| Description | Interview with Bob Croyman and Roger Hinds, BPROs (Blind Persons Resettlement Officers) at the Ministry of Labour, Five Ways House, Brmingham. They talk about some of the cases they have been involved with, their efforts to help people with different backgrounds and experiences to find employment and the successes they have had. Bob Croyman talks about his negotiations with personnel and management to place people in employment, the role of the training officer in assessing firms for their suitability for blind workers, building up a relationship with employers, re-training workers who have lost their sight to take different roles in their organisations. Roger Hinds discusses different methods of working in firms in different areas of Britain and future changes in industry through the use of computers. Bob Croyman talks about the need for better co-ordination in work for blind people and both men discuss differences between the training systems in Britain and the United States of America. Bob Croyman speaks about the capabilities of blind people and their ability to visualise and both men give their views about the improvements that should be made the system for gaining employment for blind people and the need to treat people as individual human beings (tracks 1-8).
Track 9: silence 4.28 mins
Total: 34.15 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0966180 |