CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS IN SPAIN 2: REBUILDING A TRAINING SYSTEM FOR BOYS — AND ADULTS

Why is the training of craftsmen in Spain of interest to the British reader? Because Spain, in her endeavours to improve her economic condition examined the possible methods of craftsmen training and decided to re‐organise the system completely. It did so by the law of 1955. A study of all the possible methods of apprenticeship was involved, and the outcome has been to decide that apprenticeship in school, basically of three years' duration, is the appropriate method. At a time when we are discussing whether our traditional apprenticeship of five years ‘on the job’ is suitable, the experience of a country which has had to rebuild its system is of interest.