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SONS and daughters of French road haulage operators who wish to obtain commercial and management training can now enrol at a "young personscollege, set up by the industry, at Tremblay-Sur-Mauldre, west of Paris.
The school will accept students at least 18 years' old with appropriate school leaving standards for a 30-week course with free tuition; fees are payable only for board and lodging.
The syllabus is arranged to benefit students who intend to enter their parents' firm. It covers transport economy, legislation, accountancy, commercial practice and the selection and operation of vehicle and, depot equipment.
Road transport training schemes in France have also been extended recently to include advanced coach driving courses for personnel engagi in long-distance tours. This is ten-day course which can I specially tailored to meet i dividual operator needs.
Another specialist course, five days duration, by the san organisation, AFCA, covers tl problems of mountain drivir all kinds of weather.
The parent organisatio French road transport trainir bodies, AFT, recently visited I members of the I RU secti concerned with driver educ tion, has developed model pr grammes for use in third-wor countries. Two schemes f, adoption in Algeria and Niger have been promoted in c operation with the Frenr Government.