| This research entitled A Descriptive Study of Technical and Vocational Training in the Canadian Forces to 1992 examined the origins of technical and vocational training of military personnel in the Canadian Forces from Confederation to the current time. This study concentrates on chronicling the events leading to the establishment of the Canadian military with emphasis on how the military trains its own personnel to maintain their infrastructure with minimum dependence upon the civilian sector.;Data was collected through a variety of sources such as unclassified military research and technical papers, conference papers, occupation trades specification papers, and interviews with serving members of the Canadian Forces. Other sources included the standard regimental histories, compilations of Canadian military history, and military periodicals.;This study traced the beginning of technical and vocational training in the Canadian military to the point where the military infrastructure has a higher percentage of personnel employed in occupational trades than in Combat Arms.;Recommendations for further study include the joint cooperation of the Canadian Forces and post-secondary institutions in making data available to researchers by the relaxing of security classifications on documents and the central collection of received data. |
