The aim of this paper is to understand the creation of industrial-technical courses average in Brazil, from the Industrial Organic Law of Education (1942), in a context of rapid industrialization of the country, taking into account the interests of the entrepreneurs and of the State. Uses as a reference a few articles on the pedagogical-didactic courses of these, published in Technical School of Curitiba's Labor magazine. Seeks to identify the influences of various pedagogical concepts for vocational education, present in the structure of this modality of education. Stresses the importance given to technical education in the preparation and formation of skilled labor.
industrial training; technical courses; Vargas period; Labor magazine