The U.S. military is evaluating Croquet for training radio technicians to build field communications systems in virtual terrain replicating the landscape in Iraq.

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David Edwards, chief executive of ECITB, said the rate of recruitment and training of technicians and engineers had to double within the next five years if the industry was to meet the strategic demand.

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We are doing this by training up our emergency medical technicians to become qualified paramedics.

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Without the opening up of airspace, general aviation in China faces a chicken-and-egg problem: the lack of infrastructure on the ground limits the prospects for growth, but without more flights there is little reason to invest in such infrastructure, or in training schemes for pilots and technicians.

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While in training, Mr. Newman's technicians are typically relegated to the "triage" area, where devices are laid out on an antistatic mat and diagnosed before being brought to the "operating room, " a workshop in the back of the store that has a large glass window for customers to watch what's going on.

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He had also applied to a six-month training program for heating and air-conditioning technicians.

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