§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the 186W trades and other occupations for which skillcentres in the United Kingdom are now providing courses and the duration of such training.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that its skillcentres provide training for a total of 70 trades or occupations which are set out below together with the length of each course.
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TRADE GROUP/TRADE No. of Weeks Construction Bricklaying 26 Carpentry and Joinery 26 Heating and Ventilating fitting 26 Painting and Decorating 26 Pipe Fitting (Petro Chemical Industry) 20 Plastering 26 Plumbing 26 or 32 Slating and Tiling 26 Street Masonry and Paving 26 Welding—Pipe H & V & Plumbing 14 Woodcutting Machinery 26 Engineering Production Automatic Lathe Setting 32 Boring Setting/Machining 26 Capstan Setting/Operating 26 Centre Lathe Turning 26 Die Milling 39 Engineering—Blind Persons 8 or 10 Milling Setting/Operating 26 Plate and Structure Steel Work 26 Precision Grinding 26 Sheet Metal Working 30 Toolmaking Fitting and Machining 39 Welding—Electrical Arc (Pipe) 10 or 30 Welding—Electrical Arc (Plate) 26 or 30 Engineering Servicing Draughtsmanship (Mechanical Engineering) 39 Engineering inspection 26 Fitting—General Maintenance 26 Fitting—Jig and Tool 26 Fitting—Machine Tool Maintenance 39 Fitting—Pneumatic and Hydraulics 26 or 30 Detailed Fitting and Machining 32 Electrical/Electronics Electrical Inst and Maint 32 Fitting—Electrical 26 Industrial Electronics 13 or 26 or 39 Instrument Maintenance 52 NC Machine Maintenance (Electronics) 30 Radio, TV and Electronic Servicing 40 TV Field Servicing 23
Plant and Automotive Trades Agricultural Machinery Repair and Maintenance 30 Contractor's Plant Repair and Maintenance 28 Heavy Vehicle Repair and Maintenance 30 Commercial Vehicle Body Building 26 Motor Vehicle Body Repair 26 Motor Vehicle Repair and Maintenance 26 Motor Vehicle Spray Painting 26 Motor Vehicle Body Repair/Spray Painting 30 General Servicing Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Servicing 26 Domestic Appliances Servicing 26 Office Machinery Servicing 26 Oil Fired Central Heating Servicing 3 Sewing Machine Repair and Maintenance 30 Typewriter Repair and Maintenance 40 Watch and Clock Repair 52 Miscellaneous Boat Fitting 18 or 26 Commercial Cookery 16 Furniture—Cabinet Making 30 Hairdressing (Mens) 26 or 30 or 39 Plastic Injection Moulding 18 Scientific Glass Blowing 14 or 26 Screen Process Printing 26 Sewing Machining 8 Storekeeping (Engineering) 13 Tailoring (Handcraft) 36 Short Courses Engineering Induction up to 18 General Construction Operatives " " 18 Miscellaneous Engineering " " 10 Occupational Selection " " 18 Office Skills " " 18 Vocational Assessment " " 18 Wider Opportunities " " 18