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Class C. Little Skilled Trades. 



Workers in these trades are what can be best described as 

 operatives rather than mechanics. 



Standards. 



(1) Want of alertness. 



(2) Preparatory education poor. Unable to work in decimals 



or to write a simple sentence correctly. 



(3) Entire absence of any mechanical aptitude or constructive 



capacity. Selection officers are cautioned about the 

 necessity for making the fullest investigation before 

 coming to the conclusion that an applicant has no apti- 

 tude for any of the trades in Class B. It sometimes 

 happens that the environment of home, and even of 

 school life, are against a child, with the result that he is 

 listless and discouraged. The consequence may be the 

 prevention of the development of all his natural qualities, 

 which too often are only discovered when it is too late 

 to make the best use of them. 



Class D. Commercial. 

 Standards. 



(1) General personal smartness. 



(2) Fair knowledge of arithmetic and ability to write a 



sentence correctly and legibly. 



(3) Either an entire absence of mechanical aptitude or a lack 



of interest in anything pertaining to the mechanical and 

 construction trades. Some evidence of constructive 

 capacity should, however, be exhibited by applicant. 

 Aptitude for commercial pursuits involves the spirit of 

 enterprise and shrewdness. These qualities are not easy 

 to discover during a short interview. Selection Officers 

 may, however, find something to base an opinion upon 

 by questioning the applicant as to interest in sport, 

 which, if nothing else, requires enterprise on the part of 

 those who play successfully. Shrewdness as a charac- 

 teristic may be apparent as the result of some experience 



