Education and Training for the Metal Worker of 1980. Final Report.

This regional trade union seminar was attended by representatives from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The purpose was to consider the job profiles and tasks in the machine tools and automobile industry in 1980, and to consider the vocational and general education needs of young people to help them meet the demands of jobs and society at that time. Preliminary reports prepared for the seminar included: (1) "Technical and Managerial Innovations Present and Prospective for the Machine Tool Industry, for the Automobile Industry and for Both Industries," (2) "Changing Work Duties in the Machine Tool and Automobile Industries," (3) "Prospective Job Profiles in the Machine Tool and Automobile Industries," (4) "General Educational Needs for the Future," (5) "Vocational Education and Training for the Future," and (6) "Vocational Retraining in the Future." (GEB)