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Wembley HQ for Training Board?

14th October 1966
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rE Road Transport Training Board should have its headquarters in London but, to keep costs down, preferably not in central London. This was generally agreed by members of the Board at its first meeting last week, and it was decided to start negotiation's for office property in the Wembley area.

The first meeting was devoted mainly to laying the foundations on which the training organization will be built. Also discussed were finance and staff. structure, and the problems of setting up a register of all firms in the industry and establishing communication with them. The Board was unanimous that its objective must be to provide adequate opportunity for everyone in the industry to receive the training necessary to help him do his job competently and well.

In a message to the Board, conveyed by Mr. J. G. Stewart, head of the Ministry of Labour's training department, the Minister of Labour, Mr. Ray Gunter, said: "You have before you the important task of dealing with training in a very wide range of industry extending from road haulage and road passenger service operating on the one hand, through thd sale and repair of road vehicles, to public warehousing and the wholesaling of motor vehicle components on the other.

"I am conscious of the complex, and in some cases the unique, training problems which this will present, but I feel that the bringing together of these linked activities in a wide-ranging Board has advantages which greatly outweigh the difficulties, and I am confident of your combined ability to resolve them.

"You have a key role to play in maintaining and promoting efficiency in the industries with which you are concerned, and I shall follow the work of your Board with the keenest interest. I wish you every success."

Mr. K. C. Turner, chairman of the Board, asked that the Board's thanks be conveyed to the Minister for his message. He went on to describe the great opportunity the Board had to co-ordinate the training work already done in the industry and, beyond that, to create an entirely new concept of training standards for the future.

The road transport, industry had many diverse aspects and this was reflected in the large number of members-27—appointed to represent all these various interests. The chairman was confident that the members would find in their work a great challenge and a great opportunity to improve the training of everyone, from driver to manager, in each of these various branches of the industry.

The Board will hold its second meeting within the next few weeks to discuss, in more detail, its plans for an industry training programme.


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