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Show WOMEN NEEDED FOR TRAINING IN DEFENSECOURSES A survey of training needs of women for defense is lemg made by the state of Utah, department of public instruction, under Charles H. Skidmore, superintendent. superin-tendent. Defense industry units are expected to hire some women wo-men workers and as men shift trom private employment to defense de-fense industries, other vacancies which may be filled by women will occur. The questionnaire sent out by the state asks for name, address, ago group, whether or not employed em-ployed at present; if the woman is free to move to a defense center cen-ter to take employment; if she would train for a defense industry in-dustry if such training was a-vailable a-vailable in the community; if she would go to another center for training; if she would bo willing to train for patriotic service ser-vice that would not necessarily lead to employment. Training courses are listed under un-der eight different heads. Training Train-ing for work in munitions or other type of industrial plant; training for supervision of workers work-ers in a defense industry; food service work, as cooks, assistant cooks, waitresses, etc.; hotel service jobs; care of children for employed mothers; housekeeping assistants for employed mothers; clerical and stenographic work; courses important in the defense defen-se program but not necessarily leading to employment, including includ-ing nutrition, home nursing and care of sick, sewing, management manage-ment of family income, child care and guidance. Women will be interested in this move of a state department to find and classify those who are employable. There is a percentage per-centage of women who are available avail-able for defense work and who will be eager to respond to this questionnaire. |