rd's 13,500 Post-' war Students
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ICE the end of the war, 10,000 udents from Ford dealers throughBritain have passed through setional courses at the service 31 of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., inham. A ceremony was held there week, when Mr, W. R. Nieland, ce manager of the company, pred a watch to the 10,000th student,' K. Horsfall, an employee of H. and Nick, Ltd., Old Trafford, Mantr., 16.
rer 3,500 students from overseas and arnment departments, and the corn's own trainees have also passed ugh the school. There are two sets purses, one for instruction on cars commercial vehicles, and the other ing to farm tractors and impleis. Most of the courses are of five ' duration.
ie company maintains a chart on h all its dealers and their certificated hanics are plotted. en the certificates re, coloured symbols he chart are altered. system assists in the aation of vacancies purses.
wise dealers, particu ■ those in remoter s. are not always able release men far a le at Dagenham. The pany therefore operthree mobile schools ah carry the necessary metional equipment: i can be set up in a vroom.
wo of the mobile lois are devoted to
and commercialcle courses,, whilst the third carries pment for courses on tractor service. This is one of three Fordson vans adapted for use as ntobile schools by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd. The vehicles tour the country, visiting various Ford dealers on whose premises the instructional equipment is set up for courses in vehicle and tractor