Clause 18

shall manage and maintain the educational or vocational training institutions transferred to the Board by this Act and such other institutions as the Board may establish under this Act for the training of persons employed in industry or intending to be employed in industry;

shall provide or secure the provision of such courses and other facilities (which may include residential accommodation) for the training of persons employed or intending to be employed in the industry as may be required, having regard to any courses or facilities otherwise available to such persons;

may approve such courses and facilities provided by other persons;

may from time to time consider such categories of occupations in any industry as appear to require consideration, and publish recommendations, with regard to the nature and length of the training for any such occupation and the further education to be associated with the training, the persons by and to whom the training ought to be given, the standards to be attained as a result of the training and the methods of ascertaining whether those standards have been attained;

may apply or make arrangements for the application of selection tests and of tests or other methods of ascertaining the attainment of the standards recommended by the Board and may award certificates of the attainment of those standards;

may assist persons in finding facilities for being trained for employment in industry;

may carry on or assist other persons in carrying on research into any matter relating to training for employment in industry; and

shall exercise the powers and perform the duties that are vested in the Board by this Act.

pay maintenance and travelling allowances to persons attending courses provided or approved by the Board;

make grants or loans to persons providing courses or other facilities approved by the Board;

pay fees to persons providing further education in respect of persons who receive it in association with their training in courses provided or approved by the Board.