Certificated Training for Motor Mechanics A N-interesting plan for the granting of a National Craftsman's Certifi
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cate for motor vehicle service mechanics has been worked out by the National Joint Industrial Council for the Motor Vehicle Retail and Repairing Trade, in cobjunetion with the Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Education and the Scottish Education Department.
The National Joint Industrial Council conSists of the employers .in the trade, represented by the -Motor Agents' Association, and the workpeople by the Amalgamated Engineering Union, the Transport ind General Workers' Union and the National ,Union of General and Municipal Workers.• .
The'plan sets. up a national standard for a first-class motor vehicle service mechaniC; to be reached by theoretical and practical training of apprentices, and the certification by competent authorities that such standardhas,. by theoretical and practical examination; teen reached. • The _theoretical training will take place 'under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, -and . will be operated through technical-schools and the recognized technical training authorities, which will also carry, out the .theoretical examinations, whilst those on thepractical side will -be under the authority of the N.J.I.C., in conjunction with the technicaltraining
authorities. . "
The colleges and schools must possess fully adequate Modern equipment for thiS 'work, and a specifiCation of the apparatus necessary has been prepared. Thesubstantial expenditure involved will fall, in approximately equal porl tions, on the Ministry of Education and the local education authority. .
Apprentices Commence at 16, and will study for five year i: They will not be indentured until they reach thisao.e. They may, however,
accepted as learners if -they leate schbol earlier. Theory will als0. start .at 16 and last for three years, at Which date or -before, at the discretion of the prin
• eipal, the examination can be taken: The practical examination will normally take place during the period between the apprentice's 20th and 21st birthday. Apprentices will be allowed time off at full rates of pay to attend technical schools, and the course will be so arranged that this release will be for one day or two ball-days a week. Wages of apprentices will be according to those laid down, in the agreements between the M.A.A. and the appropriate trade unions.
The National Craftsman's Certificate will also be available for returning exServicemen whose apprenticeships were broken by war service. A plan has been made whereby they will he given facilities for continuing their broken apprenticeships at adult rates of pay if they have reached this age, also for release frir theoretical studies on the same tennis as the ordinary apprentices.
A pamphlet on the subject cam be obtained from the general secretary, Motdr -Agents' Association, 201, Great Portland Street, W.1.