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The '''Manpower Services Commission ''' (M.S.C.) was set up by government and operated from 1974-1988.<ref>Richard O'Brien (1988) The rise and fall of the manpower services commission, Policy Studies, 9:2, 3-8, DOI: 10.1080/01442878808423514</ref> Its purpose was to coordinate vocational training and manage and expand the government's vocational training programmes, and in particular to offer retraining and skills development to adults intending to re‐enter the workforce.<ref>[http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100131636 Oxford Index, Oxford University Press]</ref>

Some heritage railways used M.S.C. programmes to fund labour to undertake projects. On the SVR this included a job creation programme was negotiated in late 1976 to renovate a number of coaches and wagons including [[GWR 829 Full Third]], moving and [[LMS 27270 Third Open]] among others.<ref>SVR News 41</ref> Other M.S.C. projects during the 1970s included recovering the [[Bewdley Down Yard#In_preservation|Swindon Works' traverser]] for possible future use at Bewdley and [[List of infrastructure#Track.2C_rails_and_sleepers|relaying much of the track at the north end of the line]] during the 1970s .

[[GWR 829 Full Third]]<br>*[[List of infrastructure]]<br>*[[Bewdley Down Yard#In_preservation|Swindon Works' traverser]]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manpower_Services_Commission Manpower Services Commission on Wikipedia]