An Abstract of Employment of Older Workers in the Environmental Field of Pesticides: A Model Program prepared for Iowa Department of Agriculture, 1976

(1976) An Abstract of Employment of Older Workers in the Environmental Field of Pesticides: A Model Program prepared for Iowa Department of Agriculture, 1976. Iowa Workforce Development

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Abstract

The project provided a program design and an information delivery system which was sufficiently flexible and efficient that: 1) it could be expanded to include other more more comprehensive activities; and 2) it could serve as a model for replication in other programs and locations. This and similar projects emerge as having a special, though often overlooked, human ramification which must be considered invaluable in terms of our responsibility to the older population. It is certain that the project provided work activity for a number of low-income, elderly people. More than that, however, it demonstrated to prospective employers, the public, the participants and their peers that advancing age or retirement does not exclude an individual from productive activity. In an era when maximum and efficient use of all resources has become a survival technique, the wisdom and experience of the elderly population cannot be overlooked.