People with Disabilities Achieving Career Employment (PACE)

匹兹堡大学人类工程研究实验室和希拉姆·G·安德鲁斯职业培训中心正在合作开展一项名为残疾人实现职业就业(PACE)的NSF高级技术教育(ATE)项目。PACE将为退伍军人和残疾人提供先进的制造证书培训和就业机会。该项目的重点是患有骨科和认知障碍的个人。该项目有可能为退伍军人和残疾人创造机会，使他们成为先进制造业、教育和工作场所的正式参与者，从而产生巨大的社会效益。先进制造业是一个对国民经济至关重要的领域。目前，先进制造业报告说，很难找到具有适当技能的入门级员工。退伍军人和残疾人有可能在先进制造业中获得有意义的就业机会，但缺乏适合退伍军人和残疾人的培训计划和工作场所设施，使这一目标无法成为现实。退伍军人和残疾人对先进制造业劳动力的贡献不仅有利于这些个人，也有利于整个社会。PACE计划将与广泛的行业、学术和倡导专家合作，设计、开发和提供为先进制造业领域的退伍军人和残疾人量身定做的指导性和体验式培训课程。该项目将为学术机构和行业提供指导，使其先进的制造计划适应退伍军人和残疾人。项目目标包括提供集成到学分证书计划中的高级制造课程。这些证书是：国家金属加工技能协会(NIMS)认证的机械加工一级、机械加工二级，以及制造工程师协会(SME)添加剂制造证书。PACE还将为教育和行业设计和传播专业发展材料和指导方针，以便将退伍军人和残疾人纳入先进制造业并为他们提供便利。PACE的调查结果将极大地促进教育课程、工程教育、工程公共政策和包容性领域的知识进步。项目评估工作包括设计一个基于标准的评估工具，以审查通过这项工作制定的方案特点。此外，还将汇编利益攸关方的看法，包括分析从合作伙伴和参与者那里收集的定性数据。评估设计包括开发可能被类似项目广泛使用的调查工具。关于形成性数据的调查结果将有助于证明计划修改的必要性，并提供见解，帮助将项目创新传播给其他感兴趣的群体。

The Human Engineering Research Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh and the Hiram G. Andrews Vocational Training Center are partnering to conduct an NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) project entitled People with Disabilities Achieving Career Employment (PACE). PACE will extend advanced manufacturing certificate training and employment opportunities to veterans and people with disabilities. The project focuses on individuals with orthopedic and cognitive impairments. This project has the potential to provide significant societal benefits by creating opportunities for veterans and people with disabilities to become full participants in the advanced manufacturing educational and workplace arenas. Advanced manufacturing is an area of critical importance to the national economy. Currently, advanced manufacturing industries are reporting difficulties in finding entry-level employees with appropriate skills. Veterans and people with disabilities have the potential to obtain meaningful employment in advanced manufacturing, but the lack of training programs and workplace facilities that are accommodating to veterans and people with disabilities keep this from being a reality. The contribution of veterans and people with disabilities to the advanced manufacturing workforce benefits not only those individuals, but also society as a whole. The PACE program will work with a broad range of industry, academic and advocacy experts to design, develop, and deliver didactic and experiential training curricula tailored to veterans and people with disabilities in the advanced manufacturing field. The project will provide guidance to academic institutions and industry on making their advanced manufacturing programs accommodating to veterans and people with disabilities. Project goals include delivering an advanced manufacturing curriculum that is integrated into for-credit certificate programs. The certificates are: National Institute for Metalworking Skill (NIMS) Certified Machining Level 1, Machining Level 2, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Additive Manufacturing Certificate. PACE will also design and disseminate professional development materials and guidelines for education and industry for inclusion of and accommodations of veterans and people with disabilities in advanced manufacturing. Findings from PACE will contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge in the areas of educational curricula, engineering education, engineering public policy, and inclusiveness. The project evaluation work includes design of a criteria-based evaluation instrument to review the program characteristics developed through this work. In addition, stakeholder perceptions will be compiled including analysis of the qualitative data gathered from partners and participants. Evaluation design includes the development of survey instruments of potential broad use by similar programs. Findings regarding formative data will serve to document the need for program modifications and provide insights to help disseminate the project innovations to other interested groups.