Of all these the ones most overlooked are numbers 1, 3 and 6.
Many managers think that good instruction can be given right in the
producing departments, whereas this has been proven to be a great
interference with both production and schooling.
Most attempts to use skilled mechanics as instructors has failed
because they lacked the ability to properly convey to others the
knowledge they possessed. The assistance of a trained teacher has
made the work of many mechanical instructors a real success.
The opinion that the company is doing a disinterested thing in
training new operators has led some to believe that the wage scale
for learners could be made very low. One way to help a man to act
like a gentleman is to dress him as such and treat him as far as
possible as such. The same holds true with operators in training. The
fact that they are rated well and trained by the best of mechanics,
on the best of tools, in a shop with good surroundings, means much in
the final success of industrial training.
(Signed) R. S. DRUMMOND,
_Formerly Vice-President and General Manager_.