'File 19/248 I (C 78) Education at Bahrain' [‎173r] (362/494)

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Training exercises shouldj wherever possible, result in the nro-
duction 01 something useful• It is much more inspiring for a student
tc make a useful article, if only a simple bolt and nut, than to
^n ni tfmat ^ r ho ^r. ?, a P iece of construction which
will ultimately be consigned to the scrap-heap, or even the show
case. In the engineering trades particularly, the making of tools
affords plenty of scope in the way of practice at the bench and the
machines. In woodwork it is easy to devise useful articles which
will provide all the practice that is necessary in making joints and
carrying out the various forms of construction.
In addition to the regular series of training COFIHACT WORK
exercises, every department of the school workshops IN THE SCHOOL,
should undertake a reasonable amount of contract
work, carried out on a commercial basis. Participation in actual
trade Jobs makes boys aware of their responsibility as skilled
workers and helps to break down the distinction in their minds between
'mere school 1 and ^eal work 1 .
It should be an easy matter to keep the wood- (a) WOODWORK
working shop supplied with useful contract worki. TRADHIS,
The manufacture of furniture for Government offices,
schools and residences, and joinery for the Publio Works Department,
might form a regular part of the work of the Technical School.
Cabinet making and joinery involve processes that could usefully
employ beginners and older students alike, and on much of the con
tract work in these branches valuable co-operation could be effected*
^ . (b) SNGIHEERIHG
Engineering students are not likely to have TRADES♦
the same opportunities for frequent participation
in contract work. The repair and overhaul of engines and machinery
is work that can only employ a few people at a time, and requires a
good deal of experience. The making of new machine parts will not
occur often enough to provide a steady stream of work, and usually
this work also demands such a degree of skill that beginners can do ,
little more than watch the process. Nevertheless, the engineering
shops need never be idle, and given good equipment and enterprising-
instructors this department would attract a great deal of instruetve
work if only because the standard of mechanical engineering else-
wnere in the market is so low. Although the Oil Company have first
^ate workshops of their own, they may occasionally find it conveni*-
, J?* Place work with the Tecimical Schools The manufacture of
^antitles of simple fittings, for example, may at certain times
prove uneconomical in their workshops, but might form suitable work
lor the Technical School students. The officers of the Company
fould no doubt encourage the school in this way if they felt that
l t was seriously aiming at high standards of workmanship.
, . In view of the many specialised branches of the engineering
u-ade open to Technical School pupils, the mechanical trades course
should be particularly broad and general* The boys in this group
snouid. be taught both bench and machine work* A boy who is ultimate-
y to become a turner will be better able to follow his specialised
fining if he has a fair knowledge of fitters work and conversely,
wiose who are to become fitters should be well acquainted with
^ohine practice.