WHEN THE FOUNDATION FOR THE BRITISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WAS LAID IN 1870, THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN EDUCATION AND TRAINING WAS FORMALIZED. EMPLOYERS PROVIDED THE PRACTICAL TRAINING IN INDUSTRY, AND THEORY OR ACADEMIC COURSES WERE PROVIDED IN THE SCHOOLS. THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT OF 1964 GIVES THE MINISTER OF LABOR POWER TO ESTABLISH INDUSTRIAL…

This guide describes standard operating job procedures for the grit removal process of wastewater treatment plants. Step-by-step instructions are given for pre-start up inspection, start-up, continuous operation, and shut-down procedures. A description of the equipment used in the process is given. Some theoretical material is presented. (BB)

This is a guide for standard operating job procedures for the pump station process of wastewater treatment plants. Step-by-step instructions are given for pre-start up inspection, start-up procedures, continuous routine operation procedures, and shut-down procedures. A general description of the equipment used in the process is given. Two…

This guide describes standard operating job procedures for the primary sedimentation process of wastewater treatment plants. The primary sedimentation process involves removing settleable and suspended solids, in part, from wastewater by gravitational forces, and scum and other floatable solids from wastewater by mechanical means. Step-by-step…

The benefit-cost relationship analysis concerns the cost effectiveness of employment and training in the Water Distribution Division of the Dallas Water Utilities Department and deals specifically with 104 entry workers hired to become pipe fitters. Half of the entry workers were enrolled in the Public Service Careers (PSC) training program and…

A project of the Riverside Research Institute (RRI) provided training for 10 hard core unemployed for one year in four vocational skills: computer peripheral equipment operators, electronics technicians, machine operators, and draftsmen. Selection was based on at least an eighth grade verbal and numerical achievement level, tests, and interviews.…

Attempting to adapt occupational training to an outmoded apprenticeship system is an unsatisfactory solution to the needs of British society. Apprenticeship derives from a system preceding by hundreds of years the Industrial Revolution, which makes no allowances either for the new types of jobs which have grown up or for the need for education of…

Emphasizing causation and motivation, this guide to safety training for foremen and supervisors in industry provides a method for correcting an employee, whether after an accident or after detection of an unsafe act, through an interview designed to find the reasons behind the act. Supervisory responsibility for safety is indicated, together with…

This booklet contains training recommendations for professional, administrative, and commercial trainees of the carpet industry in Great Britain. Focus is upon persons to be trained; responsibility for training; assessment of training needs; recruitment and selection; descriptions of types of programs; instruction and supervision; control of…

New arrangements for craft training in the British engineering industry call for a three stage structure: (1) a year of basic training in a wide variety of skills (welding, vehicle painting, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and others); (2) selected training in specialized skills under controlled conditions; (3) experience in using…

One specific area of industrial relations training is considered--that of meeting the implications of change as a result of the current theme of joint involvement in proposed industrial relations legislation. This will demand new approaches for industry in England. (Author/BP)

Illinois manufacturing firms were surveyed concerning communication training for first-line managers. Responses indicate that formal training programs exist in less than one-third of the installations; but when such training is provided it frequently includes communication concepts and skills which are practical in orientation and which are based…

An industrial training cost-effectiveness model developed at Bowling Green State University and used in several practical situations is evaluated with definitions of terms, structured training program costs, training returns, and data collection and analysis procedures. The authors emphasize that money spent for structured training is an…

Describes the Xerox International Center for Training and Management Development in terms of the physical facilities, sales training, service training, and Xerox instructors. (TA)

The authors critique five articles in the special feature issue of the journal on alternate delivery systems for industrial training. Comment focuses on problems of implementing instructional delivery systems and on differences in terminology. (CH)