The human infrastructure requirements of technicians

SYNOPSIS. The problems facing technicians in Developing

Countries are considered and explanations proposed to account

for the fact that they do not always attain the expected level

of performance. A possible technician network is to be

developed in order to continue the gains in confidence brought

about by training courses.

The title page of this conference volume should be

carefully studied. The topic is Appropriate Development For

Survival and the picture shows a person lifting industrial

development from a well in much the same way as thousands of

people in the developing world lift their Water For Survival.

The implication is that development is there for the taking,