In the following description and comparison of the nature, role, content and economic importance of industrial‐type training across a number of industrialised countries, an attempt is made to relate empirical material on industrial training available from a number of international and national...

Over the past 5–8 years most industrialised countries in Western Europe have experienced a rapid expansion of labour market regulations with a long list of new proposals awaiting legislation. In the field of education and training the rationale behind many of these anticipatory, preventive,...