This is an entry in a year-long project to post-blog the demobilisation experience for British servicemen at the end of the Second World War. See here for an introduction to the project and here for a brief overview of the demobilisation process.
"Ministry of Labour trainign centres, established to fit young unskilled men into labour-starved industries, are being swamped out by the flow of men from the Services," reports the Daily Mail. The Ministry's training plans, which were originally designed on the expectation that the age-and-service release scheme would operate very slowly because of the continuing war against Japan, has developed bottlenecks due to the much more rapid conclusion of the peace. It has been impossible to keep up with demob demand, and many courses have long waiting lists, especially carpentary and plumbing. "Until we have more training centres candidates may be kept waiting," a Ministry spokesman admitted. "We were caught napping." There are currently over 20 training centres across the country, with about 4-500 trainees each. Courses typically last six months, with a 14-month follow-up placement with an industrial employer.
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