Story: Apprenticeships and trade training

Trade training after the Second World War

Trade training after the Second World War

From 1944 to 1953 the Rehabilitation Board trained more than 7,000 ex-servicemen, to help them find work after the Second World War. Most training was in building trades, especially building state houses. These men are shown plastering the foundations of a house.

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Jeremy Baker, 'Apprenticeships and trade training - Apprenticeship until 1945', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/23780/trade-training-after-the-second-world-war (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Jeremy Baker, published 11 Mar 2010, updated 1 May 2022