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Occupational Skill Standards: Experience Shows Industry Involvement to Be Key

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 14, 1993
Report No. T-HRD-93-23
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Summary:

Organizations and industries sponsoring skill standards and certification systems believe that the time and resources devoted to developing and managing such systems represent wise investments in the future of their industry. However, sponsors have not systematically evaluated the impact of the systems on workers or employers. The most important element common to the systems GAO reviewed is industry ownership and control. Contrary to common belief, the process of identifying occupational skill standards was not seen by certification sponsors as a formidable obstacle to establishing certification systems, but they did see other factors as obstacles, such as high costs and difficulties in developing industry coalitions and getting them to agree on standards.

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