No. 152/1939:

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HOUSE PAINTING AND DECORATING TRADE (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1939.

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HOUSE PAINTING AND DECORATING TRADE (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1939.

THE APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HOUSE-PAINTING AND DECORATING TRADE (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1939, MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ON THE 26TH DAY OF MAY, 1939, PURSUANT TO SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 9 of THE APPRENTICESHIP ACT, 1931 .

WHEREAS the Apprenticeship Committee for the House-Painting and Decorating Trade, established in accordance with the House Painting and Decorating Trade (Constitution of Apprenticeship Committee) Regulations, 1935, for the particular trade declared by the Apprenticeship Act (House Painting and Decorating Trade) Special Order, 1935, to be a designated trade for the purposes of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 , and in the area constituted by the Apprenticeship Act (House Painting and Decorating Trade) Apprenticeship District Order, 1935, to be an apprenticeship district for the purposes of such designated trade, has, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 8 of the said Act, made the rules set out in the schedule to this Order, and has submitted the same to the Minister for Industry and Commerce :

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the said Act that the Minister for Industry and Commerce may, in respect of any rule submitted to him by an apprenticeship committee under the said Act, either by order confirm such rule or refuse to confirm such rule :

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 , and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby orders as follows, that is to say :—

1. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Apprenticeship Committee for the House Painting and Decorating Trade (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1939.

2. The rules set out in the schedule to this Order are hereby confirmed.

3. The rules set out in the schedule to this Order shall come into force on the 9th day of June, 1939.

SCHEDULE.

RULES MADE BY THE APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HOUSE-PAINTING AND DECORATING TRADE ON THE 21ST MARCH, 1939.

PART I.—RULES REGULATING THE EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF APPRENTICES.

The Committee prescribe that each person entering on employment by way of apprenticeship in the Trade—

(1) shall have spent at least one school year in a class equivalent to the 6th Standard of a National School, and shall supply his employer with a certificate to that effect, such certificate to be signed by the headmaster of the school which he attended ;

(2) shall, between the attainment of the ages of 14 and 16 years, have attended regularly at an approved course of instruction as defined at (a) hereunder, and shall supply his employer with a certificate to that effect, such certificate to be signed by the headmaster of the school at which the instruction was given ;

(3) shall supply his employer with a certificate that he has passed a test in the recognition and matching of colour, such certificate to be signed by the headmaster of the school which he attended for the approved course of instruction referred to in paragraph (2) above—

(a) Definition of an Approved Course of Instruction.

An approved course of instruction is a course of instruction which is approved by the Minister for Education and contains not less than 750 hours' instruction per school year, including a minimum of 70 hours' instruction in Drawing and Design, and 100 hours' instruction in practical mathematics.

Provided that :—

In the case of any person aged not less than 16 years, the Committee may, at its discretion, accept satisfactory evidence that such person possesses qualifications equivalent to those prescribed above, and may issue a certificate to that effect. Where such certificate has been issued by the Committee, such person shall, on entering employment by way of apprenticeship, be exempt from the requirements of clauses (1), (2) and (3) of these Rules.

These Rules shall apply only to persons who attain the age of 14 years on or after the date on which these Rules come into operation.

Part II.—Rules Regulating the Training of Apprentices.

The Committee require that unless otherwise authorised in writing by them every apprentice during the FIRST YEAR of his employment by way of apprenticeship when engaged on any of the operations or processes of the trade shall work in the presence of a journeyman, and it shall be the duty of the employer to ensure that such apprentice shall be instructed and trained by such journeyman.

Part III.—Definition of the House Painting and Decorating Trade.

The House Painting and Decorating Trade is defined in the Schedule to the Apprenticeship Act (House Painting and Decorating Trade) Special Order, 1935, as being :—

The House Painting and Decorating Trade, that is to say :—

Any of the following operations or processes when performed on the interior or exterior surface of any building, ship or other craft or structure or erection of any kind :—

1.—Painting and Distempering.

(a) The application of paint, distemper or other medium of any kind to any surface by manual or mechanical process, and the preparatory mixing of such paint, distemper or other medium for the purpose of producing various finishes.

(b) The preparation of the grounds and all operations (including the removal of paint, knotting, priming, stopping, filling up, surfacing and washing) preparatory to the application of such paint, distemper or other medium.

(c) Dusting, cleaning or washing for purposes of restoration or renovation when done on any surface either apart from or in conjunction or in association with operations involving the application of paint, distemper or other medium.

(d) Hacking-out, puttying and glazing when such operations are performed in conjunction or in association with operations involving the application of paint, distemper or other medium.

2.—Papering and Whitening.

(a) The hanging and application of wallpaper and other hangings including textile fabrics, imitation leather papers, Japanese grass cloth and relief materials.

(b) The papering or whitening of ceilings.

3.—Imitation Painting.

The operation of graining (including processes by roller and transfer), marbling, gilding, graniting, and also the representation of inlays, marqueterie, mosaic, ivory, bronze and other imitational paintings.

4.—Decorative Painting.

Striping, lining and outlining, stippling, stencilling (including the designing and cutting of stencils), oil gilding, matt and burnish gilding, glazing, scumbling, gesso, representation of tapestry, painting or distempering in monochrome or in polychrome or in raised or sanded decorative style.

5.—Lettering.

Letter-writing and embossing, gilding and colouring on glass, heraldic painting and the treatment and fixing by adhesive composition of letters made of wood or other substance.

6.—Staining.

The preparation, mixing and application of stains, ornamental and decorative staining, chemical staining, oil and wax polishing.

7.—Varnishing.

The application of spirit oil, gum, cellulose or varnish by manual or mechanical means, including the processes of felting down and hand polishing, flatting and encaustic varnishing.

Including

The necessary preparatory processes in connection with the work detailed in the foregoing paragraphs numbered 2 to 7 inclusive.

But Excluding

(a) The veneering of wood, staining, enamelling, painting, japanning, lacquering, spraying and any other like operation if such operation be ancillary to and carried on in the same premises as any of the processes mentioned in the First Schedule to the Apprenticeship Act (Furniture Trade) Special Order, 1934.

(b) All or any of the above-mentioned operations or processes when applied to the work of vehicle painting.

By Order of the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Dated this 26th day of May, 1939.

(Signed) R. C. FERGUSON,

Asst. Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.