HC Deb 25 March 1947 vol 435 cc187-8W
113. Mr. D. Jones

asked the Minister of Labour what courses of training under the vocational training scheme are available to ex-Servicemen in the area of the Hartlepools office of his Department; and how many men have been trained in each of the several schemes since their inception, giving the figures of each course separately.

Mr. Isaacs

Training in the main building and civil engineering trades is available at the Aycliffe and Spennymoor Government Training Centres at which 133 Hartlepool ex-Servicemen have been or are now being trained. In addition, individual arrangements for training in technical colleges and employers' establishments have been made

The courses available and the number of Hartlepool ex-Servicemen who have already completed training at the Aycliffe and Spennymoor Government Training Centre are as follow:

Occupation Numbers who have completed training. Numbers now in training.
Bricklaying 36 42
Carpentry 26 6
Painting and Decorating 9 1
Plastering 7 1
Plumbing 1
Slating and Tiling 2 1
Paviors
Timbermen
Pipe Jointing 1

Individual arrangements have been made for training at technical colleges and in employers' establishments as follow:

Occupation Numbers who have completed training. Numbers now in training.
Automobile Electrician 1
Boot and Shoe repairing 8
Commercial subjects 1 3
Ready-made and Wholesale tailoring. 1
Printing 2
Monumental Mason 2
Scientific Glass Blowing 3 3
Organ Pipe Building 1
Road Roller Driving 1
Typewriter Mechanics 1
Watch and Clock repairing. 1
Dairy work 1

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