. Railway mechanical engineer . ules are furnished toshoj) officials for guidance in training apprentices in the vari-ous trades, so that all ajjprentices, no matter where they servetheir time, will receive practically the same training. As anaid in a closer supervision of the work jiertaining to appren-tices, all .shop schedules, together with rules and regulations,etc., have been issued \>y the general superintendent of motivepower in the form of .standard Xo. A-1, Or-ganization and Rules Governing Employment and Trainingof Apprentices. Tlie.^e instructions tell definitely w
. Railway mechanical engineer . ules are furnished toshoj) officials for guidance in training apprentices in the vari-ous trades, so that all ajjprentices, no matter where they servetheir time, will receive practically the same training. As anaid in a closer supervision of the work jiertaining to appren-tices, all .shop schedules, together with rules and regulations,etc., have been issued \>y the general superintendent of motivepower in the form of .standard Xo. A-1, Or-ganization and Rules Governing Employment and Trainingof Apprentices. Tlie.^e instructions tell definitely what eachapprentice is to receive, while at the same time they set forthin a concise way what is expected of the individual appren-tice. With the new organization for training apprentices inboth the school and the shop, Ijoys entering the shops to learna trade no longer find themselves part of a vast organizationin w^hich they have that feeling of being lost. They are beingrespected by the shop officials and the men employed and. Advanced Section Receiving Instructions in Mechanical Drawing, Shop Sl<etching, etc. prentices were employed. It also enables graduate regularapprentices to qualify for important positions in time tocome. SHOP FOREilAN OF APPRENTICES The successful operation of any apprentice system dependson the apprentice being given the right kind of instructionin the shop. In order to see that apprentices follow definiteshop schedules and are given the right kind of work, theposition of shop foreman of apprentices was established. Thisofficial is responsible for the proper observance of the shopschedules. He reports to the supervisor of apprentices, co-operates with the shop officials and sees that the proper in-struction is given apprentices in the shop. He assists inplacing the apprentice, after graduation, on work suitable tohis ability. At Altoona shops he is assisted by the shop in-structor. Many difficulties which the new boy assigned toa machine meets with
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