O ' C- ' / ' \ / h MANPOWER FOR jm.3mERMCj%. Learn and Train For A. dfob Under MBTA MAIVPOWER FOR AMERICA L>earn and Train For A Joh Under MDTA 4^ ®^>i. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary MANPOWER ADMINISTRATION Stanley H. Ruttenberg, Administrator BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY Robert C. Goodwin, Administrator 1967 ". . , This administration is determined to bring increased education and training opportunities to all Americans. . . . I see a future in which those seeking a station in life — whether it be the young dropout, the first offender, the older man with an outdated skill, the military rejectee — will have an opportunity to fulfill their hopes and expectations ... a society in which every person has full opportunity to develop his — or her — earning powers, where no willing worker lacks a fob, and where no useful talent lacks an opportunity." How you may learn and train for a Job under the 3Wanpouper IMecelopment and Traininy Act Can I yet traininy? Where is traininy yiven ? €Jan I yet any kind of traininy available? MDTA stands for Manpower Development and Train- ing Act. MDTA training programs help the unemployed gain new skills and the underemployed upgrade their skills. Hundreds of thousands of men, women and youth have already qualified for good jobs through institutional (classroom) training and on-the-job training. They were young people and old people, men and women, married and single, of all races and creeds. They were trained in skills and services ranging from upholsterer to medical assistant, from auto body repair- man to dairyman. Maybe MDTA training is for you. Following are some questions and answers which will tell you more about the program and the opportunities it offers, and help you find out if you qualify for training under MDTA. You may be eligible for training if you are: • Unemployed. • Will be unemployed. • Working less than full time. • Working below your skill level. • A farm worker with a net family income of less than $1,200. • Between the ages of 16 and 22, have no work skills, and need training to qualify for a job. • 45 or older and have an employment problem. • Seeking training for a skill in which there is a shortage of workers. • Unable to get a job unless you improve your reading, writing and arithmetic. Training is given in public and private schools, or on the job, where you are paid as you learn a new skill in a plant or factory. You must show an ability for the skill you want to learn. If there are no MDTA training programs in that skill being taught in your community, you may be sent individually to private training facilities or to a public institution in your home town or in another area. Can I just brush up on my reading, writing, and arithntetie? I I awn over 45 and have trouble getting an employer to hire me. What help can I get? I need some medical attention before I could hope to take training or hold down a Job. Can MBTA help me? M graduated from high school last »¥une, but have no job experience. Can I start training right away? I dropped out of high school. Can I qualify? i completed an MDTA training course recentlg. Can I obtain further training? I got some training under another Government program recentlg. JDoes this affect mg eligibility for MnTA training? Yes, if you need improvement in these subjects in order to train for a job skill, or to get a job. MDTA has a special program of job training for persons 45 and older to help with their employment problems. MDTA provides for payment of up to $100 for physical examinations, medical treatment and prostheses for persons eligible for training. Such medical assistance must be necessary to enable you to take training. You must show that you cannot afford to get it privately and that the services are not available otherwise without cost. Yes, you may qualify for training now with full youth allowances if you enroll in classroom training. You may be eligible for immediate MDTA training, either on the job or in a school setting. Yes, if such training is necessary to prepare you adequately for a suitable full-time job. Not necessarily. You may qualify immediately for MDTA training in a vocational school or on the job to prepare you for a suitable full-time job. I think M could qualify tor MOTA training, but I am so hard up I could not finance mysetf while beginning training. What can I do ? I have a job. is there any iray I can get training part-time? Ami allowed to work part-time trhile training? Hoic long floes training last? i0o i hare to pay for training ? Hoes evergone get an allowance while training? How do i find out ntore about training progrants in my cownntunity? HoMC wnuch am i paid while training? Advance payment of training allowance is now possible to persons who otherwise would be unable to enter or continue classroom training because of immediate financial need. Perhaps. An experimental program has been authorized for part-time training of persons, including employed persons, to meet critical area or occupational skill shortages. It provides training allowances of up to $10 a week for persons receiving part-time classroom training. Yes. You can work up to 20 hours a week without your earnings affecting your training allowance. Any earnings in excess of 20 hours a week are deducted from your allowance. If you are being trained on the job, what you do after work hours is up to you. Training may be approved for a few weeks or for a number of months. The maximum time for which training allowances may be paid to an individual is 104 weeks. No. The MDTA program provides training allowances to the majority of classroom trainees. You may be one of these. If you are being trained on the job you receive wages instead of allowances. Your nearest public employment office or Youth Opportunity Center of your State Employment Service will tell you. Generally, the amount is based on the average weekly unemployment insurance payment in your State. You may also be eligible for an additional $10 a week depending on the length of training, and you may receive up to $20 more for a maximum of $30 a week additional, depending on the number of family dependents you have. Youth, ages 1 7 to 22, who are not eligible for regular // / train outside my hoMue area, hotr do I meet the extra expense? I'm on public assistanee. noes this prevent my receiving 3MDTA payments? Can I be sure of a Job when I finish training? Where can I find out more about training? allowances may receive up to $20 a week as a youth allowance. If you have graduated from a Neighborhood Youth Corps out-of-school program in the last 6 months, you may receive regular MDTA allowances based on average unemployment insurance payments in your State. All trainees may be paid transportation costs to and from the training site. In some circumstances only transportation costs in excess of $2.50 a week will be paid. If you are training on the job, your wages will usually start at half the pay of the skilled worker but usually no less than the minimum wage. You may be eligible for additional living expenses up to $35 a week, and for limited travel allowance up to 100 a mile. You may receive MDTA payments up to $30 a week while also receiving public assistance payments. Your public assistance payments will not be reduced. The objective is to start you on the road to self- support. If you are hired as an on-the-job trainee, your public assistance is stopped because of the weekly wages you will be earning. A job cannot be guaranteed because job openings change. However, when you complete training, the local public employment oflfice makes a special effort to get you a job where you can use your new skills. They will continue to help you to make good on the job. If you successfully complete your on-the-job training, you have a job where you trained. The great majority of trainees are placed in jobs by local public employment offices. At the nearest public employment office or at the local Youth Opportunity Center of your State Employment Service. They can tell you about training opportunities and help you find out if your abilities and interests fit the skills being taught. If you are eligible for training they can register you for a training course or refer you to an employer who is conducting an MDTA on-the-job training program. Remember . . . new training opportunities may open up, so if training in a skill suitable for you is not being given when you first apply — it may later on. Keep in touch with your local public employment office. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA llllllillili Some of the nearly GOO 3 1262 08858 9279 occupations for which training has been given Skilled and Semi-Skilled Auto body repairman Electronic assembler ■ - Logger Machine tool operator Sheet metal worker Upholsterer Boot and shoe worker Household appliance serviceman Lumber grader Service station attendant Turret lathe operator Welder (combination) Wood working machine operator Semi-Prof essional, Technical, and Managerial Civil engineering aide Computer programmer Draftsman Licensed practical nurse Medical technician Vocational counselor Water and sewage plant technician Service Chef, cook Housekeeper Janitor Nurse aide-orderly Psychiatric aide Waiter or waitress Child day-care center worker Clerical and Sales Accounting clerk Auto parts salesman Bookkeeper Key punch operator Stenographer Stock clerk Typist Agricultural Dairyman Farmer-farmhand Farm machinery operator Landscape gardener Arborist Tractor operator Tree pruner UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Manpower Administration U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1967 O - 268-280