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THE Ministry of Labour and National Service is now awarding grants under the Further Education and Training Scheme to assist young engineers who have been on military service to complete their practical training in industry. University graduates in engineering and others who have qualified as graduates of the Institutions of Civil, Mechanical or Electrical Engineers are entitled to apply for grants. The awards are intended to supplement the payments which employers normally make to engineering graduates. A plan of training must be drawn up by the employer and approved by the Ministry before a grant will be made. Three types of course are contemplated, lasting twenty-four, twelve and six months respectively. The longest course is intended for those who have had no previous industrial experience and only limited technical experience in the Services. The Institution of Electrical Engineers announces that young electrical engineers will be advised to take a twelve-months course if they have had little or no industrial training, but have served eighteen months or more on suitable workshop duties in technical units, or have had 12 18 months previous industrial training and only limited tech nical experience on military service. Those with more than nine months previous industrial training and more than eighteen months technical experience in the Services will generally be regarded as having completed their training, but some may be advised to take the six-months course. Further particulars may be obtained from the Regional Appointments Officers of the Ministry of Labour and National Service.
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Training Grants for Engineers. Nature 158, 828 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158828a0
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