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Before making any changes to the existing college attendance patterns for electrical apprentices in the Adelaide metropolitan areas, it was considered necessary to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of the various alternatives and, in particular, for ‘day and block’ release. This [paper] is the first stage of such an investigation and contains a summary of Australian and overseas attendance patterns together with an analysis of particular research articles dealing with the topic.

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The major purpose of the survey was to provide valid information for reviewing current courses in cabinetmaking. The study covered old ground by examining the relevance of 'traditional' skills and knowledge as well as new ground by examining three new possibilities: (1) consideration of the introduction of basic management skills training; (2) the need for some form of general education in areas such as personal development and appreciation of industry requirements; and (3) the need to accommodate technological change in industry. The survey indicated the need to introduce training in the use of particular machinery in the basic trade course and the reorganisation of priorities in the presentation of skills and knowledge. It also confirmed the necessity for the Department of Technical and Further Education to monitor technological change in the industry and support for the concept of industrial leave for lecturers. Employers strongly supported the introduction of 'general education' in the basic trade course. Show less