The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1921-04-07
TRAINING FOR
SERVICE MEN
Discharged Soldiers, Sailors and Ma.
rines Assisted in Securing Per-
manent Employment

I
manent Employment
VALUABLE COUNSEL OFFERED
Federal Board Pays Mems Expenses
While Learning Trade
The problems that arise in the
training of the soldier from the stand
point of agriculture are no different
from those involving his education
from the standpoint of industry, COM
merce or science. The factors in
volved in this educational process are,
the disabled man, the school or place
OF training, the course of training de-
signed to rehabilitate the man, and
the specific occupation in which it is
proposed to have the man carry on,
These factors are paramount in the
training possibilities in every line.
Properly placing man in a course
OF training involves an analysis of
his previous education, experience,
disability, present ambition, and the
particular line or activity in which
the man proposes to carry on. In
view of his disability, additional fac
tors must be considered, such as work.
ing hours, wages paid, etc.
The discharged soldier, sailor or
marine who applies for vocational re-
habilitation under the Vocational Re-
habilitation Act is treated throughout
by the Federal Board for Vocational
Education as civilian needing ad-
vice and assistance. His choice Of an
occupation is approved unless, after
careful investigation, sound opinion
shows it to be in the end not advis-
able. He is trained to meet the needs
Of the occupation he has selected; he
is urged to make the most Of his op-
portunities to overcome his handicap
by taking the best available instruc-
ton; he is assisted in securing desir-
able permanent employment when his
training is completed; and this is fol-
lowed up after he goes to work until
it 10 assured that his employment is
satisfactory.
After the establishment Of q mans
service status in the military or naval
forces and his eligibility for training.
he is assisted by skilled advisor ia
making his choice Of occupation. This
advisor, from his knowledge Of the re-
quirements and opportunities Of the
various occupations, gives valuable
counsel to the ex-service man as to
the occupations and the training best
suited. In order to utilize previous
knowledge and skill the disabled man
is advised, other things being equal,
to pursue training in the industry,
business or profession in which he
was engaged while in civil life.
AS a general policy, handicapped
man is not directed toward an over
crowded or waning occupation, in
which present or future competition
might make permanent employment
uncertain. In order to realize fully
upon the mans interest and ability,
he is given the fullest information
concerning those desirable occupa-
tlons in which, in the light of the best
medical and vocational knowledge
available, he can, with his special
handicap, successfully engage. The
district medical officer assists in the
vocational advisement of the disabled
man. In addition, advice is also
sought from those experts in the hos
pltals who have aided the mans phys
ical rehabilitation.
The disabled man may be trained
IN agriculture, commerce, industry,
transportation, or the professions. The
length and character of instruction
depends upon the requirements of the
vocation, the ability and interest of
the man and his previous training and
experience.
Training is given in a variety of
ways. The federal board utilizes the
best technical, agricultural, academic
and vocational schools and colleges in
the country. Placement training, or
training on the job, especially in those
occupations not yet regarded as being
within the school or college field, is
given in manufacturing establish
ments, industrial shops, Offices and on
farms. In every case, however, the
federal board requires the instruction
to be adapted to the interests and
needs of the disabled man, to be def
initely planned for him as a learner
and its agents.
The length of training varies great
ly according to the ability, ambition
and handicaps of the man, and to the
skill and knowledge required for pres
ent and future success in the work it.
self.
On completion of training in the
school or college, a period of training
directly on the job is given, If neces-
sary, to enable the man to adapt him
self to the actual working conditions
in the occupation for which he has