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Peer reviewedKeefe, Jeffrey H. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1991
Analysis of data from "Industry Wage Surveys of Machinery Manufacturers" on the skill levels of 57 machining jobs found that introduction of numerically controlled machine tools has resulted in a very small reduction in skill levels or no significant change, supporting neither the deskilling argument nor argument that skill levels…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Machine Tools, Machinery Industry
Download full textMartin, Laura M. W.; Beach, King – 1992
Performances of 45 individuals with varying degrees of formal and informal training in machining and programming were compared on tasks designed to tap intellectual changes that may occur with the introduction of computer numerical control (CNC). Participants--30 machinists, 8 machine operators, and 7 engineers--were asked background questions and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Educational Background, Employee Attitudes
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1978
This report presents descriptive information on numerically controlled operational devises. The information is designed for the education and training community, manufacturers, supervisors, machine operators, and others who do not have an extensive technical background in numerical control. In the first of three chapters, numerical control…
Descriptors: Computers, Definitions, Descriptive Writing, Drafting
