The apprenticeship system at the workshops

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The apprenticeship system at the workshops

The chapter examines official and ‘unofficial’ aspects of the apprenticeship system at the Midland Government Railway Workshops. It discusses the length and aims of an apprenticeship, entrance requirements, the types of training experienced by the young men and the skills that they had to master be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Oliver, Bobbie
Other Authors:	Patrick Bertola
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	University of Western Australia Press 2006
Subjects:	railway workshops Midland Western Australia apprenticeship training
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23124

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