IN AN AIRCRAFT FACTORY.
An interesting account of women's work in a Government aircraft factory appears in an English paper. Tho article is written from personal experience, and some useful notes on the hours and rates of pay are givon, but it is chiefly interesting for its details regarding tbo qualifications necessary to the work. These are plenty of common-sense, patience, and keenness to detect flaws in the metal, etc., while a good knowledge of arithmetic or geometry is helpful, though not essential. The actual training is given in the factory itself, and the worker advances gradually, learning as she goes, until she is capable of attaining to tho post of inspector over other women workers; there is a possibility of further promotion should she havo a knowledge of (ngineering or mechanics. Women are alsy employed in the "fabric" department, that is, testing and examining the wing materials, and in tho drawing offices their services are greatly utilised. There they traco the designs from which the dimensions are calculated, and as this is regarded as skilled labour the pay is good.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16327, 6 September 1916, Page 8
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181IN AN AIRCRAFT FACTORY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16327, 6 September 1916, Page 8
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