Amarillo Independent
School District
Career Preparation Program
Employer Handbook
08/10
Career Preparation Program
Teacher/Coordinators by School
Amarillo High School
4225 Danbury
Amarillo, Texas 79109
Debbie McDonald 326-2040
Gail Davis 326-2099
Caprock High School
3001 S.E. 34th Street
Amarillo, Texas 79103
Jennifer Jeter 326-2256
Mary Ramirez 326-2200
Palo Duro High School
1400 North Grant Street
Amarillo, Texas 79107
Kathy Hazelwood 326-2473
Jill Miller 326-2516
Tascosa High School
3921 Westlawn Street
Amarillo, Texas 79102
Amber Williams 326-2691
Amarillo ISD
Career Preparation Program Handbook
Introduction
This handbook is designed for you, the employer, to become more familiar with the Amarillo ISD Career Preparation Work-Based Learning (WBL) program.
We, as Career Preparation teachers and employers, need to provide students with opportunities for occupational training while still in high school. We also hope to encourage students to pursue advanced training upon graduation. Career Preparation emphasizes the acquisition of competencies, including skills and job attitudes, needed for securing and retaining paid employment at the entry and advanced levels.
The Career Preparation Program is possible because of employers who are willing to employ and train high school students. Congratulations on becoming a training sponsor. We shall endeavor to make your training station an asset to Amarillo ISD and to Texas. By working together, we can give the student the very best possible training that will benefit both the student and the training station.
Advantages of Employing Students
From the Career Preparation Program
ü Provides more occupational training than a business would ordinarily have time to give because of cooperation among the teacher, student, and employer.
ü Enables employers to benefit from competent students who are eager and productive
ü Develops potential full-time employees who have been trained in business and industry.
ü Establishes communication between business and school.
ü Trains employees in your organization to meet your job specifications.
ü Assists you in establishing good community relations.
ü Makes regular employees conscious of their own training needs.
ü Promotes training with occupational objectives in mind.
ü Reinforces employability training and skills from the classroom.
ü Allows the business to provide a work-experience laboratory for training students.
ü Enables students to demonstrate their enthusiasm, energy, and fresh ideas.
Student Employee Responsibilities
ü Be at school and the training station site on time.
ü Observe all training station policies, including those related to conduct, dress code, personal appearance, and personal hygiene.
ü Follow all instructions of the employer.
ü Exemplify qualities of a good employee by not receiving family members, visitors, or personal phone calls during work.
ü Follow company policy and the chain of command to resolve problems at the training station.
ü Abide by all school rules and regulations, keeping in mind that the school jurisdiction includes the training station.
ü Communicate immediately any changes in employment status to teacher/coordinator.
Teacher/Coordinator Responsibilities
ü Provide quality part-time employees who will mature with job experience and become proficient employees of the company.
ü Evaluate the student’s progress on the job by visiting the training station at least once each six weeks grading period.
ü Maintain a close working relationship with the employer.
ü Provide classroom instruction specifically related to the training station.
ü Assist the employer in developing a qualified and valuable future employee.
ü Inform employer of any change in student’s enrollment.
Employer Responsibilities
ü If possible, contact teacher/coordinator PRIOR to making changes in the student’s employment status.
ü Support school attendance policies. A student not in class during the regular school day may not attend work unless specifically approved by the teacher/coordinator without attendance penalties.
ü Provide proper instruction and supervision for the student.
ü Evaluate the student’s progress each six weeks.
ü Recommend areas for classroom instruction that would enhance the student’s work performance.
ü Ensure that the training station provides the student with a quality learning situation. Provide clear instruction with regular positive and corrective feedback.
ü Explain applicable policies, procedures, rules, and chain of command to the student. Help him/her feel a part of the organization.
ü Provide safety orientation and a safe work environment.
ü Support the student in setting and maintaining priorities related to school and work.
ü Deal fairly with the student.
ü Communicate with the teacher/coordinator on a regular basis. Provide ongoing feedback about the student’s strengths and weaknesses.
ü Abide by the attached Child Labor Laws issued by the Texas Workforce Commission.
ü Remember the student’s main priority is his/her schoolwork. Please consider this when scheduling their hours. Working late hours tends to affect the student’s school performance and attendance as well as his/her commitment to the training station.
OCCUPATIONS BANNED FOR ALL MINORS UNDER
THE AGE OF 18
The Hazardous Occupations Orders (HOs)
The FLSA establishes an 18-year minimum age for those nonagricultural occupations that the Secretary of Labor finds and declares to be particularly hazardous for 16- and 17-year-old minors, or detrimental to their health or well-being. In addition, Child Labor Regulation No. 3 also bans 14- and 15-year-olds from performing any work proscribed by the HOs. There are currently seventeen HOs which include a partial or total ban on the occupations or industries they cover.HO 1. Manufacturing or storing explosives - bans minors working where explosives are manufactured or stored, but permits work in retail stores selling ammunition, gun shops, trap and skeet ranges, and police stations.
HO 2. Driving a motor vehicle or work as an outside helper on motor vehicles - bans operating motor vehicles on public roads and working as outside helpers on motor vehicles (except 17-year-olds may drive cars or small trucks during daylight hours for limited times and under strictly limited circumstances).
HO 3. Coal mining - bans most jobs in coal mining.
HO 4. Logging and sawmilling - bans most jobs in logging and timbering (including cutting firewood) and in sawmills.
HO 5. Power-driven woodworking machines - bans the operation of most power-driven woodworking machines, including chain saws, nailing machines, and sanders.*
HO 6. Exposure to radioactive substances and ionizing radiation - bans exposure to radioactive materials.
HO 7. Power-driven hoisting apparatus - bans the operation of most power-driven hoisting apparatus such as forklifts, non-automatic elevators, bobcats and cranes, including most high lift trucks, but does not apply to chair-lifts at ski resorts nor to electric and pneumatic lifts used to raise cars in garages and gasoline service stations.
HO 8. Power-driven metal-forming, punching and shearing machines - bans the operation of certain power-driven metal-working machines but permits the use of most machine tools.*
HO 9. Mining, other than coal - bans most jobs in mining at metal mines, quarries, aggregate mines, and other mining sites including underground work in mines, work in or about open cut mines, open quarries, and sand and gravel operations.
HO 10. Power-driven meat-processing machines, slaughtering and meat packing plants - bans the operation of power-driven meat processing machines, such as meat slicers, saws and meat choppers, wherever used (including restaurants and delicatessens). This ban includes the use of this machinery on items other than meat, such as cheese and vegetables. HO 10 also bans most jobs in slaughtering and meatpacking establishments.*
HO 11. Power-driven bakery machines - bans the operation of power-driven bakery machines such as vertical dough and batter mixers (including most countertop models), dough rollers and dough sheeters. This ban covers such machinery wherever used.
HO 12. Power-driven paper-products machines - bans the operation of power-driven paper products machines such as scrap paper balers, paper box compactors, and platen-type printing presses. Sixteen- and 17-year-olds may load, but not operate or unload, certain scrap paper balers and paper box compactors under very specific guidelines.*
HO 13. Manufacturing of brick, tile and related products - bans most jobs in the manufacture of brick, tile and similar products.
HO 14. Power-driven circular saws, band saws and guillotine shears - bans the operation of various types of power-driven band and circular saws and guillotine shears, no matter what kind of items are being cut by the saws and shears.*
HO 15. Wrecking, demolition, and ship-breaking operations - bans most jobs in wrecking, demolition, and ship-breaking operations, but does not apply to remodeling or repair work which is not extensive.
HO 16. Roofing operations - bans most jobs in roofing operations including work performed on the ground and removal of the old roof.*
HO 17. Trenching and excavation operations - bans most jobs in trenching and excavation work, including working in a trench more than four feet deep.*
* The regulations provide a limited exemption from HOs 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 17 for apprentices and student-learners who are at least 16 years of age and enrolled in approved programs.
The term "operation" as used in HOs 5, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 14 generally includes the tasks of setting up, adjusting, repairing, oiling or cleaning the equipment.
Amarillo Independent School District
7200 I-40 West
Amarillo, Texas 79106
(806) 326-1001
www.amaisd.org
For Additional Information on Career & Technical Education in the Amarillo Independent School District contact:
LeAnn Estep
Director, Career & Technical Education
7200 I-40 West
Amarillo, Texas 79106
(806) 326-1319
or
Karyn Pierce
Coordinator, Career & Technical Education
7200 I-40 West
Amarillo, Texas 79106
(806) 326-1305
It is the policy of Amarillo ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability in providing education or providing access to benefits of education services, activities and programs, including Career & Technical Education Programs in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.