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1942
1942 - 2108.PDF
302. FLIGHT OCTOBER 8TH, 1942 PREPARING FOR CAREER lege Vacation Courses are designed to provide fully adequate aircraft engine- works experience. The course is open to graduates and is of two years' duration. 2. The Student Apprenticeship Course offers a very thorough en gineering training for youths of 16 to 18 years of age, who have been edu cated at a public school or secondary school, and who are willing actively to continue their technical studies, parallel with their practical work, for several years. 3. The Trade Apprenticeship Course provides training in the craftsmanship of one or other of the various special ised engineering trades. It is open to suitable boys of 15J to i6£ years of age from secondary, junior technical, central or elementary schools. A boy who has not had the advan tage of education up to the standard of the School Leaving Certificate is best advised, in the first instance at all events, to seek training as an engineering craftsman. Individual skill in each of the several production trades involved in the aircraft engine ' industry is of the greatest importance. The Trade Apprenticeship Course is planned with the primary object of producing a regular supply of highly skilled craftsmen in each of these trades. It is, however, associated with a definite scheme of continued theoretical education, which is carried out in the works instructional school. An apprentice who shows diligence and ambition is encouraged by the possibility of rising, through the higher grades of training, to a position of executive responsibility. The importance which the Bristol Company attaches to the proper co ordination of practical and theoretical In the Bristol school : the drawing classroom. training at all stages is emphasised by the instructional school having been established within the works. The courses of training are planned to accommodate all classes, recruited from various sources ; and their admit tance to a particular course is based on: — (a) Evidence gained during a pro bationary period when character, ability, aptitude, etc., are assessed. (£>) Standard of education already reached. (c) Recommendation of: — (i) Heads of departments or shops (if already in the company's employ); (ii) Headmaster of school or college; (iii) Previous employer. (d) All boys are interviewed and the parent or guardian is invited to be present whenever possible. The course appropriate to the boy is discussed and, if through lack of experience, he is un able to state a preference for any par ticular trade, he is admitted on proba tion. After about two months in the The grinder section of the workshop of the Bristol school. instructional school, he is interviewed again. (e) No premiums are accepted, and wages according to agreed rates are paid in all cases. (/) Although a boy may begin with the initial intention of becoming a machinist or a fitter, it is possible for him to progress to a higher grade by application to his work and diligence during his studies for the National Engi neering Certificate. The syllabus of each course is given on the chart on page 34, and an indi cation of the possible outlets is illustrated. The value and importance of the instructional school and the efficiency of its organisation are such that the Bristol Aeroplane Company has been recognised by the Board of Education and the Institute of Mechanical En gineers, and appointed as an educa tion authority authorised to conduct National Engineering Examinations up to and including the Ordinary National Certificates. It is believed that the conferring of this distinction on a works instructional school is unique, and rt is certainly a great tribute to the efficiency of its man agement. Two Main Departments There are two distinct departments of the school, namely: — («) Practical Workshop; (b) Classrooms and Laboratories. The practical workshop is well equipped, with lathes, millers, grinders, benches, marking-ofE table, etc., where 70-75 lads at a time are in itiated into factory life and taught the basic principles of machining, tool- making and fitting. Boys remain in the school for at least six months, following a progressive course and gaining experience on all types of machines, but specialising by spend ing more time on the machine appro priate to the trade for which aptitude is displayed.
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