Includes: correspondence, meeting minutes, memos between RACI and Clunies Ross Memorial Trust, Building Advisory Committee re RACI taking up accommodation at Clunies Ross House and the National Science Centre.

Includes: correspondence, meeting minutes, memos between RACI and Clunies Ross Memorial Trust, Building Advisory Committee re RACI taking up accommodation at Clunies Ross House and the National Science Centre; floor plans for Clunies Ross House and National Science Centre.

Floor Plans for Clunies Ross House drawn by Godfrey & Spowers, Hughes, Mewton & Lobb, Architects and Engineers.

Contains correspondence and meeting minutes of the RACI By-laws Committee; By-laws of RACI, (1961); amendments to RACI By-laws; conditions governing the admission of students, associates and fellows.

Contains correspondence re amendments to RACI By-laws and membership of the By-laws Committee; Regulations Governing the Detailed Implementation of By-law 4.1.3.

Contains correspondence of the committee re changes to The Royal Charter; RACI By-laws, (1967); The Royal Charter and Supplemental Charter of RACI, (1953); Amendments to RACI By-laws, (1971).

Contains correspondence, meeting minutes and Commonwealth Gazette's re amendments to RACI By-laws; including: correspondence between RACI and the Prime Minister's Department re the allowance of variation of RACI By-laws; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, (1964), (1966); Minute papers for Executive Council on RACI By-law Amendments, (1964).

Contains RACI Royal Charter and By-Laws, (1958); Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy By-Laws, (1958); Memorandum and Articles of Association of The Australian Institute of Agricultural Science, (1958).

Includes: Regulations on the Admission to and Grade Transfer of Membership of the Institution of Engineers, (1959); Institution of Engineers - Division Rules, (1953); various IEA rules and regulations; Commonwealth Gazette, (1966); RACI Conditions Governing the Election of Fellows of Associates, Juniors and Students, (1957); proposed RACI By-Laws, (1964); minutes of the RACI By-laws and Qualifications, (1962), (1963).

Includes: correspondence, Annual General Meeting Minutes re special resolution to amend the RACI By-laws; draft by-law amendments, (1970).

Contains correspondence, notice of Annual General Meeting, AGM minutes re proposed by-law amendments and restructuring RACI.

Contains notes, correspondence, meeting minutes, proposals re RACI representation in Canberra; lists of RACI members in Canberra.

Contains memos and correspondence re membership and establishment of RACI committees; list of RACI Full Council members.

Contains RACI Annual Reports, (1921-22), (1922-23), (1923-24), (1924-25), (1929-30) (1941-1950).

Contains Annual Reports of Council, (1951-52), (1953-54), (1958-59), (1959-60), (1960-61) (1961-1962), (1962-1963), (1964-1965), (1969/1970); PRACI Annual Report (1965), (1966), (1967); minutes of RACI Annual General Meeting, (1968); correspondence.

Contains Annual Reports from Council (1953-54), (1955-56), (1956-57), (1957-58), (1958-59) (1959-60), (1960-61), (1961-62), (1962-63), (1963-64), (1965-66), (1966-67), (1967-68) (1968-69), (1969-1970), (1970-71), (1972-73), (1973-74).

Contains correspondence, memos and lists re establishment, operations and membership of Council committees.

Contains memos and correspondence re nominations, membership and notice of meetings of RACI Executive Council; list of membership of Council, Branch, Division, Section and Group Officers and Committees.

Contains correspondence re membership, voting, notice of meetings and establishment of committees; list of Council, Branch, Section, Group Committees and Officers, (1971-72), (1959-60), (1961-62); Proceedings No 10, (1969).

Includes: correspondence re nomination and voting for RACI Executive Council; lists of Council, Branch, Division

Contains lists, notes and correspondence re membership of RACI Branch, Division and Executive Committees.

Contains correspondence and notes re nomination and election of Honorary General Secretary; correspondence to and from the Honorary General Secretary.

Includes: correspondence re the activities of the Honorary General Treasurer; minutes of the RACI Finance Advisory Committee, (1974); accounts - income and expenditure, (1963-68); RACI Draft Financial Regulations and Procedures, (1959); RACI Council - extracts of meetings, (1949), (1954), (1955).

Contains RACI Council Minutes 1976-1977.

Includes: Interim Report from the Establishment Committee, (1969); draft by-law amendments for the restructuring of the Institute, (1970); Mechanisms for Implementation of Council Decisions on Forward Planning, (1967); report on "The Future of the Institute", (1967).

Includes: report on Council Voting Procedure; report of the Council Procedures Committee, (1964); agenda items for Procedures Committee, (1964); notes on the structure of the Chemical Institute of Canada.

Includes: correspondence, reports and recommendations of the Committee on Voting in Council; correspondence between RACI and other professional organisations re voting systems.

Includes: RACI's suggested fees for consulting chemists - waste water analysis; RACI Emoluments Committee - Consultants' fees, (1972); correspondence re consultants' fees; notes on testing at the laboratories of the New South Wales Railways; minutes of the RACI South Australian Branch Panel of Practising Analysts.

Includes: Conditions of Engagement and Scales of Minimum Charges for the Association of Consulting Engineers and The Royal Institute of Architects; correspondence re consulting chemists fees; RACI Conditions of Engagement and Fees for Consulting Chemists, (1963); Questionnaire on Consultants' Laboratory Costs, (1965); List of RACI Consultants, (1965); recommended scales of fees.

Includes: Conditions of Engagement and Fees for Consulting Chemists, (1971); RACI list of Consulting Chemists; correspondence re fees and conditions of consulting chemists; RACI Victorian Branch, Minimum Scale of Fees for Analyses - July 1972; List of Consultants to the Food Industry in Australia, (1970).

Contains correspondence re fees for consulting chemists; RACI Conditions of Engagement and Fees for Consulting Chemists, (1974); RACI Emoluments Committee - Consultants Fees; list of Victorian Consultants, (1973).

Contains correspondence re membership of the Emoluments Committee and fees for chemists.

Includes: "The Status of the Professional Chemist" - A Discussion Paper of the Victorian Branch; newsclippings on wage cases and salaries; Royal Institute of Chemistry - Remuneration Survey; Chemical Institute of Canada - Salary Survey 1968; Monash University - Survey of Graduate Starting Salaries, (1969).

Contains Comments of the RACI Emolument Committee on the Consent Determination for Experimental Officers in CSIRO, AAEC and the Commonwealth Department of Supply Research Establishments, (1962); newsclippings on salaries.

Includes: correspondence re membership, activities and salary surveys carried out by the Emoluments Committee; Victoria Government Gazette, (1955); notes and correspondence re the consideration of L.F. Kerley case for higher wages by the Emoluments Committee; RACI Salary Survey, (1960); The Salaries of Chemists - report to RACI Council by Status and Emoluments Committee, (1957).

Includes: correspondence, notes and RACI submissions to Commonwealth Inquiry into Salaries in Colleges of Advanced Education.

Contains National Survey of Professional Scientific Salaries - Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, (1955), (1956), (1957).

Includes: "The Salaries of Chemists - A Report From the Emoluments Committee", (1962); Public Service Board Information Bulletin No.6; Survey of Professional Salaries - Engineers and Scientists, (1961), National Research Committee of Canada; Royal Institute of Chemistry Remuneration Surveys; Public Service Arbitration Act - Proceedings re pay claim for the Association of Professional Scientists of Australia.

Includes correspondence re pay scales and RACI Remuneration Surveys; Emoluments Committee recommendations on Superannuation Transferability; completed RACI Remuneration Forms, (1968); "Remuneration Survey - Comments by the Emoluments Committee". (1966); Constitution and Rules of the Association of Professional Scientists of Australia; Royal Institute of Chemistry, Remuneration Survey, 1965.

Includes: correspondence re RACI salary surveys; 1966, 1968 and 1970 Survey Forms; report of the Emoluments Committee to the RACI Council re 1964 Salary Survey; "The Salaries of Chemists, 1962 Survey"; Association of Professional Engineers, Australia - "National Survey of the Engineering Profession", (1967); findings of the RACI salary surveys; chemists salaries in the U.S.A..

Includes: correspondence re requests for salary information from RACI Surveys; RACI, "Remuneration Survey - 1966"; Survey of the Membership of the Australian Computer Society in The Australian Computer Journal, (1969); UNESCO report on "International Instrument on the Status of Scientific Research Workers", (1973).

Contains papers, notes and correspondence re 1966 RACI Remuneration Survey.

Contains papers, notes and correspondence re 1966 and 1968 RACI Remuneration Surveys; 1968 Survey Forms.

Contains correspondence, notes and survey forms for the 1968 Salary Survey.

Contains reports, tables, correspondence, notes and forms from the RACI 1968 Salary Survey; Royal Institute of Chemistry - 1965 Salary Survey.

Includes: correspondence, notes, tables and reports regarding the RACI 1972 Salary Survey; Remuneration Survey, 1972 - report to Council by the Emoluments Committee.

Includes: correspondence, notes, tables and reports regarding the RACI 1972 and 1974 Salary Surveys; "Remuneration Survey, 1970".

Includes: "Professional Incomes in Victoria, September 1976", University of Melbourne; "Remuneration Survey, 1976"; tables of CSIRO Salaries, (1975); minutes of the Staff Appointments Committee of the Standards Association of Australia, (1976).

Contains survey forms; correspondence re the survey; RACI notes on the definition of job gradings; position description for Australian Sales Manager for Australian Chemical Industry Survey.

Includes: tables, correspondence, reports, notes and forms regarding the 1978 RACI Salary Survey; "ACS Develops Formula for Estimating Salaries", (1978); tables titled - "Movements in Incomes, 1956-1964-1969-1973-1976".

Includes: correspondence from RACI and the Association of Professional Scientists of Australia re public service pay scales for Diploma holders in Queensland; correspondence between RACI and the Queensland Department of Education re salaries for chemistry teachers.

Contains correspondence between RACI and state government education departments re salaries for chemistry teachers.

Contains correspondence, notes, tables, reports and memos re recommended salaries for trainee chemists.

Contains correspondence, notes and tables re recommended salaries for trainee chemists.

Contains correspondence, notes, reports, papers and tables re recommended salaries for trainee chemists.

Includes: "Metal Trades Award - 1968"; "Determination of the Scientific and Technical Workers' Board (No. 2 of 1961, No. 2 of 1964)", Labour and Industry Act, Department of Labour and Industry - Victoria; "Recommended Salaries for Trainee Chemists", Proceedings, April, 1967, January, 1968 and October, 1971; "Salary Survey, 1962", Proceedings, January, 1963; "Salaries Survey - Technical Staff Trainees, August, 1971".

Contains correspondence and reports regarding employment agreements for chemists.

Contains correspondence, reports, papers, and surveys regarding the professional employment of chemistry graduates.

Includes: interim reports of the RACI Employment Committee; Employment Committee correspondence; "Science Ph.D. Graduates - Overproduction or Under-Utilisation", paper in preparation for submission to the journal "Search", by C.E. West; "Output of Scientists and Engineers 1969", Statistics Section - Department of Education and Science, November 1971.

Contains correspondence and reports regarding the production of chemistry graduates by Australian Universities

Contains copies of correspondence and lists, regarding the employment of chemists, for the reference of Dr. B. Middleton.

Contains newspaper and journal articles, correspondence, and reports regarding the employment and utilisation of chemistry Ph.D.'s.

Contains computer printouts of a June, 1977 RACI employment survey.

Includes: age range, years of experience, qualifications, sex and grade of RACI membership; survey questions and statistical breakdowns of responses.

Report on the RACI Sample Survey of Institute Members (August, 1977) regarding the employment satisfaction/dissatisfaction levels of chemistry graduates.

This item includes profiles and responses of members questioned for the survey.

Contains returned questionnaires for the RACI Sample Survey of Institute Members (August, 1977).

Questionnaires contain information of a confidential nature, including respondents' name, age, address, sex, and level of satisfaction/dissatisfaction with their the current employment.

Contains correspondence and proposals regarding control over the use and handling of bulk chemicals.

This item includes proposed guidelines, developed by Charles Burleigh (then M.Sc., ARACI), for the control over bulk chemicals through exercise of professional responsibility by chemists.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding amendments to Ethics By-Law No. 25 and the drafting of a new code of ethics for the RACI.

This item includes working drafts, pre-print stage and final copies of the code.

Contains general correspondence regarding the RACI Code of Ethics.

This item includes a pre-print copy of the code.

Contains correspondence and papers for the reference of the Committee Chairman, Dr. R.R. Garran.

This item includes reference to: the RACI Code of Ethics; ethical problems encountered by RACI members; ethics cases/possible breaches of professional ethics by RACI members; professional conduct/standards.

Contains correspondence and papers for the reference of the Executive of the RACI Council.

Contains internal memos and papers, regarding the allocation of duties within the RACI Council, for the attention and reference of the Council Executive.

Contains correspondence and papers for the attention and reference of the President of the RACI.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the presidency of the RACI

Includes: correspondence calling for nominations for future RACI Federal Vice-Presidents; lists of fellows not retired, and not overseas, for consideration for the RACI Vice-Presidency; list of past Presidents of the Institute from 1932 to 1973; a key to RACI activity, showing Council Positions, Committees, and RACI Divisions.

Contains correspondence and papers for the attention and reference of the Executive Secretary of the RACI regarding the official duties and activities of Professor A.J. Birch, President of the Institute.

Contains correspondence and papers for the attention and reference of the Institute Secretary.

Contains correspondence and papers for the attention and reference of the Institute Secretary.

Contains correspondence, memoranda, and minutes of meetings regarding the financing of RACI awards and scholarships.

Includes reference to: the A.E. Leighton Memorial Medal; the Wolskel Essay Award; the H.G. Smith Memorial Medal; the Rennie Memorial Medal; the Masson Memorial Medal; the Masson Memorial Scholarship; the Olle Bequest Fund.

Item includes: five year budget forecasts; yearly budgets; statements of fund, investment, and income and expenditure; balance sheets; financial statements.

Item includes: lists of RACI company subscribers and companies to be approached for contributions; correspondence regarding company membership of the RACI; correspondence and financial statements regarding RACI Funds.

Contains general correspondence and papers for the attention and reference of the RACI Financial Advisory Committee.

Item includes: financial statements; minutes of meetings of the Committee; lists of company subscribers.

Contains correspondence and papers for the attention and reference of the RACI Financial Advisory Committee.

Item includes: financial statements ; consolidated balance sheets; statements of investments; cash flow sheets; membership statistics; subscription rates; investment budgets; reports/brochures detailing investment interest rates.

Contains reports and minutes of meeting of the Committee.

Item includes a copy of the RACI Financial Regulations and Procedures.

Item includes: financial statements; RACI budgets; membership statistics; investment statements; RACI Committee Meetings action sheets.

Item includes: financial statements; consolidated balance sheets; five year financial forecasts; RACI budgets; investment statements.

Item includes: copies of "The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Annual Report From Council", 1963 to 1966; minutes of RACI annual general meetings; financial statements.

Contains reports and draft manuscripts regarding membership problems and the future of the Institute.

Contains correspondence, journal articles, memos, reports and draft manuscripts regarding membership problems and the future of the Institute.

Contains correspondence, memos, minutes of meetings and reports regarding the organisation and future planning and development of the Institute.

Contains correspondence, memos, reports and draft manuscripts regarding the organisation and future planning and development of the Institute.

Item includes: successive drafts of "The Future of the Institute", a report to the RACI Council by the Forward Planning Committee, comprising Professor J.A. Allen, Dr. E. Barraclough and Dr. J.R. Price; the requirements and terms of reference of the Forward Planning Committee.

Contains successive, annotated drafts of two reports by Dr. J.R. Price regarding the organisation of chemistry groups/societies in Australia.

This item includes draft copies of articles/reports by Dr. J.R. Price entitled "Cohesion in the Chemical Profession" and "The Organisation of Chemists and Chemistry".

Item includes: draft and working copies of "The Future of the Institute", a report to the RACI council by the Forward Planning Committee, comprising Prof. J.A. Allen, Dr, E Barraclough and Dr. J.R. Price; correspondence regarding the reactions of each of the RACI Divisions and State Branches to recommendations made in the Forward Planning Committee's Report, "The Future of the Institute".

Contains correspondence regarding the recruitment of committee members for the RACI Council's Committee on Industrial Aid.

Contains correspondence, minutes of meetings, draft manuscripts, and reports and recommendations of the RACI Industry Aid Committee.

Contains correspondence, journal articles, and draft discussion papers and reports regarding the future role and development of the Institute.

Contains correspondence, journal articles, submission and reports regarding the future role and development of the Institute.

Contains correspondence, memos, and minutes of meetings regarding salary levels for scientists.

Contains correspondence, reports and promotional material regarding the celebration of the Jubilee Year (1967) of the Institute.

Item includes: copies of a pamphlet with a message from the President of the Institute and details of the 1967 Golden Jubilee Programme; a list of early members of the Institute; reports to Council from the Jubilee Committee; a copy of the American Commemorative Stamp - American Chemical Society - issued September 4th, 1951 to honour the Society on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.

Contains the terms of reference and minutes of meetings of the Committee.

Contains correspondence, minutes of meetings and reports regarding the Committee (previously known as the Group Steering Committee).

Item includes: regulations approved by council for the Cereal Chemistry Group and the National Polymer Group; minutes of meetings of the Group Steering Committee (later known as the National Symposia Committee).

Notes on "The Professional Scientist", a study conducted by The American Chemical Society of its membership and Suggestions for a Pilot Survey to be conducted by the RACI.

This item was prepared by David T. Bottomley of the Australian Sales Research Bureau PTY LTD. The item includes a draft manuscript entitled "Membership - Desirability of an Opinion Survey".

1986 Visitors, Overseas Visitors - General, Overseas Visitors - Committee, Reports to Council, Checklists, Overseas Visitors Handling Procedures.

Item includes: Suggested Guidelines for a Federal Co-ordinator of an Overseas Visitor; Overseas Visitors Checklist (H.Q.); reports to Council from the Overseas Visitors Committee; correspondence regarding the activities and administration of the Overseas Visitors Committee; minutes of meetings of the Committee; an alphabetical summary of anticipated visitors for the year 1968.

Item includes: reports to Council from the Overseas Visitors Committee; correspondence regarding the activities and administration of the Overseas Visitors Committee; minutes of meetings of the Committee; files containing correspondence and papers regarding arrangements for individual overseas visitors; yearly lists of overseas visitors.

Item includes: visitor itineraries; Suggested Guidelines for Handling Overseas Visitors; Overseas Visitors Checklist (H.Q.).

Contains correspondence, lists and memos regarding the nomination of members to Institute committees.

This item includes several lists of potential committee members including their name, date of birth, place of business, position, membership grade (e.g.: Fellow, Associate), and previous service to the Institute;

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the Institute's involvement in the production of prescribed methods of analysis for foodstuffs.

Item includes: minutes of meetings of the Prescribed Methods of Analysis Committee; reports on proposed prescribed methods of analysis of foodstuffs; reports from the National Health and Medical Research Council Food Standards Committee.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the Institute's involvement in the production of prescribed methods of analysis for foodstuffs and alcoholic beverages.

Item includes: minutes of meetings of the Prescribed Methods of Analysis Committee; correspondence and papers regarding methods of analysis for the detection of alfatoxins; reports/standards on proposed prescribed methods of analysis of foodstuffs; correspondence and papers regarding proposed prescribed methods for the determination of alcohol in wines; reports from the National Health and Medical Research Council Food Standards Committee.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the examination of prospective members of the Institute who hold overseas qualifications in chemistry.

This item includes: a copy of the "Notice to Examiners" regarding the purpose of the Institute examinations; membership examinations; tables of applications made to the F.Q.E.C. (the Foreign Qualifications and Examination Committee).

Contains correspondence and papers regarding conditions governing admission to the various classes of membership of the RACI.

This item includes: copies of the RACI "Conditions Governing the Admission of Fellows, Associates, Juniors and Students"; correspondence and papers regarding the recognition of qualifications (both local and overseas) for membership of the RACI.

Contains correspondence, reports and questionnaires regarding eligibility requirements for the Fellowship grade of membership of the Institute.

Item includes: returned questionnaires regarding eligibility for fellowship; copies of the "Report by the Qualifications Committee on Standards of Entry to Corporate Membership - Comments by the Fellowship Committee".

Contains correspondence, reports and minutes of meetings regarding the introduction of matriculation entry standard to professional courses in Australia.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the qualifications/educational standards for admission to RACI membership.

Qualifications - General, Qualifications - Committee, Qualifications - Summary Records, Reports - General, Standards of Entry to Corporate Membership.

Includes: correspondence regarding the general activities and administration of the Qualifications Committee; minutes of meetings of the Qualifications Committee and Reports to Council on Committee activities; reports on the standards of entry to corporate membership of the Institute.

Includes: copies of examination papers for courses run by the Education Department of Tasmania, the Australian Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology (Tasmania Branch), and the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education; the Education Department of Tasmania's Technical Colleges Syllabus (effective from January, 1969) for the Diploma of Applied Chemistry.

Contains papers, including forms, regulations, policy statements, and rules of examination, regarding the evaluation of qualifications for membership of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.

The file cover of this item includes reference to the Australian Institute of Chemical Engineers, however, it does not include any information on this organisation.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the activities of the Committee.

Includes: minutes of the 33rd, 34th, and the 38th Meetings of the Qualifications Committee; Committee reports and recommendations.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the activities of the Committee.

Item includes draft minutes of the 34th, 35th and the 37th Meetings of the Qualifications Committee.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the activities of the Committee.

Item includes draft minutes of the 37th, 38th and the 39th Meetings of the Qualifications Committee.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the activities of the Committee.

Item includes draft minutes of the 37th, 40th and the 41st Meetings of the Qualifications Committee.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the activities of the Committee.

Item includes: draft minutes of the 42nd and 43rd Meetings of the Qualifications Committee; RACI application forms - Application for Admission as an Associate, Referee's Sheets, Application for Admission as a Graduate (Non-Corporate Member Under By-Law 5), Assessment Sheet for Associateship (1st draft).

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the activities of the Committee.

Item includes: RACI application forms - Application for Admission as an Associate, Referee's Sheets; examples of admission/membership forms from other science institutes/societies; Qualifications Committee Report to Council on standards of Entry to Corporate membership.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the activities of the Committee.

Item includes: list (March, 1971) of Australian qualifications satisfying the minimum academic requirements of the Institute; RACI application forms - Application for Admission as an Associate (Form A), Application for Election as a Fellow.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the activities of the Committee.

Item includes the draft minutes of the 48th Qualifications Committee Meeting.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the activities of the Committee.

Contains copies of the course syllabus and relevant examination papers for the Diploma Course in Biochemistry offered by the Swinburne College of Technology (Victoria).

Item includes: Education Department of Victoria Mathematics 2 (1969) Syllabus; Education Department of Victoria examination papers.

Contains correspondence and papers concerned with the question of the status of chemists and the chemistry profession.

Includes: Pilot Survey of Opinions Concerning the Functions of the Institute; extracts and copies of reports, general publications, and talks regarding the status of other professions in society; "The Status of the Professional Chemist", a discussion paper submitted by the Victorian Branch of the RACI.

Correspondence, informational material and reports regarding apprenticeships and standards for the training of sub-professional technicians.

Correspondence, informational material and reports regarding the accreditation and training of Chemical Technicians, and standards for the training of sub-professional technicians.

Contains correspondence and papers regarding the approval/accreditation of Chemical Technician courses, and informational material on the training of sub-professional technicians.

Includes: draft minutes of meetings of the RACI Technician Training Committee; Report of the RACI Sub-Committee on Training of Chemistry Technicians in Canberra - Part II; examples of course outlines and examination papers for technician training programmes.

Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, articles and questionnaires concerning the accreditation of Chemical Technician training courses.

Includes: minutes of meetings of the RACI Technicians' Training Committee; draft constitution of the Chemical Technicians Guild Of Australia; copies of completed questionnaires for courses meeting requirements for membership of the Chemical Technicians Guild of Australia.

Papers regarding the involvement of the RACI, the Institution of Engineers, Australia, and the Technical and Further Education Commission in the assessment and accreditation of middle level TAFE courses in chemistry and engineering.

Includes: correspondence with the Technical and Further Education Commission regarding the assessment and accreditation of courses for the training of para and sub-professional chemical technicians: copies of correspondence between the Institution of Engineers and the Technical and Further Education Commission regarding the accreditation of middle level TAFE courses in engineering.

Correspondence regarding the training and accreditation of para and sub-professional chemical technicians.

Includes: minutes of meetings of the Guild of Chemical Technicians; RACI reports/circulars - "Technicians Accreditation Committee, "Chemical Technicians", "The Training of Chemical Technicians"; minutes of the proposed Industry Training Committee for the Chemical Industry.

Salary levels for trainee chemists and unqualified sub-professional chemical technicians.

Includes: 1968 syllabus for the Post Certificate Chemical Instrumentation Course; Department of Technical Education, New South Wales, Biological Research Technicians' Certificate Course, approved June, 1968; Department of Technical Education, New South Wales, Biology Certificate Course, revised 1967; Department of Technical Education, New South Wales, Metallurgy Certificate Course.

Reports and submissions from branches and sections of the Institute.

Item includes the following RACI reports and submissions: Implementation of Technician Training Committee Report of May 1964; Tasmania Branch Submission to Council regarding "Training of Technicians"; Certification of Science Technicians, Tasmania Branch Submission to Council; NSW Branch Submission to Council Re Sub-Professional Technicians; Canberra Section Report of the Sub-Committee on the Training of Chemistry Technicians in Canberra - Part II, February 1968.

Item includes: multiple copies of a background paper prepared for an informal meeting on "The Education and Training of Technicians to Approximately the Same Level Throughout Australia" called by the Department of Labour and National Service, Melbourne, on the 7th of January 1966; report on "The Training of Chemical Technicians"; working copy of the report "Technicians Training"; draft paper from RACI for informal meeting on Education and Training of Technicians at same Level Throughout Australia; "The Training of Chemical Technicians", Report and Recommendations of the Committee on Sub-Professional Technicians; "Technicians - Their Education and Training".

Journal of the Institute of Draughtsmen (Aust.), South Australian Branch, Vol. 1, Part 2, April, 1965; Rules of the Institute of Draughtsmen (Aust.), South Australian Branch; "The Engineering Technician in Australia" by B.E. Lloyd; Commonwealth Education Liaison Committee, Commonwealth Conference on the Education and Training of Technicians, "The Content of Training Courses"; "Technical Sub-Professional Work in the Commonwealth Service", an address by Sir Frederick Wheeler, C.B.E., Chairman, Commonwealth Public Service Board; The institution of Engineers, Australia, "Engineering Technicians"; Regulations and By-Laws of The Association of Certificate Chemists and Metallurgists, Newcastle Branch; The Association of Professional Engineers, W.A. Branch, "Engineering Technicians - Policy Statement"; The Chemical Institute of Canada, "A Certification Plan for Chemical Technicians".