determine competencies but to gather as much information as possible to describe the occupation as thoroughly as possible.
The project coordinator briefly reviews the procedure for the first step.
The workshop facilitation team members explain their respective roles and the context of the workshop.
Phase II
Situate the workshop within the Ministère’s program development process and inform participants of the general goals of vocational training in secondary school and of technical training in college.
At this stage, it is not useful to officially initiate participants in the workings of vocational or technical training or the internal mechanisms that govern them. Therefore, the reasons for developing a new program or revising an existing program should be explained first. Then, participants should be made aware that the job analysis is the cornerstone of program development because it ensures that the program is valid.
Briefly present the main steps of the program development process.
Briefly explain certain general goals of vocational and technical training and the ways of taking these goals into account (level of competency upon entering the job market, autonomy, mobility, adaptability to technological developments, etc.).
Phase III
Present the schedule, and review the workshop plan and procedure.
Note: It is essential that participants understand that most of the training-related elements will derive from this workshop and that the participants are in the best position to describe how their occupation is practiced, a task on which subsequent activities will depend. It would be interesting to review the steps in the program development process in the section on pedagogical suggestions at the end of the workshop. After becoming familiar with the job analysis process, participants will have a better understanding of the entire process as well as of the steps involved in developing a program of study. Participants must be given enough information on the process without, however, burdening them with too many details or technical considerations.