MPN11 ,
...The contrast with RAF ATCO training at the time is stark! Sixteen weeks on the initial Joint Course...
Thirteen in my day !... ."Welcome aboard", said SATCO Strubby, "You're on Approach Monday afternoon. Flt Lt So-and-so will show you around. Good Luck".
Out on the field the old Bendix (MPN-1) whirred and clanked. But you didn't go on the GCA Course until they were happy with you in the Tower. Think I went early the next year.
It's called "Throwing you in at the Deep End". Luckily, I swam.
Danny.