The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-03-23

naDllCaJlOn under the vocational he
Mobilization 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 OPP
portunities to overcome his handicap
by taking the best available instru-
ction; he is assisted in securing de-
sirable permanent employment when
his training is completed; and this is
followed up after he goes to work
until it is assured that his emplay-
ment is satisfactory.
After the establishment Of mans
status in the military or naval forces
and his eligibility for training he is
assisted by a skilled advisor in MAX
ing his choice of occupation. This
advisor, from his KNOWLEDGE of the
requirements 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, a 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 upon
the mans interest and ability, he is
given the fullest information concern
ing those desirable occupations in
which, in the light of the best medi-
cal and vocational knowledge avail
able, he can, with his special handi-
cap. successfully engage. The dis
trict medical officer assists in the
vocational advisement of the dis
abled man. In addition, advice is al
so sought from those experts in the
hospitals who have aided the mans
physical rehabilitation.
The disabled man may be trained
in agriculture, commerce, industry
ransportation, or the professions
Fhe length and character of instruc-
ton depends upon the requirements
of the vocation, the ability and inter,
est of the man and his previous train.
ing and experience.
Training is given in a variety Of
ways. The Federal Board utilize:
the best technical, agricultural, acade
mic and vocational schools and col
leges in the country. Placement
training, or training on the job, es
pecially in those occupations not We
regarded as being within the schoo
or college field, is given in manufact
uring establishments, industrial shops
offices and on farms. In every case
however, the federal board require
the instruction to be adapted to tn
interests and needs of the DISABLED
man, to be definitely planned for hin
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 tn
skill and knowledge required for pre-
sent and future success in the wor
/ itself.
On completion of training in tn
school or college, a period of trainin
directly on the Job is given, if neces
sary, to enable the man to adapt him
self to the actual working condition
in the occupation for which he ha
. been trained.
The Federal Board for Vocations
Education has at the present time i
agricultural colleges in Minnesot;
North and South Dakota and Nor
tana, $50 men in training, and it
the desire of the board that these me
receive practical training along wit
their school work. For this reason
the board is planning on placing
great number Of these men on moder
up-to-date farms for summer trainin,
The general plan of project wor
is to place the man now in school o
farms that will give him training {
a more practical nature along I'll
line in which he is specializing.