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The aim of this survey was to study the relation between the publicly sponsored training of adults at skillcentres and the local markets which they serve. Two skillcentres were studied in detail, at Stoke-on-Trent and at Dundee. A survey was conducted of the men who completed courses at either skillcentre over a three-year period, and this was followed by a survey of the employers who had hired those same men to work with the skills to which they had been introduced.

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Variables 1. Trainees who completed courses at the skillcentres at Stoke-on-Trent and Dundee in 1973, 1974 and 1975 Data was collected about: their pre-course experience; their courses; their first job after completing; their current job (if different from the first) 2. Employers listed by respondents to the first survey Data was collected about skilled manpower, including: demand for skilled manpower; composition of labour force; training methods; recruiting methods; experience and attitudes to recruitment and induction of skillcentre trainees.

No sampling (total universe)

In the employers survey, those employers in Stoke who employed only one employee were reduced by one sixth

Face-to-face interview

Postal survey

The employers were interviewed face-to-face, and the trainees received a postal survey.