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Show State Offers Veterans Wide Variety Of Training Under G. I. Bill of Rights Howard B. Gundersen, state director of trades, industries ;and distributive education, emphasizes em-phasizes that Utah is prepared to offer vocational training cov-ering cov-ering a broad field under the G. I. bill of rights. Training-on-the-job, mentioned in a previous pre-vious column, is but one phase of the program. Approved ' schools will offer: 1 Preeployment courses, day or evening. 2 Part-time courses for the benefit of those already employed. em-ployed. 3Courses of related and technical subjects supplementing supplement-ing training-on-the-job. High school or college credit may be obtained if desired. Hours and length of courses will depend on the needs of the trainees. Specialists from the schools will work with advisory committees, com-mittees, composed of representatives representa-tives of employer and employe groups, to design and fit ail training to the current, as well as the long range, needs of industry in-dustry and the veteran. The type of courses offered, as well as the number trained in different dif-ferent trades, will be decided by such committees. The driving thought behind vocational training train-ing in Utah, both for the G. I. veteran and for the civilian trainee, is to work closely with industry and labor, find out their needs, and then offer a service that will help solve their problems prob-lems and afford continued up- grading and progress. |