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%i4t nic4C The Apprentice School constitutes the most extensive of the several training programs main- tained hy the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Founded in 1888, it has functioned continuously since its birth on the basis that there be: (1) a shop, (2) tools and machinery, (3) an interested learner, (4) a job to do, (5) a competent instructor, (6) under- standing and sympathetic management, (7) a proper environment for learning, (8) a well planned course of study and work and (9) a cooperative production force. Based on the above fundamentals as a starting point, training in each craft is analyzed and the work is present ed to the Apprentice in sequence progressing from simple to complex; from easy to hard. Academically, the school has grown steadily from its humble beginning. When the first Ap- prentice graduated in 1894 he was the product of the “over the shoulder” or “training by absorption” system of training. Having used local public school classrooms at night since 1911, the need for a school in the plant was recognized and the school established in 1919, graduating from location to location, building to build- ing, to its present home. As the school grew externally so it progressed within. The introduction of the “train- ing by intention” method, defined as “deliberately setting out to reach certain goals through a series of progressive experience” started the ascent to the pres- ent standards of the school. Advanced requirements for admission, specially trained instructors, new and improved academic courses, school-sponsored social, recreational and other extra-curricular activities, and class attendance on Company time and salary were all subsequent innovations. Underlying attributing factors to an apprentice- ship are the following formula and principles: (1) effective training varies as manipulative skill plus tech- nical knowledge plus related information plus trade judgment plus craft morale, (2) preparation of the learner’s mind, (3) presentation of the new idea, (4) application of the idea hy the learner, first with super- vision and then without, and (5) examination of the learner. Apprentices are graded once each month on the following fourteen things which are arranged as they pertain to mental, physical, or moral standards: mental — (1) job planning, (2) versatility, (3) craft knowl- edge, (4) alertness, (5) resourcefulness, (6) judg- ment; physical — (7) workmanship, (8) dexterity, (9) speed, (10) accuracy; moral — (11) application, (12) interest, (13) cooperation, (14) dependability. Two courses are presented: the general or four-year apprenticeship and the engineering course. The latter is more extensive and requires five years, being given only to drafting apprentices who are permitted to enter a drafting apprenticeship after serving a year in another trade and demonstrating a capacity and desire for design work. Admittance to the school is determined by the applicant’s family background, his physique, scholas- tic records and previous experience. An apprentice must be unmarried, have a high school education with at least a “C” average and full credits in Mathematics, and must finally pass a personal interview and physical examination. Having been admitted to the school a student is free to terminate at any time and the Com- pany reserves the right of dismissal for any reason warranting dismissal. « 15 »
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