Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

AS AN INDUSTRIAL OPPORTUNITY 53 lief that real efficiency considers and conserves the human element;1 that it makes fatigue study imperative; and that its fundamental idea is con- servation, not exploitation. The great need to-day, as in all fields where progress is to be made, is education. The com- munity as a whole must be educated as to the importance of motion study, and as to the possi- bility of every man and woman making such mo- tion study to some extent for himself. The tech- nical press and the press generally are doing much to spread these ideas. Much is also being done by the colleges that are studying and teach- ing the subject. Such wide-spread education is absolutely necessary before we can hope for the reclassification and standardisation of the exist- ing trades, which is a necessary future step. The trades must be reclassified, according to the amount of skill involved in the motions used; and must then be standardised in order that the necessary training for entering them and suc- ceeding in them can be given. As an example of reclassifying a trade, we would recommend, for example, for brick work, five classes: i See “ Fatigue Study,” p. 10, Sturgis & Walton, New York.