Characteristics of outstanding engineering technicians in Arizona [electronic resource] / Bill Wesley Brown.

The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge, skills, and job responsibilities of successful engineering technicians as indicated by technicians and their employers, to examine the relationships between the employer's and the technician's views of needed knowledge and skills and...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Brown, Bill Wesley
Corporate Authors: Northern Arizona University. Arizona Research Coordinating Unit, Arizona. State Department of Vocational Education, Northern Arizona University. Occupational Research Coordinating Unit
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1967.
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