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iii. Structural Trades :
Welders !
Steel Erectors
Pipe Fitters
Plate Workers, etc.
iv. Electrical Engineering : i
Electricians in various specialised branches
Lino and Cable Workers
Electrical Wiremen
v. Oil Refining and Storage :
Recorders
Assistants to Refinery Operators
Laboratory Assistants

2. THE GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND MARKET TRADES.

i. building Trades i
Stone aiid Concrete Workers, Plasterers, etc,
Corpbnters and Joiners
Plumbers And Domestic Engineers
ii. Furniture Trudes :
Cabinet Makers
Upholsterers
iii. Motor Trade

Motor Mechanics
iv. Electx’ical Trades :
Electrical Fitters and Wiremen.

CONDITIONS IN
There is an important reason for separating THE OIL COMPANY
the requirements of the oil industry from those of
the Government Services and the market trades. The Oil Company em­
ploys a large staff of technical experts from America and Europe
who are able to supervise closely the local employees and give a
good deal of attention to the matter of training thorn in various
kinds of specialioed work. In the case of the skilled trades the
Company is able to provide its own for/n of higher apprentice train­
ing. For most brunches of thoir work the Compony noed boys with some
general education, a knowledge of English., and only sufficient work­
shop experience to form a foundation for the specialised training
they will receive in the Company's works. The pre-employment train­
ing of such boys should make them resourceful and adaptable rather
than highly skilled in one particular branch of a trade.
The case of boys taking up skilled oocupa- MARKET INDUSTRIES
tions outside the Oil Company is rather differ- AND PUBLIC SERVICES,
ent. The public services and the market are not
so generously staffed with experts and skilled workers able to attend
to