How the Shortage of Skilled Mechanics Is Being Overcome by Training the Unskilled

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Author

United States. Council of National Defense. Committee on Labor. Section on Industrial Training for the War Emergency

Title

How the shortage of skilled mechanics is being overcome by training the unskilled

Original Publication

United States: Department of Labor, 1918.

Credits

Bob Taylor, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

T: Technology

Subject

Unskilled labor -- United States

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71125

Release Date

July 5, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.How the Shortage of Skilled Mechanics Is Being Overcome by Training the Unskilled
2. 2.SECTION ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FOR THE WAR EMERGENCY — FOOTNOTES:
3. 3.INTENSIVE TRAINING OF UNSKILLED WORKERS AS A MEANS OF OVERCOMING LABOR SHORTAGE — FOOTNOTES: — PROVED BY THE FACTORIES — FOOTNOTES: — DECLARATION OF POLICY — KEEPING CHECK ON TRAINING — POSSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPMENT — ELIMINATING HOUSING PROBLEM — ACTIVITIES OF THE CHAIRMAN
4. 4.PRATT INSTITUTE’S NATIONAL SERVICE COURSES IN MACHINE WORK
5. 5.BOARDMAN TRADE SCHOOL
6. 6.DAYTON INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE
7. 7.WRIGHT-MARTIN AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
8. 8.WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY — OFFICE SCHOOL — GUN DEPARTMENT ADJUSTER’S SHOP — CARTRIDGE TRAINING SHOP — TOOL DEPARTMENT TRAINING SHOP — MANUFACTURING TOOL SHOPS
9. 9.BROWN & SHARPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
10. 10.TOOLROOM ANALYSIS
11. 11.THE BLANCHARD MACHINE COMPANY
12. 12.THE AMERICAN SHELL COMPANY
13. 13.WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC AND MANUFACTURING CO.
14. 14.NORTON GRINDING COMPANY
15. 15.DETROIT STEEL PRODUCTS CO.
16. 16.SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO.
17. 17.THE RECORDING & COMPUTING MACHINES CO.
18. 18.OHMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY — COURSE FOR LATHE OPERATOR
19. 19.BURROUGHS ADDING MACHINE COMPANY
20. 20.UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO., INC.
21. 21.THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY
22. 22.PACKARD MOTOR CAR COMPANY
23. 23.NORTH AMERICAN MOTORS CO.
24. 24.THE H. E. HARRIS ENGINEERING CO.
25. 25.OAKLEY MACHINE TOOL COMPANY
26. 26.LINCOLN MOTOR COMPANY
27. 27.TRAINING FOR THE TOOL ROOM
28. 28.MUELLER METALS COMPANY
29. 29.DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY
30. 30.INDEPENDENT PNEUMATIC TOOL COMPANY
31. 31.ROYAL TYPEWRITER CO. — Report of Training School for July, 1918 — Names of Operations Taught in Training School — General
32. 32.CINCINNATI MILLING MACHINE CO.
33. 33.THE STANDARD PARTS CO.
34. 34.THE YALE & TOWNE MFG. CO.
35. 35.ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS
36. 36.GLEASON WORKS
37. 37.DIAMOND CHAIN AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
38. 38.HENRY DISSTON & SONS
39. 39.THE GRATON & KNIGHT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
40. 40.THE SPARKS-WITHINGTON COMPANY
41. 41.LOCOMOBILE COMPANY OF AMERICA
42. 42.THE TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING CO.
43. 43.CARLTON MACHINE TOOL COMPANY
44. 44.THE WILLYS-MORROW COMPANY, INC.
45. 45.CROMPTON & KNOWLES LOOM WORKS
46. 46.THE LODGE & SHIPLEY MACHINE TOOL CO.
47. 47.THE STENOTYPE COMPANY
48. 48.INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
49. 49.PARTIAL LIST OF VESTIBULE SCHOOLS OR TRAINING ROOMS IN FACTORIES
50. 50.EXTRACT PROM A REPORT BY MR. BEN H. MORGAN, EXPERT ADVISER TO THE DILUTION SECTION OF THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS
51. 51.Transcriber’s Notes

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