I am sure that a close study of the work done in any tool room and a division of the work same as along the lines indicated above will result in a decrease of the number of toolmakers required.
August 7, 1918.
(Signed) C. U. Carpenter.
OHMER FARE REGISTER COMPANY
Dayton, Ohio
The training department occupies a space of 25x60 feet and has the following equipment installed as a beginning:
1 13-inch lathe.
1 20-inch lathe.
1 36-inch lathe.
1 No. 5 Cincinnati Milling Machine.
1 No. 24 Osterlein Milling Machine.
1 No. 5 Brown & Sharpe Vertical Milling Machine.
1 24-inch Shaper.
1 Bathe Universal Grinder.
1 4-foot Cincinnati Bickford Radial Drill.
1 20-inch Barnes Drill.
1 Brown & Sharpe Hand Screw Machine.
1 14-inch Wet Tool Grinder.
About 30 feet of benches with vises, etc.
At one end of the space they have an office and class room, 15x20 feet. In it they have chairs, blackboard, drawing board, etc. It is their practice to assemble all of the students in the class room for a few minutes each day and give them short talks about the work and the fundamentals of the business. These talks are made as pithy as possible and only one main fact is presented at a time.
They are taking in green help, either from the laborers in the shop or hired from outside, both men and women, and are training them for machine operators and bench hands. Their conditions are such that they cannot do as many concerns do, train for a single operation, as they must make all-around operators.
Their method is such that if the foreman of the lathe department is in need of a man he makes out a “request for help” form and has it sent to the school where his needs are supplied if possible; the “request for help” is then sent to the Employment Agent stating that the request has been filled and the Employment Agent fills the vacancy in the school.