Dear Sir: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Sent to multi-establishment companies November 20, 1959 Your firm is among 1,000 firms with establishments in New Jersey that are being asked to participate in a study of training in American industry conducted by the U. S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. Information that you furnish on training programs and skill development activities will assist educators, government agencies promoting training, and others concerned with preparing young persons for careers in industry. Enclosed are questionnaires for the New Jersey establishments of your company that have been selected for this study. Plant locations are designated in the address imprint. Please furnish information relating only to training being conducted at those locations, or elsewhere but for the benefit of employees at the locations being studied. Please complete the enclosed forms and return them in the addressed envelope which requires no postage. Also enclosed are copies of the form for your files. Your returning these forms will materially assist the conduct of the study, even if your firm is not conducting any training or skill development activities. Nothing in published reports on this study will reveal the identity of individual firms. Any questions you may have concerning the study should be brought to the attention of Mr. Cornelius L. Kort, the Bureau's State Supervisor, Room 425, Federal Building, Federal Square, Newark, New Jersey. His telephone number is Mitchell 2-2020. Your cooperation in this study will be appreciated. Sincerely, No & Chris Rensse W.C. Christensen Enclosures estabs. Number Percent estabs, Number Percent estabs. Number Percent estabs. Number Percent estabs. Number Percent 71869 0-61-5 1/Inaludes mining, contract construction, and service industries. 2/ Less than 10 establishments. Table 2 Number of Registered 1/ Apprentices and Apprenticeship Programs in the Building Trades Sponsored Jointly by Labor and Management, 1/ Apprentices and apprenticeship programs registered with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training 2/ Includes floor coverer, sprinkler fitter and cement mason trades Number of establishments Percent distribution, by type of training organization Training Training handled Personnel manager Other types 1/ Includes mining, contract construction, and service industries. 2/ Data omitted where less than 1 percent or 10 establishments. Table 4 Number of Training Programs Sponsored by Establishments, 1/ Includes 168 building trades programs. These programs are sponsored jointly by labor and management. It is estimated that about 4,000 contractors of various sizes are participating in these programs. 2/ Includes mining, contract construction, and service industries. Reults based on less than 10 sample returns. |