Vocational Training in France and Britain: Office Work

Abstract

This article presents the second of a series of comparisons of vocational training for selected occupations in France and Britain; it follows an earlier study comparing training for the building trades in the two countries (National Institute Economic Review, no. 116, May 1986). It draws attention to the importance of full-time commercial secondary schools in France, and their role in training office personnel to handle the broader range of tasks required by modern office equipment.