TWI Bulletin Series

From the 1945 bound materials:

"Training Within Industry was organized in August 1940. Its immediate purpose, as far as could be seen then, was to provide a clearing-house service in industrial techniques, and to make training consultation available to contractors which requested this service. This objective, of course, expanded as conditions of war production changed."

Follow the link below to download the entire and original TWI Bulletin Series. It is unedited and scanned from original materials. My intent is to break this file up into separate documents, allowing TWI Service readers to download the bulletins on their own and on demand.

Original TWI Service Bulletins

TWI Bulletin Table of Contents

  1. Developing All-Round Skilled Craftsmen through Apprenticeship
  2. Expanding the Managerial Organization
  3. How to Get a Plant Training Plan into Action
  4. How to Get Continuing Results from Plant Training Programs
  5. How to Improve Job Methods
  6. How to Improve Job Relations
  7. How to Instruct a Man on the Job
  8. How to Meet Specific Needs
  9. How to Prepare Instructors to Give Intensive Job Instruction
  10. How to Select New Supervisors
  11. How Training Can Be Done-Methods, Aids
  12. Improving Supervisors' Knowledge of the Work
  13. Increasing War Production through Employment of Women
  14. Introducing the New Employee to the Job
  15. Keeping Supervisors Informed about Their Responsibilities
  16. Management and Skilled Supervisors
  17. Safety on the Job for the New Employee
  18. Strengthening the Managerial Organization
  19. Supplementary Instruction for Upgrading
  20. The Training Within Industry Program
  21. Training Aids
  22. Training Production Workers
  23. Training Workers to Meet Defense Needs
  24. Tying-in Pre-employment Training With On-The-Job Training
  25. Upgrading

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