Canadian machinery and metalworking (July-December 1917) . is that of blow-pipe operation involv-ing the use of oxy-acetylene apparatusfor welding and cutting. It is a peculiarfact that, while the physical effort re-quired in this work is small, every as-pirant to the occupation does not alwaysturn out successfully. Skill, concentrationof mind, lierhtness of touch and deftnessof hand and eye are necessary factorsof success, and that the female tempera-ment contains these qualifications is evi-denced by the number of women opera- tors who have recently acquired a high troller have been concentr
Canadian machinery and metalworking (July-December 1917) . is that of blow-pipe operation involv-ing the use of oxy-acetylene apparatusfor welding and cutting. It is a peculiarfact that, while the physical effort re-quired in this work is small, every as-pirant to the occupation does not alwaysturn out successfully. Skill, concentrationof mind, lierhtness of touch and deftnessof hand and eye are necessary factorsof success, and that the female tempera-ment contains these qualifications is evi-denced by the number of women opera- tors who have recently acquired a high troller have been concentrated on the degree of proficiency in this work. The rapid development of aeroplaneconstruction in this country opened upmuch work in the welding and cutting- task of pushing on the Governmentstandard and other mercantile vesselswhich are in hand. These efforts aremeeting with success, and the output ofmerchant tonnage is steadily increasing,but it has only been achieved by themost careful arrangements and the com-bined co-operation of all concerned—the. GROUP OF PUPILS RECEIVING PRACTICAL TRAINING IN CUTTING, WELDING AND BUILDING UP AEROPLANE PARTS. line which was particularly suited to theemployment of women workers. Of com-paratively small dimensions, and lightweight, and, from their very nature, ne-cessitating the utmost reliability ofmanufacture, the parts required are nowbeing satisfactorily made by locallytrained female operators. For some con-siderable time now, selected pupils havebeen receiving instruction in the shops of
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