People with Disabilities Achieving Career Employment (PACE)

匹兹堡大学的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NSF高级技术教育（ATE）项目，题为残疾人实现职业就业（PACE）。PACE将向退伍军人和残疾人提供先进制造证书培训和就业机会。该项目的重点是矫形和认知障碍的个人。该项目有可能通过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领域的全面参与者，从而提供显着的社会效益。先进制造业是国民经济的一个重要领域。 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获得有意义的就业机会，但缺乏适应退伍军人和残疾人的培训计划和工作场所设施，使这一点无法成为现实。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，学术和宣传专家合作，设计，开发和提供针对先进制造领域退伍军人和残疾人的教学和体验式培训课程。该项目将为学术机构和工业界提供指导，使其先进的制造计划适应退伍军人和残疾人。 项目目标包括提供一个先进的制造课程，集成到学分证书课程。这些证书是：国家金属加工技能研究所（NIMS）认证的加工1级，加工2级，以及制造工程师协会（SME）增材制造证书。PACE还将设计和传播教育和行业的专业发展材料和指南，以便在先进制造业中纳入退伍军人和残疾人。PACE的研究结果将大大有助于教育课程，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开发的程序特性。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方案广泛使用的调查工具。有关形成性数据的调查结果将用于记录程序修改的必要性，并提供见解，以帮助将项目创新传播给其他感兴趣的团体。

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.