ABSTRACT
The Native worker, when he has been recruited or selected, requires training for the work to be performed. In both the mines working in the copper belt provision is made for some elementary training on the surface before the man undertakes regular underground work. The possible sources of labour supply open to the Northern Rhodesian mines lie not only in the Territory itself but in the surrounding countries also. In the initial stages the mines were more dependent upon recruited than upon voluntary labour. As late as the last quarter of 1930 the number of men recruited in the districts exceeded those who presented themselves unassisted at the mine. The mines ordinarily work two shifts each day underground and three on the surface. The Northern Rhodesian mines have been operating on a production basis for such a short time that any attempt to measure the ultimate level of efficiency of the Native worker is bound to be premature.
