TO RATIONALIZE AND COORDINATE TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE METAL TRADES SECTOR IN SWEDEN, THE SWEDISH METAL TRADES EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION (SVF) SET UP A TRAINING DEPARTMENT IN 1958. JOBS ARE ANALYZED AT WORKPLACES BY CONSULTANTS, PLANS ARE APPROVED BY AN SVF TRAINING COMMITTEE DRAWN FROM INDUSTRIES, AND THEN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTOR TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT. INSTRUCTORS TAKE EIGHT WEEKS OF RESIDENTIAL COURSES INTERSPERSED WITH PRACTICE TEACHING AND SUPERVISED HOME STUDY. SYLLABUSES OUTLINE THE COURSES FOR TRAINEES, LIST EQUIPMENT REQUIRED, AND INCLUDE DETAILED INSTRUCTION SHEETS INDICATING SEQUENCES OPERATIONS TO BE LEARNED. DOCUMENTS ARE CONSTRUCTED ON BUILDING-BLOCKS AND KEY POINTS PRINCIPLES AND ARE WELL TESTED BEFORE RELEASE. SVF MATERIALS ARE USED BY TRAINEES IN PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND COMPANY SCHOOLS AND THIS HOMOGENEOUS TRAINING ASSURES GRADUATES THEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS MASTERS OF THEIR TRADE BY THEIR FUTURE EMPLOYERS AND UNIONS. ALL AIDS ARE DEVELOPED FOR EASY ADAPTATION FOR DENMARK, FINLAND, AND NORWAY. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, THEY ARE KNOWN AS SWEMETAL TRAINING AIDS AND ARE IN STEADY DEMAND IN MANY COUNTIRES, BUILDING INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION OF PRACTICES IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT SHOPFLOOR LEVEL. (DIAGRAMS AND SAMPLE INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS ARE SHOWN.) THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN CIRF TRAINING FOR PROGRESS, VOLUME 5, NUMBER 2-3, L966. (RT)