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Castle confirms
ALTHOUGH several industries set up training boards before road transport took the plunge just over a year ago, "none of them has made faster progress than the Road Transport Industry Training Board".
This commendation was given to the RTITB by the Minister of Transport, Mrs. Barbara Castle, when she officially opened the Board's headquarters of Capitol House, Wembley, London, on Wednesday.
Road transport with its tremendous range of activities and services, she insisted, needed the top training schemes more than most.
The impressive range of technical equipment and facilities indicated the careful thought given by the Board to determine the kind of training programme it would be introducing and encouraging.
The speed of progress, the Minister said, had surprised many people becausethe Board had to deal with by far the largest number of firms and workers as well as cover many different fields .
The figure of £1 lim the Board wanted had been criticized by some, the Minister said. But she hoped the Board would not be unduly influenced by those firms which were reluctant to dip into their pockets to improve the overall efficiency of the industry.
RTITB's Top Brass Cl to r); Mr. J. M. Carlin (director of administration), Mr. K. C. Turner (chairman), Mr. T. E. Tindall (director-general) and Mr. P. Mashy (director of training), outside the new HO.
It was up to the industry to realize the longterm benefits that would flow from what the Board was seeking to do.
Chairman of the Board, Mr. Kenneth C. Turner, stressed that there was "a mountain of work" ahead. But he believed that despite technical developments success depended upon people. They were still more important than "ironmongery" and the Board was fortunate in its first-class team of members and staff, he said.
The Board is happy to have a nine-storey block (area: 50,000 sq. ft.) situated in Empire Way within sight of Wembley Stadium.
The reception area houses two murals 18ft. x 7ft. fin. depicting "Transport through the ages" and"The work ofthe B oard". There, too, is the commemorative plaque unveiled by the Minister on Wednesday.
The first three floors house the printing registry, administration and the NCR 500 computer. Above these are the theatre, cinemas, conference room, training department, board room andtechnique department.