Extended SkiJI Training Scheme, 1981

L.N. 125 of 1981

INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACf, 1952

(ACT NO. X OF 1952)

Extended SkiJI Training Scheme, 1981

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the lndustria I

Training Act, 1952, the Minister of Labour, Welfare and Culture, after

consulting the Youth Advisory Committee. has made the fol1owing

Scheme:-

l. This Scheme may be cited <:ts the Extended Skill Training

Scheme, 1981, and it shaB a pply in respect of persons who have entered

into an agreement of apprenticeship in any of the trades set out iu the

Schedule to t h i s Scheme on Of a f te r the 1st October, 1980.

In this Scheme, unless the context otherwise requires

Din l-Iskema tista' tissejjaħ l-Iskema ta' 1-1981 dwar Taħriġ Titolu u appli­

Estiż fis-Snajja', u għandha 1applika dwar persuni li għa m lu ftehim ta' ap­ kabbilila_

pre n d i s tat f'xi waħda mis-snajja' m urij a fl-Iskeda li tinsab ma' din l-Iske­

ma n-l jew wara l-l ta' Ottubru, 1980.

Mechanical Engineering and AlJied Trades

Welder/burner, sheet metal worker, plumber/marine plumber, general fitter. motor

vehicle fitter (1ight vehic1es/heavy plant)

2. Woodwoddng Trades

Joiner, cabinet maker

Electrical En gi neering Trades

3. Electrical fitter (maintenance!installa tion) , wireman, winder, telecommunication

fitter, radio and TV technician, industrial electronics technician

4. Handicraft

Ceramics, jewellery, woodcraft, metalcraft

5. Agricultural Trades

Horticulturist, stockman

6. Building Trades

Mason, stone-dresser, wal1builder

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pu b l ic holidays" means the days dec1ared for the time being

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to be public holidays under the National Day and other Public

Holidays Act. 1975;

"Director of Labour" includes any officer of the Department

of Labour and Emigration duly authorised by the said Director to

act on his behalf

"Trade School" means a school in terms of the Education Act,

1974. where one or more trades as approved by the Minister

responsible for education a re taught during the day and on a full­

time basis;

"Director of Education" means the Director of Education and

includes any officer of the Department of Education duly

authorised by the said Director to act on his b ehal f ;

"training phase" means the period of t r a i nin g spent by an

a pprentice in a training centre approved for the purpose by the

Director of Education;

"working phase" means the p e riod o f work spent b y an

apprentice with an employer under the provisions of this Scheme.

No person may enter into an agreement of apprenticeship in

a ny of the caI1ings m en ti on e d in this Scheme unless

(a) he has completed three consecutive school years at a

T rade School and has passecl with d is t i n ct i o n or credit his fina l

examination; or

(b)

he h a s been exempted by the Director of Education from

the requirements mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph.

The period

of apprenticeship shal1 be of three consecutive

4. years.

Il-perijodu ta' apprendistat għandu jkun ta' thet snin kons e

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kuttivi.

apprendislat.

An employer engaging an apprentice under this Scheme sha11

undertake 10 instruct him to grant him facilities to be iustructed in

ac�ordance with such Schedules of Work as the Director of Education

may from time to time e s t a b l i s h in connection with any particular

trade.

Phases of

This Scheme shall be made up of three training phases of six

training.

tnonths each alternating with three working phases of six months each

Provided that the Director of Education may alter the rotation

of working phases and training phases and may. if he so deems

necessary, extend or reduce the length of any of such periods by notice

in writing to the employer.

During the working phase the employer shall provide the Work in the

apprentice with work in accordance with the calling for which he is calling.

engaged. The Director of Labour or the Director of Education may

require the employer to furnish reports of the apprentice's progress from

time to time and may require the apprentice to be submitted to trade

tests as may be necessary to ascertain that adequate practical training is

being given to him.

The hours of work of apprentices shall not exceed the ordinary Hours of work.

hours a pplicable to the employer's establishment in accordance with the Act No. XI of

provisions of the Conditions of Employment (Regulation) Act 1952

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Provided that an employer may engage an apprentice on

overtime with the prior approval in writing of the Director of Labour

who may, in granting such approval, impose such conditions as he may

deem fit. The rates of remuneration for overtime work shall be those

specified in the Wage Regulation Order app!icable to the establishment.

entitled to R emuneration.

(1)

An apprentice under this Scheme shall

be

annual remuncration equivalent to the following

During the first year of apprenticeship - Minimum pay for a

Government employec in Group D for six months reduced by the

a mount of one increment;

During the second year - Minimum pay for a Go v

' ernment

employee in Group D for six months

During the third year - Minimum pay for a Government

employee in Gro u p D for six months increased by the amount of

one increment.

(2)

Remuneration shall be paid at regular intervals accord­

ing to the ordinary practice of the establishment. Cost of living increases

in accordance with section l5A, and half the bonus in accordance with

section 22A, of the Conditions of Employment (Regulation) Act, 1952

shall also be paid to an apprentice.

An apprcntice shall be entitled to -

Holidays,

(a)

all public holidays with full pay; and

(b)

annual vacation leave with full pay during the whole

month of August; however, alternative arrangements for vacation

leave may be made with the approva! of the Director of Education.

Sick l eave.

An apprentice shall be entitled to fifteen working days sick

leave on fuJl pay and to a further fifteen working days on half pay in

every calendar year less any sickness benefit to which he may be entitled

under the National Insurance Act, 1956, so however that a medical

certificate certifying incapacity for work covering the period of absence

is produced to the employer who may require his medical practitioner

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to examine the apprenticc.

An apprentice shal1 be allowed two days paid lt:ave on the

occasion of the death of any of the following:- the wife, husband,

mother, father (or the person who at the time was in fact acting as

mother or father, as the case may be), son, daughter, brother or sister

of the apprentice.

Apprentices shall be allowed three working days paid leave

on the occasion of their marriage.