Fifth report of the Juvenile Employment and Central Care Committee for the year ending July 31st, 1920 / City of Cardiff Education Committee, Juvenile Employment Scheme.

  • Cardiff (Wales). Education Committee. Juvenile Employment Scheme.
Date:
1920
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Credit: Fifth report of the Juvenile Employment and Central Care Committee for the year ending July 31st, 1920 / City of Cardiff Education Committee, Juvenile Employment Scheme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (iii.) Draw up an Indenture of Apprenticeship to which the Sub-Committee shall be the fourth party. (iv.) Arrange from itme to time, with the consent of the Local Education Authority, to visit classes which may be established by the Education Authority for training apprentices. (3) Term of Years and Age of Entry. Boys shall be bound for a period of five years under an indenture drawn up and approved by the Sub-Committee, and shall be eligible for entrance into the trade between the ages of fourteen and fifteen years. Applicants for apprenticeship above the age of fifteen years shall have their cases con¬ sidered by the Sub-Committee. (4) Indenture and Probationary Period. Every successful candidate for apprenticeship shall pass through a probationary period of three months, such time to count as part of the apprenticeship, and shall be paid in wages in accordance with the scale set out below. At the end of this period, if the two parties, apprentice and employer, are in agreement, the indenture of apprenticeship shall be duly signed and sealed. (5) Attendance at Technical Classes. Every apprentice to the Tailoring Trade indentured under this Scheme shall, as a con¬ dition of apprenticeship, attend either a Preparatory (Technical) Evening School or a Course suitable for Tailoring Apprentices at the Technical College. (6) Medical Examination. Candidates for apprenticeship who are approved by the Sub-Committee shall submit themselves for medical examination to the School Medical Officer, and shall not be submitted for vacancies unless the medical reports are satisfactory. (7) Scale of Wages for Boy Apprentices. The following is the Scale of Weekly Payments to Apprentices under the Scheme :— Period. By Employer. By Journeyman. Total. First six months ... 10/- 2/6 12/6 Second six months 7/6 5/- 12/6 Second Year 3/- ... 12/- 15/- Third Year — .. 17/6 17/6 Fourth Year ... — ... 25/- 25/- Fifth Year — .. 35/- 35/- The above scale of wages for boy apprentices shall be varied as the Trade Board rates are from time to time varied, and, further, that the proportions as paid by employer and journeyman shall be in strict ratio with the above scale. This Scale of Wages is based on the piece-work system, which is generally adopted in tl e City. Apprentices working in workshops organised on time rates will be paid the same rates of pay, but the employer will be wholly responsible for the wages. (8) Premiums. The Juvenile Employment (Tailoring Apprenticeship) Sub-Committee look upon the system of premiums with disfavour, and recommend that the payment of premiums be discoun¬ tenanced under this Scheme.