Since 1962 (Technical Education, Dec 1962, Jan and Feb 1963), the emphasis of technical education and training in Spain has shifted more and more to the training of adults. There are two categories to which special attention has been given—firstly, those who trained as craftsmen under the old system of merely serving time in a factory. These will have trained prior to the law of 1955 and hence will be mainly older men. There are particular problems with this type of craftsman should he become redundant for any reason, because he has no qualifications acceptable to another employer in the same grade as a craftsman. Likewise, he cannot obtain promotion in his own employment, because he has not the theoretical knowledge now considered essential for a craftsman. These un-schooled craftsmen are mainly to be found in the larger centres of industry. Hence, the centres of accelerated training of adults as craftsmen (Formación Profesional Acelerada), whose development is described below, have been used to give the required background training to complete the practical skills which have already been acquired in industry.