The Women's Technical Service Register
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T"" calling-up " of young men with technical qualifications and the continued expansion of the engineering industry to meet war needs are causing vacancies which will have to be filled by women. Many concerns are anxious to employ them in a large number of technical capacities, and to meet the anticipated demand the Ministry of Labour is opening to those of 16 years of age and upwards a section of the newly formed " Appointments Register " to be called " The Women's Technical Service Register."
It has been found that women with a good education, and a mathematical or mechanical bias can be c:uickly trained for such posts, and can often perform valuable work within a short time. The bulk will be those with secondary school, or equivalent education, who have taken a School Certificate with Credit in mathematics, physics, or chemistry, or any higher examination in which one of these subjects is included, and who have volunteered for work of this kind.
In many cases the companies concerned are willing to carry out the training from start to finish; others will require women who have some elementary knowledge of engineering or specialized training relative to the posts they will occupy.
To meet • these requirements the Ministry, in association with the Board of Education, is prepared to give courses of training to suitable candidates when this is justified by the demand. All these courses are of 16 weeks' duration. They are as follow:—
(1) A basic course in workshop practice, including practical 'experi ence in fitting and use of machine tools; also time in a drawing office and inspection department. During the last three weeks the training may be adjusted to meet special needs.
(2) An abridged course of draughtsmanship, aimint primarily at producing juniors to make detailed drawings from assembly drawings, or vice versa, and doing elementary calculations.
(3) An intensive inspection course to include both theoretical and practical approach. Information on materials, testing, heat treatment, precision measuring and gauging.
(4) A practical electrical course covering the fundamentals of installation and testing. In certain localities a radio fault-finding and testing course is also in operation. Correspondence from applicants in London should be addressed to W.T,S.R., Sardinia Street, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Offices are also open in a large number of other areas.