Paper 2: Education and Training of Engineers in the U.K.A.E.A.

The U.K.A.E.A. educates and trains its staff over a very wide range of staff and subject matter. A large amount of this is done internally in a number of schools and the paper describes the arguments in favour of this and, in some detail, the way in which it is done. The different groups of the Authority vary somewhat in their methods of training, but the overall principles and objectives are similar. Particular attention is given in the paper to the education and training of already formally qualified engineers because it is in this area that there are particular differences from what is normal practice, and special attention relevant to the nature of the atomic energy industry has to be given.