedto deliver current and accurateoccupatio:ial and training informa-tion to those providing planning,employment and career developmentservices for the workforce of todayand tomorrow -- as well as toindividuals making decisions abouttheir occupations and careers.

MAJOR OIS INITIATIVES & PROJECTS 1987

K,CRO-OIS

The Micro-OIS is an excellentexample of how the NOICC/SOICC

Network cohtinually works to refineand improve its systems. While theNetwork's original efforts an

implementing Occupational Informa-tion Systems focused on mainframecomputerized systems, the rapidadvance in the capabilities of

microcomputer hardware and softwareled NOICC to develop a micro-

computer-based OIS system, calledthe Micro-OIS. As mentionedpreviously, approximately 38 stateshave now implemented the Micro-OIS.

Micro-OIS Enhancements. Thispast year, NOICC and the NationalCrosswalk Service Center developedtwo new software enhancements forthe Micro-OIS -- the Training(School) Directory and the Occupa-tion/Industry Matrix module. Whilethese modules are designed to

operate as an integrated part of theMicro-OIS, they also can be run asstand-alone modules.

The Training or School Directoryis designed to identify education

and training institutions and theirprogram offerings, by geographicarea. Among the potential users arestaff of JTPA service delivery areas(SDAs), employers and personsworking in economic development.

For example, SDA staff may contractout training for JTPt clients to

nearby institutions T.i.at offerappropriate programs. The informa-tion in this module will assist inthat process and in the generalcoordination of vocational educationprograms with JTPA, as mandated intheir respective Federal legisla-tion. Employers can use it to

identify institutions that may beable to help them with employeeretraining, or customized trainingon new equipment or processes.Economic development staff can useit to demonstrate the capacity otrain workers in the skillsrequired by a firm that Is consid-ering locating in a specific area.

To meet the needs of differenttypes cL users, data in theTraining Directory can be sortedin a number of ways. For example,the module can produce a list ofschools in the state or selectedgeographic areas; a list of allschools in a Gpecified area thatoffer selected training programs;or a listing of the programsoffered by specified institutions.The information can be accessed ina variety of ways including

appropriate program codes, bygeographical area, type of institu-tion or by program title.

The Occupation/Industry Matrixmodule provides data on the indus-tries that employ a certain shareof workers in selected occupations,specified by supply/demand clustercode or occupational code. Wherethe information is available, themodule can display the names ofmajor employers within industries,for the state or selected sub-statearea.

The information in this moduleis useful in a variety of tasks,including job development, jobplacement and economic development.For example, it can be used tolocate on-the-job training andcooperative education positions.It can be used to find jobs for

program completers. It can aiddislocated workers by identifyingthe industries and firms that employpeople with the same occupationalskills. It may even be useful toemployers to identify possiblesupplier firms, or to identify amarket for companies that primarilysell to other firms, rather thandirectly to consumers.

Micro-OIS Review. This past year,NOICC reviewed the various stateMicro-OIS systems to identifyfeatures that states have introducedto the original Micro-OIS. TheNational Crosswalk Service Centerreviewed each state Micro-OIS toanalyze the features available inorder to determine whether thesystem is working properly, and toget a general idea of how thesystems are being used.

Summaries of each system wereprepared and the information isbeing used to identify new state-added features/modules that may beof interest to other states and toidentify problems that need to beaddressed to improve operation ofthe system.

NOICC is also using the informa-tion from the review to determinewhether it will consider developingan entirely new dBASE III or dBASEIII Plus version of the Mic "o -OIS

that incorporates the best featuresof the various state systems.

NOICC and the Crosswalk Centeralso developed a 'benchmark test'that was used by states to checktheir Micro-OIS systems to seewhether they were working properly,and if not, to identify the prob-lems. Because each state versionhas some differences from otherstate versions, the test providedonly a framework for reviewing thesystems. NOICC plans to work with

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SOICCs in PY 1987 and 1988 to more

fully assess the actual use of theMicro-OIS in supporting planningdecisions.

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MICROCOMPUTER MATRIX OCCUPATIONALPROJECTIONS SYSTEM

This past year, NOICC announcedthe availability of a micro-computer-based MATRIX OccupationalProjections System. With thissystem, states can develop stateand sub -state supply/demand

projections on an MS-DOS micro-computer. It is expected that overhalf of the state3 will adopt thesystem in the first year of itsrelease.

The Microcomputer MATRIX

Occupational Projections Systemwas developed by the Occupational

Projections Service Center of theUtah Department of EmploymentSecurity, with major fundingprovided by NOICC under a contractwith the Interstate Conference ofEmployment Security Agencies(ICESA).

The system uses Occupational

Employment Statistics (0E0) programsurvey data and independentlyderived industry projections toproject detailed occupationalemployment and openings. It

operates on IBM PC-compatiblemicrocomputers and is written indBASE III Flus. The microcomputer-based system provides an alter-native to mainframe computersystems, which are often costly andin some states more difficult toaccess because of competingpriorities for processing andprogramming time and support.

The system is primarily intendedfor use by State Employment SecurityAgencies, which are usually respon-sible for producing state and localoccupational projections. Thesystem will allow them to produceand revise projections in-houserather than relying on externaldata-processing facilities.

Perhaps one of the most signifi-cant improvements of the micro-computer-based MATRIX system overthe old mainframe processing systemis that it allows users to reviewand edit the data as it is beingprocessed. In addition, the systemcan create estimates of self--employed and unpaid family workers.It also allows the use of Censusdata in those cases where no OESsurvey are available.

Because the new system is writtenin dBASE III Plus and operates onIBM PC-compatible computers, outputfrom the system can easily be inputinto the Micro-OIS. It was reviewedand tested by each of the sponsoringagencies and design assistance wasprovided by Bureau of Labor Statis-tics staff.

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TECHNICAL CONFERENCES: DZVE.OPINO

INDUSTRY/OCCIPATIOFAL PROJECTIONS

NOICC, along with the National

Governors' Association (NGA) and theInterstate Conference of EmploymentSecurity Agencies (ICESA), sponsoredthree national Industry /Occupational

Employment Projections TrainingConferences in 1986 and early 1987for state employees responsible fordeveloping state and sub-stateindustry and occupational employmentprojections. These conferences wereattended by more than 130 partici-pants from 48 states.

NOICC, NGA and ICESA alsoproduced a handbook for developing,industry and occupational pro-jections that was used in thetraining conferences and can serveas a reference handbook for use ineach state.

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NATIONAL CROSSWALK SERVICE CENTER

Demand for Crosswalk ServiceCenter products and services was upsubstantially this past year fromlevels of the previous two years,with a significant increase indemand for microcomputer-basedproducts.

As noted previously, theCrosswalk Service Center has beeninvolved in a number of majorprojects with NOICC this past year,including the development of theMicro-OIS School Directory andOccupation/Industry modules; thereview of various Micro-OISsystems; and the development of the'benchmark' test used by states tocheck their Micro-OIS systems.

The Crosswalk Center alsodeveloped a Census Occupation/Industry Matrix file for each stateand worked with the Bureau of LaborStatistics and the state of Utah indeveloping the specifications forthe files. Thirty-five states arenow using the Census Occupation/Industry Matrix files developed forthem by the Crosswalk Center.

This past year, the Center alsobegan updating the CIP codes andthe NOICC Master Crosswalk. It'sestimated that the new Crosswalkwill be completed by the end ofcalendar year 1987.

PROJECTS WITH THE MILITARY

Military Occupational andTraining Data. During the pastyear, the National CrosswalkService Center has customized the1987 Military Occupational andTraining Data (MOTD) by includingrelated state CIDS titles. Statesprovide the Center with a listingof their civilian CIDS titles andthe Center matches these titles withthe MOTD titles and codes. Alsoduring the past year, the CrosswalkCenter implemented a new deliverysystem for Military Occupational andTraining Data -- the information isnow available on diskettes for usewith microcomputers.

Naval Reserve Project. The

U.S. Naval Reserve and NOICC havelauncLed a pilot project to developIBM PC-compatible microcomputersoftware that would provide theNaval Reserve with flexible accessto information on existing civiliantraining programs that might be usedto address the needs of the Reserve.

This information would be usedby training officers to contactlocal institutions and, as appropri-ate, contract for civilian trainingservices. NOICC is developing thesystem software using the same data-base programming language used inthe Micro-OIS.

In this project, NOICC isdeveloping a Civilian TrainingInventory (CIVTRAIN) that willprovide four types of basic reportsfor Naval Reserve training officers,including: schools that offertraining related to selected Reserveoccupations; schools that offertraining for selected civilianinstructional areas; trainingprograms at selected schools;and lists of schools in selected

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geographic areas. The data can beaccessed by Reserve occupation,civilian program, civilian schoolor geographic area.

CIVTRAIN utilizes elements fromtwo key crosswalk filas -- theMilitary-Civilian OccupationalCrosscode (DoD) and the NOICCMaster Crosswalk.

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SOICC OIS ACTIVITIES

As noted previously, Occupa-tional Information Systems areactually implemented by SOICCs atthe state level, since that's wheremost job and employment-related

program planning decisions aremade.

This past year, a total of 38states had microcomnuter-based OISsystems in place and seven wereusing interactive mainframecomputer OIS systems.

Thirty-nine SOICCs report thatoccupational information from theirOIS systems is used in some formalway to develop local plans for

vocational education schools. In 29states, occupational information isused for planning programs at localcommunity colleges. Thirty-sevenSOICCs report that their OISinformation is used to planprograms for local JTPA servicedelivery areas.

According to the SOICC Direc-tory, SOICCs in 46 states usesecondary school completers as asource of information on workersupply for their OIS. SOICCs in47 states include information aboutpublic junior or community collegesin their OIS and 31 includeinformation on four-year highereducation and professional degree-granting institutions.

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SOICCs in 25 states use informa-tion on apprenticeship programs intheir OIS; 29 use information onJTPA programs; 26 use Job Corpsinformation; and 14 use informationon vocational rehabilitationprograms.

Other types of data are commonlyincluded in the systems. Thirty-nine states display data on jobservice applicants and openings.Thirty-six states provide some sortof wage data. Almost half of thestates now include narrative outlookor analysis statements to supportinterpretation of the numericaldata.

Fifteen SOICCs have incorporatedsome type of school/program direc-

tory file into their OIS and sixhave added an industry/employerdirectory.

Thirty-six SOICCs produce occupa-tional/labor market data for sub-state areas, including JTPA servicedelivery areas; MSAs/LMAs; andeducational planning regions. In PY1986, SOICCs in 36 states provideduser training on the use andanalysis of occupational informationfor program planning.

More than 80 ,,e: cent (44) of allSOICCs published a variety of labormarket and occupational informationreports for use by program plannersin PY 1986. Examples of SOICC-produced labor market/occupational

information publications includeInformation Age: Occupational andData Trends, Arizona SOICC; A

Longitudinal Analysis of Employmentand Plant Counts for Connecticut

Manufacturing, Connecticut SOICC;and Delaware Labor Market Informa-tion Directora, Delaware SOICC.

The Florida SOICC publishedOccupational Information forProgram Planning, while the IdahoSOICC produced Occupations inIdaho.

Other SOICC publicationsinclude, Labor Market Information:A Community College Planning Guide,Illinois SOICC; Nevada OccupationalInformation System Labor Supply andDemand, Nevada SOICC; and Occupa-tions Licensed and Certified oy NewYork State, New York SOICC.

Other SOICC-produced publica-tions include Directory of LaborMarket and Occupational Informa-tion, North Dakota SOICC; Licensed,Certified and Registered Occupa-tions in Oklahoma, Oklahoma SOICu;Directory of Occupational andEducational Information Sources,Oregon SOICC; Occupational Pano-rama, Puerto Rico SOICC; SouthDakota Occupational OutlookHandbook, South Dakota SOICC;Directory of Labor Market, Careerand Occupational Information,Vermont SOICC; ApprenticeshipOccupations in Virginia, VirginiaSOICC; and OIS Strategy, WashingtonState, Washington SOICC.

MAJOR CAREER INFORMATION INITIATIVES & PROJECTS: 1987

CAREER INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEMS

The need for reliable occupa-tional and educational informationby individuals making decisionsabout careers has grown signifi-cantly in the past few years. Thisincreasing need is prompted in partby dramatic changes in the Americanlabor market such as demographicshifts, the impact of foreigncompetition and technologicaladvances. The NOICC/SOICC Networkcontinues its work in supporting,updating and refining Career

Information Delivery Systems tohelp address these needs.

In 1987, NOICC provided second-year funding to five states --

1Zen;ucky, Mississippi, Nevada,Pennsylvania and Vest Virginia --

for the development and implemen-taticn of statewide CIDS. Oncethese systems are in operation, atotal of 46 states and territorieswill be using statewide Career

Information Delivery Systems toconnect youth and adults makingcareer or occupational decisions

with the information they need tomake informed choices.

Also in 1987, NOICC issued anRFP for a third round of grants toprovide assistance to integratemilitary information from theMilitary Occupational and TrainingData into Career Information

Delivery Systems. These DoD fundedgrants continue the cooperativeeffort between NOICC and DoD on

improving the availability and useof military career information.Since 1983, 14 grants for theintegration and use of tne MOTD datahave been funded.

IMPROVE CAREER DECISION MAKINGPROGRAM

The goal of the Improve CareerDecision Making (ICDM) Progr'r isto train both inservice and pre-service counselors to help individ-uals make career decisions based onan improved understanding of thelabor market.

In PY 1986, 21 states conductedICDM inservice training. A total of2,696 counselors were trained atthe 157 training sessions providedby the 21 SOICCs. The PY 1986 ICDMinservice program was funded fromCarl Perkins Vocational EducationAct supplemental funds providedthrough NOICC's Basic AssistanceGrants to the SOICCs.

SOICCs that participate in theprogram conduct two to three-dayworkshops covering 28 competencies.The workshops are conducted byteams of counselor educators, SOICCstaff, career information deliverysystem representatives anu stateresearch and analysis staff. Nextyear, the ICDM inservice programcurriculum will be completelyrevised and modeled on the text-book, Using Labor Market Informa-tion for Career Exploration andDecision Making: A Resource Guide.

The ICDM preservice program ledto the publication of the "ResourceGuide" in 1986. A companiontraining handbook was produced byEastern Illinois University througha NOICC grant to the Illinois SOICCIn the Fall of 1986.

NOICC awarded a grant to theAmerican Association for Counselingand Development (AACD) for a seriesof workshops to promote the use ofthe new textbook and traininghandbook in counselor educationprograms at colleges and universit-ies across the country.

An AACD cadre of six ICDM-

experienced counselor educatorsconducted 12 one-day regionalworkshops throughout the U.S. in1986-87, which were attended by 243people -- 46-percent of whom werecounselor educators. The rest werecounselors.

NOICC and AACD plan to conduct 12more workshops in 1987-88, three ofwhich will be scheduled at theregional conferences of the AmericanAssociation for Counselor Educationand Supervision.

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NATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMEYTGUIDELINES

In response to the need for

national ,uidelines and standardsfor quality career guidance programsat all educational levels, NOICClaunched a major, two-phase project

for the development and implemen-tation of national gLidelines forcareer guidance and counselingprograms in 1987. The North DakotaOccupational Information Coor-dinating Committee is implementingthe project, under a $237,000 grantfrom NOICC.

The first phase of the projectconsists of establishing guidelinesfor standards including a crmprehen-sive list of desired student/client

outcomes; an outline of activitiesnecessary to meet the outcomes; and

competencies that counselors need inorder to be able to deliver theprogram.

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The second phase in..-olves thedevelopment of implementationmaterials and a field test of theguidelines and implementationmaterials in four states. In thefall of 1987, four states will beawarded grants of $25,000 each .r,opilot the use of the guidelines andimplementation materials at allfive educational levels. The fourdemonstration models will serve ascase studies in using the productsand will be included with theappropriate level products whentney are published in the fall of1988.

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DISTRIBUTION OF CIDS AUDIO-VISUALS

In 1986, NOICC and other membersof the Audiovisual CIDS Enhance-ments (ACE) Consortium establisheda distribution center at KansasState University to promote, marketand distribute ACE Consortiumproducts to the public. In thespring of 1987, the ACE Distribu-tion Service began a marketingcampaign for the "Kaleidoscope ofCareers" videotapes including thedistribution, of a free demon-stration set to each SOICC and amass mailing to state guidancesupervisors.

Many SOICCs decided to serve asdistribution centers for theirstate's school systems and obta'nedvolume discounts for statewideorders of one hundred or more setsof 'Kaleidoscope.' A similarcampaign is planned for "PickingYour Path," in the Fall of 19C7.

ACE products are also exhibitedat many major professional associa-tion conferences.

NOICC and the ACE Consortium

plan to continue working with theNational Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration and the National

Science Foundation regarding thepossibility of producing two newvideotape products. The first is avideotape for use with CIDS systemsusing star talent to motivatechildren in grades four through sixto choose science, math and foreignlanguage courses in planning forhigh school. The second is a"Kaleidoscope of Science andTechnology Careers" -- a sixthvideotape in the "Kaleidoscope ofCareers" series that focuses oncareers in science and technology.

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MILITARY CAREER PATHS

During PY 1986, NOICC served as

the "civilian" representative on aDoD project that traces typicalcareer paths of 38 military enlistedand officer occupations for apublication to be distributed tohigh schools and colleges.

Military Career Paths, to bepublished in 1988, describes thework performed at selected stagesof a 20-year military career. Fromthe perspective of an entire career,it describes advancement, trainingand possible duty assignments.

It also describes the actualcareer progression of an individualin the illustrated occupation. Theprofiles arc part of each careerpath description, which alsoincludes information on tl'e various

entry and promotion points and thequalification requirements forcertain occupations in the careerpath, along with a diagram of atypical ca er progression includingbranches for various relatedspecialty careers.

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Also scheduled for nationaldistribution next year is the1988-89 Military Career Guide.

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SOICCS, CIDS & CAREER INFORMATIONACTIVITIES

The numoer of CIDS sites in theU.S. totaled 15,000 in PY 1986.Seventy-four percent were locatedat schools -- kindergarten through

secondary levels; more than 7percent were located at post-secondary institutions and almost'0 percent were located at stateemployment and training agencies.

Almost 67 percent of CIDS users inPY 1986 were school students

(kindergarten through 12th grade).However 23.7 percent of CIDS usersin PY 1986 were at community

colleges, four-year colleges oruniversities, and 7.7 percent ofCIDS users accessed the systemsthrough their state's employmentand training agencies.

SOICCs and state agencies thatoperate CIDS are continuallydeveloping special system featuresthat address the needs of thecitizens of their states.

Some of the special CIDSfeatures currently in operation or

under development include gradu-teschool files, Connect cut SOICC;financial/scholarship and employerfiles, Florida CIDS; entrepreneur-ship file, Nevada; and job bankfile for the handicapped, NewJersey SOICC.

Ohio's CIDS has an informationfile about the world of work,resumes and interview techniques;the South Carolina SOICC's systemincludes current job listings from

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the state job service agency. RhodeIsland's business and industry filewill be complete and updated in1987.

The Ohio CIDS is also piloting acareer education file for teachersand career counselors and isidentifying adult education programsin the state. The Minnesota systemis developing an information file

for displaced homemakers and the NewHampshire SOICC is developing entre-preneur and high school plannerfiles. In Pennsylvania, the SOICCis developing a transferable skills

assessment system and has alreadyadded an inventory of Pennsylvania

postsecondary institutions thatoffer training in specific occupa-tional areas.

Maine is involved in a specialresearch project to test the use ofCIDS software in a variety ofsettings. Currently, seven rural,isolated schools are participatingin the project and participants haveattended a three-day trainingworkshop to learn how to use thesystem and software.

CIDS usually have an interageocy

advisory group active in settingsystem policy. Nationwide, 61percent of CIDS system advisory orgoverning boards include represen-tatives from colleges or universi-ties; 55 percent have representa-tives from the field of economic

development; 40.7 percent includeindividuals from the private sector;and more than 70 percent have

representatives from JTP:. programs.

To promote the use of careerinformation this past year, 23states published career tabloids and28 sponsored Jo' career fairs.Ten states operated career informa-tion hot-lines for the citizens oftheir state:. and eight published

'helpful hints' guidebooks for job-seekers.

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Tn addition. to ....04GC1 Infuria-tion tabloids, publications relatedto career information produced orsponsored by SOICCs this past yearinclude, for example, The JobFinder Alabama SOICC; Jobs inAmerican Samoa's Health Industry,American Samoa SOICC; Job HunterGuide to Arkansas, Arkansas SOICC;and Schools Offering Occupationaland Career Training Programs,Kentucky SOICC.

The Massachusetts SOICC producedHigh T chnology Careers in Massa-chusetts and the Montana SOICCpublished Montana ApprenticeableOccupations.

Other SOICC-sponsored publica-tions include New Mexico JobHunter's Guide, New Mexico SOICC;Getting Started: North CarolinaJobs and Careers, North CarolinaSOICC; ABC of the World of Work,Puerto Rico SOICC; and Utah'sCareer Guide, Utah SOICC.

NOICC COMMUNICATION & COORDINATION

PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM

This past year, NOICC developedand began implementing a publicinformation program designed toinform targeted audiences of NOICCactivities, programs and projects.

As part of that effort, the

Executive Director and NOICC staffhave been meeting with representa-tives of key organizations and

conducting briefings on NOICCprograms and goals. These organiza-tions include the National

Governors' Association, the AmericanVocational Association, the AmericanAssociation for Counseling &Development, the Association ofComputer-Based Systems for CareerInformation, the Interstate Confer-ence of Employment Security Agen-cies, the State Higher EducationExecutive Officers, the NationalCareer Development Association andthe National Association of StateDirectors of Vocational Education,among others. NOICC's ExecutiveDirector and other staff have alsogiven major presentations atnational conferences.

In addition, NOICC has hostedrepresentatives of a number offoreign countries that have ex-pressed interest in the NOICC/SOICC

organizational structure as well asits programs, products and systems.NOICC's Executive Director has madepresentations about the Network atseveral international conferences onoccupational and career informationand NOICC has participated in

regional career development andrelated conferences in Maine andWisconsin. There is also a growinginvolvement by NOICC staff in SOICCmeetings and conferences around thecountry.

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NOICC's Executive Director andseveral staff members have writtenarticles on NOICC projects and areasof concern that have been publishedin a variety cf journals and

newsletters, including the Voca-tional Education Journal, theJournal of Career Development,

AACD's Guidepost, InternationalAssociation of Personnel in Employ-ment Security's Perspective, theNational Career Development Associa-tion Newsletter, and others.

Press releases announcing thelaunching or progress of major NOICCprojects are now sent out on aregular basis and news stories onNOICC projects and activities haveappeared in USA Today, Education

Daily, Employment and TrainingReporter, Vocational Training News,NGA Labor Notes, JTPA Update, AVAGuidance Division Newsletter, ACSCINewsletter, the Oregonian, andothers.

A special workshop on public andmedia relations was held for SOICCdirectors at the NOICC/SOICC

Conference in Portland, Oregon, andNOICC publications have been listedin the Chronicle Career Index, a

resource for career counselors.

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ELECTRONIC TELECOMMUNICATIONSNETWORK

NOICC's Electronic Telecommuni-cations Network (ETN) is increasing-ly being used by SOICCs -- withabout half of all SOICCs using the

network for communications by theend of PY 1986. ETN runs on theADVOCNET telecommunications network,which is sponsored by the National

Center for Research in VocationalEducation and links hundreds ofvocational educators throughout theUnited States.

Currently, NOICC Aeministrativeand Information Memoranda aretransmitted to SOICCs via ETN aswell as through the mail and mostmajor NOICC projects also use ETN tospeed communications.

Future uses of ETN may includecommunication with other systems;bulletin boards; survey completionand tabulation; and databasetransmission.

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NOICC/SOICC CONFERENCE

Since 1978, NOICC has sponsoreda yearly conference to promote theexchange of ideas and informationamong the National and statecommittees and staff. The TenthAnnual National SOICG Conference washosted by the Oregon SOICC and washeld in Portland in July 1987. Theconference was held in conjunctionwith the annual meetings of theInterstate Conference of EmploymLatSecurity Agencies LMI Directors and

the NatiLaal Association of StateCareer Development Guidance Super-visors.

"The Challenge of Change," was theconference theme and sessions

featured the proposed NOICC I.LngRange Plan; Public RelationsStrategies for SOICCs; FinancingStrategies for SOICCs; and NOICC'sElectronic TelecommunicationsNetwork. For the first time,

NOICC's Technical Steering Groupheld an open meetirg at theconference.

There were also sessions on theuse of data by vocational educationand JTPA personnel; the newlydeveloped Microcomputer MATRIXOccupational Projections System;career information and at-riskpopulations; and the use of data byeconomic development professionals.

The conference closed with aspeech from NOICC Executive DirectorJuliette Noone Lester, "Planning forand Managing Change: New Demands.New Directions."

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APPRENTICESHIP CONFERENCE

NOICC, the Bureau of Apprentice-ship Training, the Office ofVocational and Adult Education andthe Illinois SOICC began to plan aconference to promote the exchangeof information on apprenticeship andoccupational data.

The conference provides a forumfor discussing the use of appren-ticeship and occupational data, dataneeds of the apprenticeship commun-ity and the availability of currentapprenticeship data. Scheduled forNovember 1987 in Chicago, theconference also serves as a proto-type for additional regional

apprenticeship conferences.

NEXT STEPS

Over the next decade and a half,new and changing technology, growinginternational competition and demo-graphic shifts will create majorchanges in the American labormarket.

Technological changes and inter-national competition are alreadycausing significant declines inemployment in certain industries,while employment in high technologyand service-related industries isincreasing dramatically.

Demographic changes in theAmerican population are also havingan impact on the economy and laborforce and, as a consequence, thereis a strong likelihood of increasingmismatches between the capabilitiesof the population and the skillsrequired in the workplace.

Labor market, occupational andcareer information can serve as keytools in identifying and imple-menting strategies and programsdesigned to address these and othereconomic issues.

NOICC and the SOICCs offer someof the best resources to address thelabor market and occupationalinformation needs that will arisebetween now and the year 2000. T3effectively address these new andemerging information requirements,the Network plans to take anaggressive, pro-active stance inexploiting the use of occupationalinformation.

NOICC LONG-RANGE PLAN

NOICC and the SOICCs are workingon a long-range plan that isidentifying new directions for theNetwork. The plan is expected to hefinalized by early 1988 and will berevised annually in response tochanging conditions, as appro-

priate. The plan represents aneffort by the NOICC/SOICC Networkto outline strategies and activi-ties for meeting the changing

occupational information needs ofthe economy as well as individualsin the labor marke.. The NOICCfive year plan consists of twomajor thrusts, one addressing theimprovement of existing programsand systems and the second focusingon efforts that respond to criticalneeds.

Specific activities that maybe considered include the develop-ment of dissemination strategies,

beginning with an assessment ofcurrent OIS usage and the ,4evelop-ment of guidelines for usertraining and marketing of the OISto better meet state and localplanning needs.

Within the context of a five-year plan, the Network is consider-ing a new training program onapplications of the OIS includingthe development of resourcematerials and training on theapplication of OIS in JTPA andvocational education planning.Training materials and train-the-trainers sessions could be offeredfor in-state training, using ICDMas a model.

The proposed five-year plan alsoconsiders the development of newenhancements for the Micro-OIS,possibly including new modules thatcould oe added to existing versionsof the Micro-OIS and/oi part of anew dBASE III prototype system ifone is developed. Modules underconsideration could includeindustry analysis, graphicsroutines and demographic informa-tion reports.

The proposed five-year plan alsocontemplates the development of aMicro-OIS maintenance manual that

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provides guidelines on maintainingthe Micro-OTS and techniques forusing dBASE III Plus to support

system maintenance. The plan alsocontemplates the establishment offormal Licro-OIS user groups thatcould provide assistance to memberson system maintenance Ind use.

Also under consideration re waysto improve wage data and occupa-tional projections capabilities.

Activities could include a study andreport on wage data; the developmentof a guidebook outlining bestpractices in compiling wage data;and continuing efforts with theEmployment Standards Administrationto develop improved wage data onconstruction trade occupations.

The plan considers the develop-ment of improvements to the Micro-computer MATRIX Projections System,including confidentiality screeningand the incorporation of newnational projections information.

Another effort under consider-atio- is the establishment of anati,dnal center to support the

Microcomputer MATRIX ProjectionSystem -- ti.. add new national data

files and incorporate changes inoccupational and industrial classi-ficatiors and other data itemsrela.ad to the occupationalprojections process.

The Network is considering whatit can do to improve progrr to

assist dislocated workers and otherat-risk populations. Activitiesthat could be undertaken include

identifying and analyzing datarequired different methodsof transfezable skills assessment,including the DOT database;identifying model efforts tostrve dislocated workers; andthe development of systems foruse by human resource programs

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for matching workers with alterna-tive occupations and/or industries.

lso develop andNOICC

implement a training program onservices and activities that canimprove the use of ( :DS by

dislocated workers :Dr use atnational or regional conference ...

The proposed five-year planconsiders the development ofprototype microcomputer-basedinformation systems to serveeconomic development planningneeds.

System development couldbe patterned after the approachused in developing the Micro-OISand would include occupationalinforma6ion and o',:her majorinformation elements used ineconomic development.

Also under consideration arepossible projects to improve CIDSsystems including support forimproved databases and the useof the systems t) provide betteraccess to career information foradults. Specific activities mightinclude the use of aptitude testresults in CIDS systems which wouldinvolve identifying current CIDStesting practices; obtaining thereporting structures of aptitudetest developers an developing themethodology for relating teststo CIDS.

To improve CIDS databases, NOICCcould provide technical assistanceon the availability of nationalschool file information; identify

CIDS information topics that aresubject to change and revision; andidentify CIDS information topics ofmajor interest to users. Trainingmodules on maintaining and improv-ing CIDS databases could then bedeveloped and implemented atational and regional conferences.

The plan outlines a project Clatcould help provide better adultaccess to career infnrmation

including the development of aresource guide on the use of CIDS byadults. The guide would documentadult career information needs andCIDS services and activities.

NOICC may also explore developingand implementing a training programfor use at national and rc_.onalworkshops on services and activitiesthat can increase adult use of CIDSsystems.

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THE NOICC/SOICC NETWORK: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

In 1977, there were no precedentsfor organizing one Federal and 57state interagency committees to worktogether on the development anddelivery of occupational informa-tion. Thus, NOICC's first majortask -- and its first major

achievement -- was establishing aFederal/State Network, with SOICCsoperating in all of the states andterritories.

Once the Network was in place,one of NOICC's initial tasks wc3to set up a systematic way to takeoccupational data from a variety ofsources and format it so that itcould be used to plan vocationaleducation and employment-related

programs that meet the needs ofindividuals and the economy.

At that time, relatively littlehad been done to examine the

relationships between c fisting datasources or their potential relevanceto vocational program planning.There was no framework for definingwhat information was needed toaccomplish this -- and no system fororganizing the available data tomeet this need. NOICC and theSOICCs were given the responsibilityof designing and implementing such asystem.

Subsequent legislation broadenedNOICC's mandates to include the pro-vision of career information foryouth and adults. This led toNOICC's involvement in supportingthe implementation and enhancementof Career Information DeliverySystems (CIDS) in the states.

This section outlines NO1CC/SCICC activities in reveloping,implementing and refining informa-tion delivery systems and tracessome of the major steps and accomp-lishments achieved by the Networkin meeting its mandate to addressthe occupational information anddata needs of program planners andindividuals making careerdecisions.

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DEVELOPING & REFINING THE OIS

NOICC and the SOICCs played verydifferent roles in producing aworkable Occupational InformationSystem. In general, NOICC definedthe basic concepts for the system,established the national guidelinesand provided funding to the statesfor the development and implementa-tion of the systems. The SOICCsdeveloped individual systems andtypes of delivery geared to stateand local needs.

OIS DEVELOPMENT & IMPLEMENTATION

Publications. NOICC developed anumber of key documents to estab-lish the basic paraTters of an OISand the procedures for interfacingoccupational demand and specificcomponents of occupational supply.The first, A Framework for Develop-ing an OIS, was published in 1978.This document represented the firsteffert by NOICC to define the basicconcepts and ccmponents of an OIS.

It presented the basic parametersof an OIS and provided the core onwhich states could build.

By January 1981, NOICC haddeveloped and published a two-volume handbook to help SOICCsdevelop and implement an Occupa-tional Information System. Thefirst volume, OIS Handbook -

Occupational Information Develop-ment describes the basic sourcesof occupational, educational andrelated characteristics data thatare needed for an OIS. The secondvolume, OIS Handbook - OccupationalInformation Analysis, Presentation,and Delivery was the first majorresource ever that provided detailedtechnical assistance in the com-pilation and analysis of occupa-tional information within thecontext of an OIS.

Training. In 1980 and 81,NOICC held two regional sessions tointroduce states to the OIS Handbookand its application. In 1982, :TOICCand the Office of Vocational andAdult Education (U.S. Department ofEducation) sponsored three regionaltraining sessions for state voca-tional education personnel on theuse of occupational information inplanning vocational educationprograms.

Since 1983, NOICC has sponsoredthree national OIS TechnicalConferences. These conferencesserved as a major forum for address-ing key issues in maintaining anddelivering occupational informationin a _ystematic and useful way. Thethird and largest conference washeld in January 1986 in Kansas City,Missouri.

Conference topics incll u an

overview of the OES projectionsprocess; evaluation of past industryand occupational pr3jections;employer surveys; and other issues

concerning occupational supply anddemand data and information

delivery and use. More than 135participants fron 52 states andterritories attended theconference. Two pre-conferenceworkshops uifered a review of thebasic concepts of an OIS andtraining in the maintenance ofstate systems using OIS micro-computer -based software (Micro-OIS).

NOICC MASTER CROSSWALK

To facilitate the use ofexisting sources of occupationalinformation, NOICC funded thedevelopment of a spec'al cross-coding instrument called theCrosswalk, which is now known asthe NOICC Master Crosswalk. A

computerized database, the Cross-walk shows relationships among tnamajor occupational and educationalclassification systems used by theFederal government. Through theCrosswalk, data classified accord-ing to one of these different

classification systems can becompared with data from one or allof the other systems.

T,,E VPO

Publications. Building onprevious efforts to cross - referenceoccupational and education data,NOICC began working on the Cross-walk in 1979 in an effort to matchvocational education programs withrelated occupations for publicationin a reference manual called Voca-tional Preparation and Occupations-- commonly known as the VPO. TheVPO explained the classificationsin the Crosswalk, provided techni-cal references to facilitate theiruse and presented extensive tableswith information from the Crosswalkorganized by vocational program.

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Training. In 1983. with therelease of the third edition of theVPO, NOICC, the Office of Vocationaland Adult Education and the NationalCenter for Education Statistics(U.S. Department of Education)sponsored one national and fourregional training sessions for statevocational education personnel onthe use of the VPO. NOICC alsodeveloped a VPO training packagethat was made available to statesthat preferred to offer their ownVPO training to state and localpersonnel.

Today, the VPO is no longer inprint as a single document, but hasbeen replace'4 by National CrosswalkService Center reports.

NATIONAL CROSSWALK SERVICE CENTER

In 1983, NOICC established theNational Crosswalk Service Centerwithin the Iowa State OccupationalInformation Coordinating Committeeto update and manage the Crosswalkand provide technical assistance inits use. The Crosswalk is used as atechnical tool in developing andmaintaining state Occupational

Information Systems and CareerInformation Delivery Systems.

Since the Center was established,its products and services have

expanded considerably. It providesspecial reports custom-designed forindividuals or organizations;

technical assistance in the use ofthe NOICC Master Crosswalk and

classification systems; and copiesof data tapes. print tapes and dataon microcomputer diskettes.

The Center maintains the com-puterized SOC Career Profilesdatabase, which provide guidance-based descriptions of workingconditions for the 832 SOC coded andtitled occupations. The Center alsoserves as a depository of computer-

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ized occupational and educationalinformation resources, includingcurrent and former NOICC MasterCrosswalks; Bureau of Labor Statis-tics Crosswalks; OccupationalEmployment Statistics Matrices;Dictionary of Occupational Titlesand Standard Occupational Classifi-cation Manuals; and Occupational

Employment Statistics SurveyDictionaries.

Specific Crosswalk ServiceCenter products include NOI-CMaster Crosswalks on tape or ondiskettes fo. use on MS-DOSmicrocomputers; standard runs basedon the NOICC Master Crosswalk; theSOC Career Profiles data tape orSOC Career Profiles on diskettesfor use with MS-DOS microcomputers.

The National Croaswalk ServiceCenter has also been working withthe Department of Defense inrelating mili,ary and occupationalspecialties to civilian occupa-tional and training programs.

DEVELOPING UNITS OF ANALYSIS

Information that relatesemployment demand to the supply ofqualified workers in an cccupationis very useful in evaluatingopportunities for employment andtraining, and the NOICC/SOICCNetwork has made a unique contri-bution in this area.

Using the Crosswalk, theNOICC/SOICC M-twork formulatedprocedures for relating occupa-tional supply data from educationaland training institutions to dataon employment demand in relatedoccupations in clusters or group-ings called units of analysis.This helps states group or clusteroccupational demand with vocationaleducation and other training datain their Occupational InformationSystems. Units of analysis are

actually developed by the states --not NOICC. This provides flexi-bility to the states in best meetingtheir needs.

Publications. In 1982, NOICCissued a comprehensive Guide toForming Units of Analysis, atechnical manual specificallydesigned to aid states in clusteringoccupational demand with vocationaleducation and other training data inan OIS. Since then, NOICC hasprovided on-site technical assist-ance in developing units of analysisappropriate ti specific states.

Drawing on this experience, NOICChas worked with the Departments ofEducation and Labor to developnational prototypes that provide astarting point for defining state-specific units. The prototypes areon computer diskettes and can bemodified for individual states, thusexpediting the preparation ofsimilar data clusters.

In 1984, NOICC issued the Guideto Using the National Units of Anal-ysis, which explains the procedurefor adapting the prototypes for astate Occupational InformationSystem. In 1985. the New Occupa-tional Employment Statistics (OES)codes were incorporated into thenational prototypes and in 1986,NOICC added the new CIP codes to thenational prototypes. NOICC contin-ues to offer technical assistance toindividual states and to work withthe Departments of Education andLabor to keep the national units ofanalysis up-to-date.

Training. NOICC staff conductedunits of analysis and WO trainingsessions at six different sites in1983, to assist states in inte--facing supply and demand data for anOIS.

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NOICC/NGA OIS PROJECTS

In 1982, NOICC launched -L major

effort with the National Governors'Association for the development andimplementatIcin of OIS systems thatwould provide occupational informa-tion to administrators and plannersof employment and vocational educa-tion training programs. Elevenstates received OIS technicalassistance grants to adopt existingcomputer-based OIS systems.

The idea behind the project wasto build on computerized OIS

systems developed in some statesand make them available to otherinterested states.

As part of the OIS implementa-tion effort with NGA, in 1984.NOICC also sponsored the pre-paration of An Introduction toUsing an Occupational InformationSystem: A Reference for ProgramPlanning, which provides anintroduction to the use ofoccupational information inplanning vocational education andemployment and training programs.It provides a review of fi.ndamental

labor market concepts and datasources and offers sample casesthat demonstrate the application ofinformation from an OIS in nrogramplanning.

In 1984, NOICC and the Employ-ment and Training Administrationfunded a project with NGA todevelop material and training forplanners of JTPA (Job Training

Partnership Act) programs. UsingLabor Market and OccupationalInfcrmation in Human Resource

Program Planning, published in1985, was a result of this effort.In October of that year, NOICC,NGA. ETA, ICESA and the Bureau ofLabor Statistics sponsored a

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national conference in Miami,Florida, to Lelp states developtheir own training programs usingthe new LMI training package.

NGA has since combined the firsttwo volumes of the training packageand an annotated bibliography into a300-page textbook for participantsin state training sessions. It iscalled Cracking the Labor Market forHaman Resource Planning and isavailable from NGA.

THE MICRO -OIS

Because of the rapid increase inthe capabilities of microcomputerhardware and software, in 1983,NOTCC developed a microcomputer-based OIS referred to as the Micro-OIS. This interactive systemprovides data in a cluster-basedformat and also has the capabilityto allow users to search foroccupations or training programsthat meet certain criteria, such asemployment size, entry wages, growthrates, or job placement rates. Thusthe system consists of two compo-nents: an interactive structuredsearch component to access thesupply-demand clusters, and a reportgenerating component for preparingsupply!demand displays.

The Micro -'IS is cost-effective

and relatively easy to update andmaintain. It offers the advantagesof computerized delivery to localjurisdictions without the expense oflong-distance telephone chargesinvolved in on-line computer use.It can b- used to produce supply/

demand publications for statewide orselected substrte area distribution.The interactive access routineenables planners to request specificdata directly or through a struc-tured search.

NOICC has established an activetechnical assistance program tohelp states maintain their systemsand has designated the NationalCrosswalk Service Center as therepository for various stateversions of the Micro-OIS. TheCenter analyzes each version andalerts the Network to uniquefeatures that may be of interest toother states. In addition, Centerstaff work with NOICC to identifypotential Micro-OIS enhancements.

ENLARGING THE DATABASE

The Military. In 1985-86, NOICCworked with the Department ofDefense to furnish SOICCs with dataon people leaving the militaryservices, providing an additionalsource of data on the ...apply oftrained workers for inclusion instates's Occupational InformationSystems. The information includesnine-digit DOT and military occupa-tional specialty data by state, allcounties and the four militaryservices. It will be updated andissued annually.

Job Corps. In another effort tohelp states reduce gaps in informa-tion on occupational trainingsupply, NOICC arranged for the(10ICCs to receive data on traineescompleting Job Corps programs.Each SOICC now receives a specialtabulation prepared annually by theJob Corps that provides informationon trainees returning to theirstates. In PY 1985, data werepresented by CIP program cede forthe first time.

Apprenticeship. In PY 1985,NOICC and the Bureau of Apprentice-ship and Training (BAT) beganworking together to impro.t coor-dination between state and regionalapprenticeship bureaus and SOICCs.BAT is establishing apprenticeshtp

management systems that are apotential source of training supplydata for the states. State appren-ticeship bureaus are also potentialusers of state occupational andcareer information systems.

ENHANCING THE DATABASE

Improving_ Projections. Over theyears, NOICC and the SOICCs have

participated in a number of projectsto improve the OIS database. Theyhave contributed funds or servicesto help member agencies maintain or

enhance important data collectionprograms, such as the OccupationalEmployment Statistics (OES) program.

In 1985, NOICC and the InterstateConference of Employment Security

Agencies (ICESA) launched an effortto develop an exportable micro-

computer matrix system for develop-ing state occupational employmentprojections. The Utah Occupational

Projections Service Center developedthe system and the package wasreleased by NOICC in 1987.

In PY 1985, NOICC and the

National Crosswalk Serw,ce Centerdeveloped state occupation-specific

labor force separation rates anddistributed them to the states. Thenew rates are based on unpublished1980 decennial Census data andworking life tables prepared by theBureau of Labor Statistics fromCurrent Population Survey data.

Updated for the first time sincethe mid-70s, the separation ratesare used to develop estimates of jobopenings that are a result ofreplacement needs by each state.

Filling in the Gaps. In 1982,NOICC awarded a grant to the IowaSOICC to prepare a guide forcollecting employment data foragriculture and agribusiness. The

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guide outlines procedures similarto those used in the OES program.which does not collect informationon the agricultural sector.

States have had a longstandingconcern about the lack of informa-tion on the employment outlook forplanning at the local labor marketlevel. In response, in 1984, NOICCsponsored the development by theUtah SOICC of computer software tohelp states produce estimates ofoccupational employment for sub-state areas. The estimatingmethods it employs were developedby the New Jersey Department ofLabor and Industry, using relatedresearch in Texas, Colorado, Oregonand Utah. Called OASIS, the systemis used to generate sub-state

estimates from statewide OES surveydata files.

In PY 1985, NOICC continued toaddress a major gap in OIS occupa-tional characteristics data -- thelack of wage and salary informa-tion. With furding from theEmployment Standards Administra-tion, NOICC supported efforts tocollect wage data on occupations inthe ,:onstruction industry. Thesedata, which meet ESA needs inadministering the Davis-Bacon Act,were released to NOICC and madeavailable to the states in 1986.Although the surveys coveredrelatively few occupations, thedata were developed for sub-stateareas in each state and shouldprovide useful information for anOIS.

Encouraging Standardization.The NOICC Master Crosswalk is justone means of addressing the

problems stemming from the use ofdifferent class'fication systems.NOICC has also encouraged effortsof Federal agencies to move towardgreater standardization among thesystems. NOICC supported the 1980

3 4

revision of the Standard Occupa-

tional Classification (SOC) and theDepartment of Education's effort toreplace two classification systemswith a single Classification ofInstructional Programs (CIP). TheOES program of the Bureau of LaborStatistics and the Census are nowusing occupational classificationsbased on the 1980 SOC. NOICC alsodeveloped materials and trainingprograms to help states use the 1980SOC and CIP.

THE OIS AND PROGRAM PLANNING

Careful analysis of the data in astate's Occupational InformationSystem can help identify majorchanges and trends 1 local, stateand regional labor markets.

Information developed from the datain an Occupational InformationSystem can identify current andpotential shortages of workers inspecific occupations in specificgeographic areas.

With this kind of information,planners and administrators ofvocational education and job-training programs, for example,can make informed decisions aboutwhether to offer or discontinue aparticular program in a particularcommunity. The data also can helpidentify potential trouble spots inthe performance of prograwl.

Although the data in the Occupa-tional Information System are usedprimarily by planners of vocationaleducation and job training programs,they have many other applications.OIS data can provide local govern-ments trying to attract new busi-nesses with up-to-date informationabout current and projected employ-ment, the supply of skilled workersand education and training programs.

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Businesses considering locatingin a partinular area ^an obtainlocalized information about thesupply of skilled workers and theavailability of education ortraining programs.

The data in an OIS can helpservice providers planning programsto help people on welfare, dis-located workers or unemployed youthidentify job opportunities in thelocal and state labor market. AnOIS can help vocational rehabil-itation counselors match possibleoccupations with the job skills ofindividuals who may have becomephysically handicapced.

It is NOICC's goal to increasethe use of OIS by program planners,researchers and others and to thisend it conducts and sponsorstraining programs and publiohesmaterials to assist users inlearning to use the systems.

THE OIS AND CIDS

Although Occupational Informa-tion Systems for program plannersweco virtually nonexistent whenNOICC was established, a number ofstates and private vendors hadalready developed Career Informa-tion Delivery Systems, many ofwhich were initiated through grantsfrom the Department of Labor in the1970s.

Today, much of the informationin Career Information DeliverySystems (CIDS) is drawn from thedata in each state's OccupationalInformation System.

NOICC, SOICC8 AND CARL'RINFORMATION

Individuals who are exploringcareer options, making plans forrelated education or training,changing careers, or seekingemployment, need reliable occupa-tional and educational information.

In 1977, NOICC and the SOICCswere asked by Cong-ess to help meetthe labor market information needsof youth and adults. In response,the NOICC/SOICC Network has helpedprovide career information tomillions of Americans nationwide.

The Network uses a variety ofmethods for ccordinating and

delivering career information, butperhaps ita most important effcrt isin connection with Career Informa-tion Delivery Systems (CIDS).

CAREER INFORMATION DELIVERY SY1TEMS

The NOICC Career InformationDelivery System (CIDS) program isbased upon a Department of Labordemonstrat in program Initiated in1974 that supported the developmentof career information syste-..s --

nine states participated in the DOLprogram.

Five years later, NOICC assumedthe Federal-level responsibility forCIDS and in 1980 and 81, it providedstart-up funding to 21 SOICCs forthe development and implementationof CIDS in their states. Anadditional five SOICCs were providedfunding by NOICC in 1986 and 1987for CIDS development. Forty-sixstates now have or are implementing

SUCC-recognized computer-based CIDS-- 26 developed with NOICC funding.

In aadition to financial support,NOICC provides technical assistanceand training in the use of the

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systems -- and it also fosters CIDSdevelopmen: by providing opportun-ities for the exchange of informa-tion, ideas and expertise amongsystem developers and users.

THE ACE CONSORTIUM

In 1984, NOICC began funding

audiovisual enhancements of CIDSsystems, which combine computerizedcareer information with audiovisualcapabilities. The computers allowstructured searching of careerinformation databases by variouscriteria. The program provides bothprinted information and audiovisualdisplays or selected occupations bylinking the computer and avideotape player. The Colorado,North Carolina and South CarolinaSOICCs collaborated with NOICC onthe project and formed the ACEConcortium.

Their work has generated videofootage, occupational informationnarratives and software that havebeen used in a number of products.One is an interactive videotape

system that uses an Apple IImicrocomputer linked to a commer-cial videotape player to providenarrative audio and visual informa-tion on about 200 occupations.

Several audiovisual productsintended for use with elementarythrough junior high school studentshave also been developed, including

the "Kaleidoscope of Careers" and"Picking Your Path."

CAREER INFORMATION WORKSHOPS ANDCONFERENCES

NOICC's mandate to give specialattention to the labor marketinformation needs of youth andadults has been translated intoprograms serving individualsdirectly. such as CIDS systems.

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and also into programs that aid thelabor market intermediaries whoassist individuals -- career,guidance and employment counselors.

In cooperation with otherorgani "ations, NOICC has sponsoredthree national career informationconfere. ;es and five major workshops. A session in 1984 was thefirst ever national invitational

conference on career informationdelivery and use. It was an initialstep in bringing together nationalrepresentatives of the professional:ommunities concerned with careerinformation development and deliveryand guidance counseling.

A year later, more than 100individuals from 48 states andterritories attended the secondannual Career Information Con:-er-ence. Hosted by the Georgia SOICC,it was held in Atlanta, Georgia,prior to the annual convention ofthe American Vocational Association.

Twelve professional guidance andcounseling associations and otherorganizations joined NOICC assponsors of the conference.

IMPROVE CAREER DECISION MAKING

One of NOICC's majo: programsaimed at helping counselors improvetheir knowledge and use of careerand labor market information incareer counseling is the "ImproveCareer Decision Making Program"(ICDM).

Since 1981, almost 17,000counselors in S4 states andterritories have received in-service training through theICDM Program.

The original ICPM project wasdesigned and developed by the LaborMarket Information Division of theEmployment and Training Administra-tion (ETA) in 1979 and 1980, wit),

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the assistance of NOICC. At thatTime, most counselors in schools,colleges, Job Service offices,vocational rehabilitation and othercounseling settings had little orno knowledge of the availabilityand prcential for the use ofoccupational, career and labormarket information for careercounseling.

ICDM was designed to addressthat problem by providing trainingworkshops for practicing counselorsto upgrade their capabilities inusing labor market and occupationalinformation in career counseling.Funding for the program wasprovided by ETA, NOICC and theDepartment of Defense.

The ICDM inservice program hasproved to be a very popular andenduring mechanism for SOICCs toreach the counseling community andprovide information about whatlabor market information productsare available in their states.

The success of the inserviceICDM training led to recognition ofa similar need for such trainingfor pre-professional counselorswhich in turn led to a second ICDMeffort -- a project to train pre-service counselors.

Funded l)y the Department ofDefense, the project has producedcurriculum materials for educatorsto use in college and universitycounseling courses. The projectalso resulted in the publicationof a textbook, Using Labor MarketInformation in Career Explor...cionand Decision Making: A ResourceGuide and a companion traininghandbook. The guide is designed asa primary or supplementary text fora college course in career develop-ment for counselors in training.It can also be used as a referenceguide for teachers and counselorsor ls a resource in professional

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development workshops or seminars.The Resource Guide links career

development theory, labor marketconcepts, occupational informationresources, career counselingpractices and professional develop-ment plans.

NOICC sponsored a series ofregional workshops for counseloreducators in using the ResourceGuide to improve the knowledge anduse of occupational, career andlabor market information by coun-selors-in-training. The seminars,held in PY 1986, were conducted bythe American Association forCounseling and Development (AACD),under a NOI= grant.

Another ICDM project, sponsoredby NOICC and tLe Rehabilitation

Services Administration, produced anICDM curriculum designed forrehabilitation counselors. Theproject was conducted by theUniversity of Northern Colorado.It also resulted in the ICDM ProgramTraining Manual, which was intro-duced to trainers from the RegionalRehabilitation Continuing EducationPrograms in the spring of 1984, tobe used in courses at their institu-tions.

CAREER INFORMATION IN THE CLASSROOM

NOICC's efforts to promote thedelivery and use of career and labormarket information for careerdecision makin3 have also included aproject aimed at classroom teachers.NOICC and the U.S. Department ofEducation's Office of Career

ion entered into a cooperative81 to train teachers

is and informa-

Outlookh

Educa

project in 1

how to infuse concetion from the OccupationaHandbook into kindergarten thro12th grade classrooms.

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The final product, CareerInformation in the Classroom;Workshop Guide for Infusing theOccupational Outlook Handbook, is atraining package in the form of aninstructor's outline covering 28competencies in six modules.

NOICC/DoD AND MILITARY CAREERINFORMATION

NOICC and the Department ofDefense have been working togethersince 1979 to improve the linkagebetween military and civilianoccupational information. In 1982,DoD initiated the Military Civilian

Occupational Crosscode project,which resulted in the developmentof a database linking 4,000

military occupations with relatedcivilian occupations. The NOICC/SOICC Network has served in anadvisory capacity for the develop-ment of two career information

resources based on the crosscodeproject.

One resource is a data tape,"Military Occupational and TrainingData," (MOTD), which provides

composite, cross-service militaryoccupational and training narrativeand coded information in a formuseful for integration into CareerInformation Delivery Systems. TheMOTD is designed for use bydevelopers of CIDS and other careerinformation resources.

The MOTD conta ns narrative andcoded data on military occupationaland training specialties. Occupa-tional titles are based on theStandard Occupational Classifica-tion three or four digit unitgroups and joint-service, compositeinformation is provided for 134enlisted and 76 officer occupa-tional areas. The MOTD is avail-able from the Defense Manpower Data

r in both computer tape and3.

Cent

print form

With funding from the Departmentof Defense; NOICC awarded 6....ts in1984 and 1985 for integrating MOTD

into computerized CIDS systems in 32states. The integration efforts ofthese states were evaluated in aresearch project monitored by theOregon SOICC. Information from theevaluation is reflected in theupdated MOTD, released in June 1986.

A second career counseling

resource developed by DoD in 1984was the Military Career Guide:Employment and Training Oppor-tunities in the Military, acompendium of information onenlisted occupations and training.

Designed for students to use in

exploring military careers, it wasdistributed in May 1985 to more than19,500 secondary and postsecondaryschools and to recruiting stationsnationwide. It was developed withthe assistance from three major workgroups, including a civilian taskgroup organized by NOICC.

In response to requests fromcounselors and educators, informa-tion currently is being developed onofficer occupations and will beincluded in the 1988-89 edition ofthe Guide.

NATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENTGUIDELINES

In PY 1986, NOIr"7 launched amajor, three-year project todevelop national guidelines andimplementation materials forcomprehensive career developmentprograms at all educational levels,including elementary, middleschool, secondary, postsecondaryand adult.

Counseling professionals fromacross the country -- from stateagencies, community colleges anduniversities as well as elementaryand secondary schools -- areparticipating in the development ofthe guidelines. Representativesfrom national, state and localeducational and community agenciesare also involved.

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FINANCIAL REPORT

NOICC's operations and grant programs are funded by the U.S. Department ofLabor and the U.S. Department of Education. In Program Year 1986 -- July 1,1986 to June 30, 1987 -- NOICC received $3,037,000 from the Department ofLabor ($2.871 million in basic funding and $166,000 from the EmploymentStandards Administration for a special project) and $2,201,000 from theDepartment of Education. The Department of Defense provided $1,042,000for NOICC/DoD nrojects in PY 1986.

NOICC grants are awarded on the basis of program priorities as well as need andavailability of funds. NOICC supports state activities through two major grantsprograms:

1. Basic Assistance Grants (BAGs), which support SOICC operations, staffleadership, OIS implementation and training and other activites coveredby the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982 and the Carl D. PerkinsVocational Education Act of 1984.

2. Special Purpose Grants, which support specific protects that addressNOICC's national priorities. Special Purpose Grants are used primarilyfor developmental research; technical assistance in implementing OIS orCIDS systems; and special training efforts such as the Improve CareerDecision Making (ICDM) Program. The majority of these grants are etardedon a competitive basis.

NOICC grants accounted for 50.5 percent of SOICC funding in PY 1986, for a totalof $6.6 million (this figure includes some efforts funded in late PY '85, butprimarily implemented in PY '86), with BAG grants amounting to $5.16 million andspecial purpose grants totaling $1.4 million.

The balance of SOICC funding came fr.-1._ JTPA funds, 11.6 percent; state appropriatedfunds, 10.0 percent; PVEA funds, 7.8 percent; and employment service monies, 2.9percent. Just over 17 percent of SOICC funding came from a variety of sourcesincluding CIDS user fees, economic development agencies and vocational rehabilita-tion agencies, among others.

SOURCES OF FUNDING: NOICC

1981 1982 1983 1984 1984 1985 1986

DOL 5095 3070 3169 2727 3168 3157 3037

Ed. 3100 2243 2158 2243 2243 3500 2201

DoD 1057 290 1600 1250 1265 1042

TOTAL 8195 5611 6570 6661 7922 6280

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4 0

1981

NOICC

1982

EXPENDITURES

1983 1984 1984 1985 1986STATE

ACTIVITIES

SOICC

BAGs 6483 4845 4400 3187 4234 4182 5160

CTmS 2612 788 457 1377 779 143 220

DM 15q 381 174 371 15 196 90

OIS

Coord./Comm. 391 344 482 405 545 121 147

Spec. NetworkSupport

1066 1117

TOTAL 9645 6358 5513 5340 5573 5708 6734

% of Tr tal

Expenditures 87.3 87.9 83.8 86.1 83.7 89.2 88.9

FEDErAL

ACTIVITIES

Technical

Assistance 872 325 6- 220 467 10 85

NOICC

Operations 527 551 687 645 620 680 753

TOTAL 13 9 876 1310 865 '087 690 838

,.. Total

Expenditures 12.7 12.1 19.2 13.9 16.5 10.8 11.1

TOTAL

NOICC

EXPENDITURES 11044 7234 6823 6205 5660 6398 7572

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4 1

NOICC GRAATS FOR STATE ACTIVITIES: PROGRAM YEAR 1986

State=2=======

BAGS======

Spec. Grants TOTALS

Alabama 93,92793,927Alaska 81,21181,011American Samoa 80,13980,139Arizona 89,16589,165Arkansas 87,81187,811California 142,204142,204Colorado 88,31588,315Connecticut 87,35887,358Delaware 81,72281,722D.C. 81,43681,436Florida 108,551108,551Georgia 99,61699,616Guam 80,43380,433Hawaii 82,90882,908Idaho 83,28883,288Illinois 110,456 4,500 114,956Indiana 97,459 97,459Iowa 88,751 710,000 798,751Kansas 86,447 21,587 108,034Kentucky 92,913 26,290 119,203Louisiana 95,12795,127Maine 83,892 83,892Maryland 91,49491,494Massachusetts 94,98194,981Michigan 107,538107,538Minnesota 91,715 25,000 116,715

Mississippi 89,291 49,999 139,290Missouri 94,84994,849Montana 82,58882,588Nebraska 84,52584,625Nevada 82,399 50,000 132,399New Hampshire 82,807 82,807New Jersey 97,17497,174New Mexico 84,945 84,945New York 125,341

125,341North Carolin 101,272 13,000 114,272North Dakota 81,942 100,000 181,942No. Mariana Islands 72,579

72,579Ohio 112,020 112,020Oklahoma 89,615 89,615Oregon 87,671 10,000 97,671Pennsylvania 114,213 45,000 159,213Puerto Rico 92,631

92,631Rhode Island 82,81182,81'

South Carolina 91,98191,981South Dakota 82,258 82,258

Tenntesse2 96,020 165,626 261,646Tex s 126,368 133,954 260,322Utah 85,625 35,625Vermont 81,804 81,804Virgin Islmds 80,16F 80,368Virginia 96,351 96.351Washington 91,714 13,682 105,396West Virginia 86,405 48,850 135,255Wisconsin 94,360

94,360Wyoming 81,371 81,371

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MAJOR SOURCES of SOICC FUNDING: PY 1986

Source No. of States Amount Percent of Total

NOICC 56 $6,579,743 50.5

JTPA 17 1,506,252 11.6

PVEA 19 1,013,872 7.8

State Funds 10 1,300,453 10.0

Emp. Ser./

Wagner-Peyser 9 380,383 2.9

Economic Dev. 2 12,500 2.1

'loc. Rehab. 3 50,000 2.4

Other 18 2.185,371 16.8

TOTAL$13,028,574

Because of rounding, percents co not total to 100.0.

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OIS INFORMATION BASE AND THE TWOMAJOR USES nF OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION

OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION BASE

TO SUPPORT THEPLANNING PROCESSFOR EDUCATION ANDTRAINING PROGRAMS

ciUSERS

PLANNERS ANDADMINISTRATORS

1 INTRODUCTION

2. OCCUPATIONAL DEMAND2 1 CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL DEMAND

2.1 3 CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMI NT2.1.2 JOB VACANCIES

2.2 PROJECTED OCCUPATIONAL DEMAND2.2.1 PROJECTED OCCUPATIONAL DEMAND-LONG TERM2.2.2 PROJECTED OCCUPATIONAL DEMAND -SNORT TERM

2.3 OCCUPATIONAL TRANSFERS AND GEOGRAPHIC MIGRATION2.3.1 OCCUPATIONAL TRANSFERS2.3.2 GEOGRAPHIC MIGRATION

3. OCCUPATIONAL SUPPLY3.1 CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL SUPPLY

3.1.1 CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT3.1.2 CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION

3 2 ENTRANTS TO OCCUPATIONAL SUPPLY FROM EDULATION/TRAINIF GPROGRAMS

3.2.1 ENROLLEES. COMPUTERS, AND LEA/ERS3.2.2 FOLLOW-UP SURVEYS AND STUDIES

3.3 OTHER SOURCES OF ENTRANTS TO OCCUPATIONAL SUP7LY3.3.1 AGENCY REGISTRANTS3.3.2 NEW ENTRAP-TS AND REENTRANTS TO CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE

3 4 OCCUPATIONAT. TRANSFERS. GEOGRAPHIC sAIGRATION ANDLABOR FORCE SEPARATIONS3.4.1 OCCUPATIONAL 7.1tANSFERS3.4.2 GEOG.. PHIC MIGRATION3.4.3 LABOR FORCE F 7ARATIONIS

4. OCCUPATIONAL ChARACTERISTICS4.1 NATURE OF THE nCCUPORION

4.1.1 TITLES. DEFINITIONS. AND DUMB4.1.2 MACIRMS. TOOLS. ''QUIPMENT. AND 'VORk AIDF MTEWA4.1.3 MATEPIALS USED. ARsiDUCTS 502 SUBJECT MATTER

DEALT WITH. OR SERVICES RENDERZD GIPSMS)4.1.4 RELATED OCCUPATION i AND LLUSTE7 I

4.2 WORKNIG comoniom.)ANIZATIONAL El / 411RONKENT

'^AL ENVIRONMENT1E AND HOURS

4 3 P ,-.QUIREIVENTS4. STS4.31 _ IAME. ,

A*.(TJOES At. ABILITIES4 3.4 PKVSICAL DI 'ANDS AND CAPABILW:S

4 4 EL UCATION AND 1.AINING REQUIREMENTS4.5 LICENSING. CERTIFICATION. AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMEN-E,44 METHODS OF EXPLORATION. ENTRY, AND ADVANCEMENT

4.6 1 METHODS Of EXPLORATION AND GAINING EXPERIENCE4.6..I MET .r."05 OF ENTRYCS; METHODS OF ADVANCEMENT

4 7 EARNINGS AND FRINGE BENEFITS4 7.1 iACTORS AFFECTING EARNINGS4.7.2 NATIONAL. STATE. AND LOCAL EARNINGS4.7.3 FRINGE BENEFIT'4.7.4 SUPPLEMENTAL IPCOME

4 II EMPLOYMENT PROF'4.11.1 OCCUPATIONW EMOGRAPHICS4.112 JOB STABILITY4.11.3 TURNOVER/NEW HINES411.4 INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION4.5.3 imam OF UNIONIZATION

4.1 INFORMATION SOURCES41.1 PRIMARY SOURCES4.1.2 SECONDARY SOURCES4.115 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

5 COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION5.1 EDUCATION AND TRAINING AUXILIARY INFORMATION

S 1.1 EDUCATION ASO TRAINING INSTITUTIONSL1-2 EDUCATION AND TRAINING I' OGRAMS5.1.3 FINANCIAL ASSILTANCE PROGRAMSDEMOGRAPHICS AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS1.2.1 DEMOGRAPHICSAil LABOR POW', EMPLOYMENT. AND UNEMPLOYMENT TRENDSLLS LABOR TURNOVER ANTS COMMUTING PATTERNS

1.3 orient STA' MEIRNIWIEG INPOIIVATION

6 AUXILARY INFORMATION NECFSBARY TO SUPPORT. OCCUPATIONALSUPPLY/[ EMAND ANALYSIS

TO .1PPORT THECAREER PLANNING.GUIDANCE. ANDJOB SEARCH NEEDSOF VARIOUS TARGETPOPULATIONS

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OIS DELIVERY SYSIEI4S FCR PRO3RAM NANNING, BY MATE

S.= MICRO MAINFRAME REPORT OES OFS HIGHER SUB-LATEST LATEST LATEST BASE TARGET ED MATTEUTCATE UPDATE UPDATE YEAR YEPR INCTIJEED DATA

AIABAMA 6/85 1982 1995ALASKA 6/1/87 6/1/87 1986 1991 YES YESAMERICAN SAMOA 1987ARZ)NA 1986 1986 1986 1991 YES YESMAMAS 4/15/87 1982 1995 YESCALIFORNIA 5/15/86 1983 1993 YESCOLORADO 198 1986 1985 1990 YESCONNECTICUT 5/87 5/87 1986 1995 YES YESDELAWARE 9/30/86 9/30/86 11/15/85 1986 1995 YESDIST. OF COLUMBIA 2/81 1980 1990FLORIDA 6/86 10/87 1982 1995 YESGEORGIA 4/9/87 1985 1990 YESGUAM 2/87 10/85HANAII 4/87 4/87 1983 1995 YES YESIDAHO 9/15/86 1982 1990ILLINOIS 6/30/87 6/30/87 1982 1995 YES YESINDIANA 3/31/87 3/31/87 1980 1990 YESIOWA 5/87 5/87 1986 1990 YESKANSAS 7/86 9/86 1982 1990KENTUCKY 2/9/87 5/87 1982 1990 YES YESLOUISIANA 4/20/87 4/30/87 1980 1990 YES YESMADE 4/2/83 1984 1995 YES YESMARYLAND 8/26/86 1982 1990 YESMASSACKEETTS 1984 1995 YESMICHIGAN BEGIN 5/b7 3/85 3/85 19E5 1995 YESMINNESOTA 1982 3 990MISSISSIPPI 5/1/87 1984 1996 YESMISSOURI 1/87 3/23/86 1984 1995 YES YESMONTANA 8/1/86 8/1/86 1984 1990 YrSNEEPASEA 5/30/87 9/1/86 1983 1988 YES YESNEVADA 2/27/87 2/20/87 1985 1991 YES YESNEW HA SHIRE 1/10/87 1983 1995 YES YESNEW JERSEY 4/87 4/87 1984 3995 YES YESNEW MIXECO 1981 1990 YESNEW YORK 7/86-1/87 7/86-1/87 1988 1990 YES YESNORTH CAROLINA 6/30/86 4/30/86 1985 1990NORTH DAKOTA 1/15/86 1/15/86 1982 1990NO. MARIANAano 1/20/87 5/20/87 1985 1995 YES YESOKIAHOMA 11/86 TEST 1984 1990 YESOREGON 5/87 1/87 1/87 1984 1992 YES YESPENNSYLVANIA 1/87 3/87 1984 1995 YES YESPUERTO RICO 1986 YESRHCCE ISLAND 4/87 1980 1990 YESSOUTH CAROLINA 1380 1990 YESSOUTH DAKOIA 07/01/87 1985 1995 YESTENNEScEE 12/1/86 1984 1990 YESTEXAS 4/ /87 4/ /87 1982 1990 YES YESUTAH PY 1987 1/12/86 12/30/85 1986 1991 YES YESVERMORT 6/30/86 1984 1995VIRGIN ISLANDS YESVIRGINIA 11/86 1984 1995 YES YEScasirarial 7/86 10/86 1985 1990 YES YESWEST VIRGINIA 4/85 7/85 1985 1996 YESWIbCONSIN 1982,1986/7 1984 1995 YESWYOMING 7/85 7/85 1985 1990 YES YES

STATEWIDE, COMPUTER-BASED CAREER INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEMS(as reported by SOICC's in June 1987)

ALABAMA M

MEDIA USED

SEARCH

TO

ALASKAAMERICAN SAMOA

M mc nsns

ARIZONA M mcARKANSAS mc PCOLORADO M mc PCONNECTICUT MDELAWARE MDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA M nsFLORIDA M mc PGEORGIA M mc nsHAWAII M nsIDAHO M mc nsILLINOIS

14 mc ns PINDIANA M mcIOWAKANSASKENTUCKY

M mcmcmc

ns

LOUISIANA M mcMAINE M mcMARYLAND M mc PMICHIGANMINNESOTAMISSISSIPPI

N mcmcmc

P

MISSOURI mc ns PMONTANA M mc nsNEBRASKA mc nsNEW JERSEY MNEW MEXICONORTH CAROLINANORTH DAKOTA

M mcmcmc

OHIO14 mi.

OKLAHOMA mc POREGONPENNSYLVANIAPUERTO RICORHODE ISLAND

M mcmcmcmc

ns

SOUTH CAROLINASOUTH DAKOTA

M mcmc

TENNESSEE mc PUTAH M sic PVERMONT MVIRGINIA mc PWASHINGTON M mc nsWISCONSIN mc PWYOMING M mc P

KE & NUMBER OF STATESSEARCH DELIVERY MEDIA

M a mainframe computermc = microcomputerns = needlesortP = paper

DELIVER INFORMATION

I DATA BASE

'4

H P

f PM mc

f

M PM

M

14 PM mc f PM mc PM P

M mc PM mc f

M mcM mc f P

mcmc

M mcM mcM f

14 mc f

mc Pmcmc f P

M p

mc PM

M meP

mcM mc

mc f PM mc P

mcmcmc

M mcmcmc f P

M mc PM

f

M mc f P

mc PM p

DATA BASE DELIVERY MEDIAM = mainframe computer

mc = microcomputerf a microficheP = paper

1

NO. OFSITES

45511313

1907241321088723

638201119134307350F:45

257265170164329

233027340

107498

24413549

42795

61561835'756624

37629537521740

109531162057

Notes: Pareer Information is availablein virtually all States through a variety28 of public and commercial resources,38 including computer-based systems. Only13 the 46 States that have SOICC-recognized,13 computer-based CIDS are listed in thetabie. Of the 10 States not listed:

28301221

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1) Two w'(l start systems in 1987/88,with the assistance of a NOICC CIDSgrant: Nevada and West Virginia.

2) In California and New York, severallarge computerized systems, both publicand commercial are in operation, but theSOICC has not designated any as thestatewide CIDS.

3) Six States did not have a computer-based statewide system in operation asof June, 1987: Guam, Massachusetts, NewHampshire, Northern Mariana Islands,Texas, and Virgin Islands.

NOICC PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS

SOC Career erofiles,1985

SOICC Director's Guide,1985

A Guide to Using theNational Units of Analysis,1984

VPO Training Package,1983

An Introduction to UsingAn Occupational InformationSystem. A Reference for ProgramPlanning,1983

Information Preparation Guide for theMaine OIS,1982

A Review of State Level Labor

Supply/Demand Analysis for ProgramPlanninK and Career Decision Making:Technical Issues in Relating and

Presenting Supply/Demand Data,1982

Vocational Preparation andOccupations, Third Edition,***1982

Guide to Forming Units of Analysis,*1982

Status of Statewide Career

Information Delivery Systems,*1982

Major NOICC/SOICC Accomplishments,Congressional Tes.Amony,*1 982

OIS Handbook Training Package,1981

Occupational Information SystemHandbook, Volume 1: OccupationaiInformation Development***

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Volume 2: Occupational information

Analysis,Presentation andDelivery

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Vocational Preparation andOccupations,*1980

Long-Range Plan for OIS Developmentand Implementation,*1980

Feasibility Study for a Projecton Improvement of OccupationalInformation,1979

Framework for Developing an

Occupational Information System,1979

NOICC-Related Activities: Reviewof Federal Programs,1979

NOICC Newsletter*

NOICC Administrative ReportsSeries:

1. Analysis of the SOICC's AnnualBasic Assistance Grant Modificationsand Program Plans,*1980

2. Annual Summary of StateOccupational InformationCoordinating Committee Activitiesin Fiscal Year 1979,*1980

3. Status of Occupational Supplyand Demand Information,*1980

4. A Review of Employer ForecastingMethods and Data,*

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5. . Status of the NOIuC/SOICCNetwork, September 30, 1980*

6. The Status of the NOICC/SOICCNetwork, September 30, 1981*

7. The Status of the NOICC/SOICC

Network, September 30, 1982*

8. An Introduction to Using anOccupational Information System,*1983

9. The Status of the NOICC/SOICC

Network, September 30, 1983*

10. Status of Statewide CareerInformation Delivery Systems,September 1984*

11. Status of the NOICC/SUICCNetwork, June 30, 1985*

12. Status of the NOICC/SOICCNetwork, June 30, 1986*

*N0 longer available

**Available from National Governors'Association***Available from U.S GovernmentPrinting Office

PUBLICATIONS SpoNsripirn pv NOICC

Using_ Labor Market Information inCareer Exploration and DecisionMaking: A Resource Guide,1906

Improved Career Decision MakingThrough the Use of Labor MarketInformation,1986 (6th edition)

Cracking the Labor MarkPt forHuman Resource Planning,**1986

Improved Career Decision MakingThrough the Use of Labor Market

Information: Trainer's Guide,1985

Career Information in theClassroom: Workshop Guide forInfusing the Occupational OutlookHandbook,1985

Mi,;ro-GIS dBASE TII ConversionManual,1985

UsinI,Labor Market andOccupational Information in HumanResource Program Planning*1985

A Directory of Counselor EducationCourses Covering Career,Occupational and Labor MarketInformation Concepts,1 984

OIS Microcomputer User's Guide.1984

GIS Microcomputer Documentation,1 984

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Occupational Employment Data inAgriculture,1983

Occupational Area-SpecificStaffing Information System(OASIS): Users Manual, OperationsManual, Systems Manual,1982

Alternative Methods for CollectingFollow-Up Information AboutSecondary Vocational EducationStudents,*1982

Analysis of State Experience: inFinancing Statewide CIDS,*1982

Career Information Delivery forHandicapped Individuals,1981

Data Needs and Usns 1:1 the Contextof an OIS: Review of Literature,1981

Estimating Occupational SupplyInformation from Federal Reports:Issues and Concerns,1981

Issues R-1Pted to Collection ofOccupational Employment Data inAgriculture,1981

Occupational Information andVocational Education: A ConceptPaper,1981

Occupational Information Needs atthe Federal Level,1981

GIB and the Employment SecuritySystem: A Need and ResourcesAssessment1981

OIS and Vocational Rehabilitation:A Concept Paper,1981

Role of an OIS in Career Guidanceand Counseling,1981

The Feasibility of CollectingLabor Market Supply Data fromExisting Records,1981

Occupational Information Needs forCETA Prime Sponsors,*1981

Systematic Approach to Improvingthe Training Process in CIDS,*1981

Occupational Information Needs atthe State Level: An EmpiricalStudy,*1981

National Student Follow-UpWorkshop: A Background Paper,*1981

Continued Federal Role inFinancing and Supporting StatewideCIDS,*1981

BLS-Alternative Estimating Methodsfor Pub-State Area OccupationalEmployment,*1981

Interfacing the SOC System withthe OES System,*1980

*No longer available

** Available from the NationalGovernors' Association

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MAJOR NOICC CONFERENCES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS

Industry/Occupational Projections National CIDS ConferencesWorkshops

1987 San Antonio, Tex.

1986 Raleigh N.C.

1986 Carson City, Nev.

National SOICC Conferences

1987 Portland, Ore.

1986 Portland, Maine

1985 Denver, Colo.

1984 Lexington, Ky.

1983 Seattle, Wash.

1982 Huntsville, Ala.

1981 Reno, Nev.

1980 Arlington, Va.

1979 Biloxi, Miss.

1978 Denver,

National OIS TechnicalConferences

19S6 Kansas City, Mo.

1984 St. Louis, Mo.

1983 St. Louis, Mo.

1982 Portland, Maine

1985 Atlanta, Ga.

1984 Charleston, S.C.

1983 St. Louis, Mo.

1981 CIDS TechnologyColumbus, Ohio

1980 CIDS ManagementSan Antonio, Tex.

CIDS Marketing & Funding3 Regional Meetings

CIDS Info. DevelopmentNew Orleans, La.

1979 Career Information forHa-dicapped Indiv:NualsSan Antonio, Tex.

Using_LMI in Program Planning

1985 National WorkshopMiami, Fla.

1984 Using LMI in HunanResource Program PlanningVentura, Gal.Detroit, Mi.

Providence, R.I.Washington, DC

1982 Regional Conferences withOffice of Vocational andAdult Education (U.S.Department of Education)San Diego, Cal.Chicago, Ill.

Atlanta, Ga.

Other NOICC Conference!

1978-83 Spring Symposia forFederal Agencies (heldannually for sixyears)

1978-81 National EIC

Conferences (sponsoredannually for threeyears with NationalCenter for EducationalBrokering)

1977 SOICC OrganizationalWorkshops

Atlanta, Ga.

Kansas City, Mo.Seattle, Wash.

STATE OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION COORDINATING COMMITTEES:DIRECTORS & MAILING ADDRESSES

Dr. Mary Louise Simms;DirectorAlabama OICC

Bell Bui...ding, Ste. 400

207 Montgomery St.Montgomery, AL 36130

Mr. Stan ButterworthExecutive DirectorArizona SOICCPost Office Box 6123Site Code 897JPhoenix, AZ 85005

Dr. James L. HarrisDirectorCoiorddo OICC218 Centennial Building1313 Sherman StreetDenver, CO 80203

Dr. Wendell P. RussellExecutive DirectorD.C. OICCDepartment of ES500 C Street NW, Rm 207Washington, D.C. 20001

Mr. Jose S. MantanonaExecutive DirectorGuam OICC

Human Resource Dev. Agcy.Jay Ease Bldg., 3rd Fl.Post Office Box 2817Agana, GU 96910

Mr. Jan Staggs

Executive DirectorIllinois OICC

217 East Monroe, Ste. 203Springfield, IL 62706

Mr. Randall WilliamsDirector

Kansas OICC401 Topeka AvenueTopeka, KS 66603

Ms. Sally SaddlerCoordinator

Alaska DOLR&A SectionPost Office Box 25501Juneau, '0( 99802

Mr. Herman SandersExecutive DirectorArkansas OICC

R&A Section, ES Div.Post Office Box 2981Little Rock, AR 72203

Dr. Prudence Brown HoltonExecutive DirectorConnecticut OICCConnecticut DOE25 Industrial Park RdMiddleton, CT 06457

Mr. Ted Bruce

SOICC Manager

Bureau of LMIDepartment of Labor & ES1320 Executive Center Dr.Atkins Building, Suite 210Tallahassee, FL 32399-0674

Mr. Patrick A. StanleyExecutive DirectorHawaii SOICC830 Punchbowl StreetRoom 315Honolulu, HI 95813

Mr. Theodore N. PopoffExecutive DirectorIndiana OICC

Indiana ES Building150 W. Mart StreetIndianapolis, IN 46204-2807

Mr. Don Chris SullivanCoordinator

Kentucky OICC275 E. Main St. - 2 EastFrankfort, KY 40621

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Ms. Teresann M. TauaActing Program Director

American Samoa SOICCOffice of Manpower ResourcesAmerican Samoa GovernmentPago Pago, AS 96799

Mr. Sigurd Brivkalns

Executive DirectorCalifornia OICC800 Capitol MallMIC-67Sacramento, CA 95814

Mr. James K. McFaddenExecutive DirectorOffice of Occupational & LXIDelaware DOL

University Office PlazaP.O. Box 9029Newark, DE 19714-9029

Mr. Clifford L. GrangerExecutive DirectorGeorgia OICC142 Marietta Street, NEAtlanta, GA 30303

Mr. Charles R. MollerupDirectorIdaho OICCLe. B. Jordan Bldg., Rm. 501650 --rt State Street

Boise, ID 83720

Ms. Mary McGeeExecutive DirectorIowa OICC

200 East Grand AvenueDes Moines, IA 50309

Mr. George GlassCoordinatorLouisiana OICCPost Office Box 94094Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9094

Ms. Susan Brown

Executive DirectorMaine OICC

State House Station 71Augusta, ME 04333

Mr. Robert Sberer

Executive CoordinatorMichigan OICC309 N. Washington

Post Office Box 30015Lansing, MI 48909

Ms. Kay RaithelDirector

Missouri OICC421 East Dunklin Street

Jc"ferson City, MO 65101

Ms. Valorie HopkinsExecutive DirectorNevada OICC

601 Kinkead Building505 East King StreetCarson City, NV 89710

Mr. Charles LehmanSOICC DirectorNew Mexico OICCTiwa Building

401 Broadway, N.E.Post Office Box 1928Albuquerque, NM 87103

Dr. Dan Marrs

Coordinator

North Dakota OICC1600 E. Interstate

Suite 11

Post Office Box 1537Bismarck, ND 58505-0440

Mr. Foad V. SlymanExecutive DirectorOklahoma OICCOklahoma ES Commission

200 Will Rogers Mem. Bldg.2401 N. Ltncoln BoulevardOklahoma City, OK 73105

Mr. George Merrill, Exe. Dir.Maryland OICCGovernor s E&T Council301 W. Preston St., Rm. 1514Baltimore, MD 21201

Mr. John CosgroveDirector

Minnesota OICC/DES690 American Center Bldg.150 East Kellogg Blvd.St. Paul, MN 55101

Mr. Robert N. ArnoldProgram ManagerMontana OICC

Post Office Box 1728Helena, MT 59624

Dr. Victor P. RacicotDirector

New Hampshire SOICC64B Old Suncook RoadConcord, NH 03301

Mr. David Nyhan

Acting Executive DirectorNew York SOICC/DOL

Research & Statistics Div.State Campus, Bldg. 12Room 400

Albany, NY 12240

Mr. Konrad ReyesExecutive Director

Northern MarianaIslands OICC

Post Office 13,,a. 149Saipan, CM 96950

Ms. Nancy Hargis

Executive DirectorOregon OICC

875 Union Street, N.E.Salem, OR 97311

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Mr. Rnhert Vinson, DirectorMassachusetts OICC/Div. of DDC.F. Hurley Bldg., 2nd FLGovernment CenterBoston, MA 02114

Mr. William Canton

Executive DirectorNississippi OICCPost Office Box 771Suite 1005

Jackson, MS 39205

Mr. Phil Baker

AdministratorNebraska OICC

Post Office Box 94600State House StationLi'icolr, NE 68509-0560

Mr. Laurence H. SeidelStaff DirectorNew Jersey OICCLabor & Industry Bldg.Room 1008CN 056

Trenton, NJ 08625-0056

Ms. Nancy H. MacCormacExecutive DirectorNorth Carolina OICC1311 St. Mary's StreetSuite 250

Post Office Box 27625Raleigh, NC 27611

Mr. Mark SchaffDirectorOhio OICC

Division of LMIOhio Bureau of ES1160 Dublin Rd., B1:;. AColumbus, OH 43215

Mr. Fritz J. Fichtner, Jr.Director

Pennsylvania OICCGovernor's Ofc. of Policy Dev506 Finance BuildingPost Office Box 1323Harrisburg, PA 17105

Mr. Jesus HFrnandez RiosExecutive DirectorP,erto Rico OICCAlhambra Street, #3Hato Rey, PR 00919

Ms. Mary Sue VickersExecutive DirectorSoh Dakota OICC/DOL607 North 4th StreetBox 1730Aberdeen, SD 57401

Mr. Max E. Parkez

Executive Di-ectorUtah OICC543 East 400 SouthSalt Lake Cty, UT 84102

Ms. Annie I. SmithSOICC ContactVirgin Islandu OICCPost Cffice Box 3359St. Thomas, US VI 00801

Ms. June Suhling

Executive DirectorWisconsin OICCDiv. FIT Policy Div.Post Officc Box 7972Madison, W1 53707

Ms. Mildred NicholsDirector

Rhode Island 01CC22 Hayes StreecProvidence, RI 02908

Ms. Chrystal PartridgeDirectorTennessee OICC519 CorCell Hull BuildingNashville, TN 37219

Mr. Robert WareDirectorVermont OICL

Green Mountain DrivPost Ofr4ce Box 4'Montpelip-, VT 05602 ;488

Mr. A. T. WoodhotseDirec:orWashington OICC212 Maple Park, MS KG-11Olympia, VA 98504-5311

Mr. Paul HowardDirectorWyoming OICC

Occupational I7.fo. Program

Herschler Bldg., 2nd Fl. E.Cheyenne, WY 82002

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Ms. Carol KososkiDirector

South Carolina OICC1550 Gadsden StreetPost Office Box 995Columbia, SC 29202

Mr. Michael FernandezDirectorTexas OICCTEC Building

15th and Congress, Rm. 526TAustin, TX 78778

Mr. Dewey T. Oakley,Executive DirectcVirginia OICCVA Employment Commission703 E. Mown St. -P.0.3. ',758

Richmond, VA 23211

Mr. Rex ClayExecutive DirectorWest Virginia OICC1600 1/2 Washington St., E.Charleston, VV 25311

NOICC ENABLING LEGISLATION

The National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee aid the°-"ate Occur,ational Information Coordinating Committees were establishedoy the Vocational Education Amendments of 1976.

Subsequent legislation reinforced and expanded the primary mission andobjectives of the national and sate committees, including the CkeerEducation Incentive Act of 1977; ,he Youth Employment and DemonstrationProjects Act of 1977; the comprehensive Employment and Training ActAmendments of 1978; the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982; and theCarl D. Perkins Voca-,ional Education Act of 1984.

JOB TRAINING PARTNERSIT? ACT OF 1982

NOICC shall "...give special attention to the labor market informationneeds of youth and adults, including activities such as...assisting andencouraging the development of state occupational information systems,including care r information delivery systems...encouraging programsproviding c-reer information, counseling, and employment services forpostsecondary youth....provide training and technical assistance...in thedevelopment, maintenance, and use of occupational supply and demandinformation systems...conduct research and demonstration projectsdesi;ned to improve any asp,:ct of occupational and career informationsystems...."

CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1984

NOICC shall "...provide funds, on an annual basis, to St.I.e OccupationalInformation Coordinating Committees and...improve coordination andcommunication among administrators and planners of programs authorized b.the Act and by the Job Training Partnership Act, employment securityagency aJministrators, research personnel, and personnel of employmentand training planning and adminiszering agencies...develop andimplement...an occupational information system to meet the c'mmonoccupational information needs of vocational education programs andemployment and training programs at the national, state and locallevels...conduct studies on the effects of technological change on newand existing occupational areas and the required changes in knowledge andjob skills and assist State Occupational Information CoordinatingCommittees...(to) implement an occupational information system in thestal,e...and use the occupational information system to implement a careerinformation delivery syst-m."