S.I. No. 168/1938 - Apprenticeship Act, 1931. Apprenticeship Committee For The Furniture Trade (Dublin) Confirmation of Rules Order, 1938.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1938. No. 168.

APPRENTICESHIP ACT, 1931.APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE (DUBLIN) CONFIRMATION OF RULES ORDER, 1938.

THE APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE (DUBLIN) CONFIRMATION OF RULES ORDER, 1938, MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ON THE 2ND DAY OF MAY, 1938, PURSUANT TO SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 9 of THE APPRENTICESHIP ACT, 1931 .

WHEREAS the Apprenticeship Committee for the Furniture Trade (Dublin) established in accordance with the Furniture Trade (Constitution of Apprenticeship Committee) Regulations, 1934, for the particular trade declared by the Apprenticeship Act (Furniture Trade) Special Order, 1934, to be a designated trade for the purposes of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 , and in the area constituted by the Apprenticeship Act (Furniture Trade) Apprenticeship District Order, 1934, to be an apprenticeship district for the purposes of such designated trade (namely the administrative County of Dublin and the County Borough of Dublin) 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 Furniture Trade (Dublin) Confirmation of Rules Order, 1938.

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 16th day of May, 1938.

By Order of the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Dated this 2nd day of May, 1938.

(Signed) R. C. FERGUSON,

Assistant Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.

SCHEDULE.

RULES MADE BY THE APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE (DUBLIN) ON 15TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1938.

PART I.

APPRENTICESHIP CLASSIFICATION RULES.

The Committee declare that employment in the Trade of the classes of persons specified hereunder, in the manner specified, shall constitute employment by way of apprenticeship in the Trade.

CLASSES OF PERSONS.—Persons whose first employment in the trade commences on or after the date on which these Rules come into force.

MANNER OF EMPLOYMENT.— Employment during any part of the hours of work on any of the undermentioned operations :—

Class A.—Making, altering or repairing articles made wholly or mainly of wood, bamboo or cane, which are intended for use as furniture, the carving or other ornamentation of such articles, or the veneering of wood or like operation if ancillary to, and carried on in the same premises as, any of the processes specified from A to C, included in this Part of the Schedule.

Class B.—Upholstering articles which are intended for use as furniture, whether such articles are made of wood, or of a substance other than wood, and the altering or repairing of the upholstery of such articles.

Upholstering seats and seating for theatres, cinemas, halls and other places of amusement or assembly, and the altering or repairing of the upholstery of such seats and seating.

Making, altering or repairing mattresses, palliasses, cushions, seats filled with hair, fibre, straw, flock, wool, rubber or other substitute for hair.

Making altering or repairing box-spring, cane-edge, cane-laced, interior spring and reversible mattresses, cushions and seats.

Making, altering or repairing curtains and draperies, loose covers and window furnishings.

Class C.—Polishing articles made wholly or mainly of wood, bamboo or cane, which are intended for use as furniture. 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 specified for Classes A and B, included in this Part of the Schedule.

Class D.—Sawmilling, machining or turning of wood, and any other like operation, if such operation be ancillary to, and carried on in the same premises as, any of the processes previously mentioned in this Part of the Schedule.

PART II.

RULES REGULATING THE PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP.

The Committee specify the period of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District as being that indicated hereunder in respect of each class of employees specified in Part I of this Schedule :—

Class of Employees	Period of Apprenticeship
Male Employees	Female Employees
Class A	Six years	—
Class B	Six years	Four years
Class C	Six years	Four years
Class D	Six years	—

Provided that the above periods shall be reduced by one year in the case of any male apprentice who has attended a Junior Day Technical School Course, as defined in Part V of this Schedule, for a period of two years.

PART III.

RULES REGULATING THE MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES.

The Committee specify hereunder the minimum rates of wages (other than wages for overtime) to be paid to male and female apprentices in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District.

	Classes of Employees
	A, C & D				B
Male		Female		Male		Female
Rate per week during :—	s.	d.	s.	d	s.	d.	s.	d.
1st year of apprenticeship	7	6	7	6	7	6	8	0
2nd " "	15	0	12	6	15	0	12	6
3rd " "	22	6	17	6	22	6	17	6
4th " "	30	0	25	0	30	0	25	0
5th " "	37	6	—		37	6	—
6th " "	50	0	—		45	0	—

Provided :—

(a) that the above rates shall be payable, in the case of apprentices of 18 years of age or over, per week of 44 hours and, in the case of apprentices whose age is less than 18 years, per week of 40 hours ;

(b) that a male apprentice who has attended a Junior Day Technical School Course for a period of two years shall, on being taken into employment in the Trade, be regarded, for the purpose of determining the rate of wages payable to him, as being in his second year of apprenticeship ;

(c) that, for the purpose of calculating the minimum rate per hour to which an apprentice is entitled, the minimum rate per week to which the apprentice is entitled under these Rules shall be divided by the maximum number of hours which may be worked in any week by the apprentice under Part IV of this Schedule ;

and

(d) that the above minimum rates are without prejudice to the payment of higher rates by agreement or otherwise.

PART IV.

RULES REGULATING THE MAXIMUM HOURS OF WORK.

The Committee prescribe 44 hours as being the maximum number of hours (exclusive of overtime) which may be worked in any week by apprentices of 18 years of age or over in the Trade and 40 hours as being the maximum number of hours (exclusive of overtime) which may be worked in any week by apprentices whose age is less than 18 years.

PART V.

RULES REGULATING THE EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF APPRENTICES.

(a) The Committee prescribe that Male employees at entry on apprenticeship must have completed not less than one year's attendance at a Junior Day Technical School Course approved by the Minister for Education.

(b) The Committee prescribe that Female employees at entry on apprenticeship must have completed not less than one year's attendance at a Junior Day Domestic Course approved by the Minister for Education.

PART VI.

RULES REGULATING THE NUMBER OF APPRENTICES.

The Committee fix in relation to each employer carrying on the Trade in the Apprenticeship District, and specified in a list of such employers from time to time prepared by the Committee, the number of apprentices which the Committee consider should be employed by each such employer, as follows :—

Classes A & C.—ONE apprentice to every SIX other workers.*
		MALE APPRENTICES.
Class B.—		ONE apprentice to every FOUR other workers.* FEMALE APPRENTICES.
ONE apprentice to every THREE other workers.*
Class D.—		ONE apprentice to every THREE other workers.*

*(i.e., other workers employed on one or more of the operations specified in Part I who have had, in the case of male workers, not less than six year's employment in the trade and, in the case of female workers, not less than four year's employment in the trade.

Provided that the number of male or female workers (other than apprentices) to be taken into calculation for the purpose of these rules shall be the average weekly number of such workers, as above defined, employed by the employer during a period of 52 weeks ending on the date on which the apprentice concerned is taken into employment.

The Committee prescribe that these Rules shall cease to be operative on the expiry of a period of eighteen months from the date on which they come into force.

PART VII.

RULES REGULATING APPRENTICESHIP PREMIUMS.

The Committee prohibit the taking by any employer of any fee, premium or other consideration in respect of the employment of any person by way of apprenticeship in the Trade in the Apprenticeship District.

PART VIII.

DEFINITION OF TRADE.

The Furniture Trade is defined in the first Schedule to the Apprenticeship Act (Furniture Trade) Special Order, 1934, as being :—

1. MAKING, ALTERING or REPAIRING of articles, made wholly or mainly of wood, bamboo, or cane, which are intended for use as furniture, and the POLISHING, CARVING and OTHER ORNAMENTATION of such articles.

2. UPHOLSTERING of articles which are intended for use as furniture, whether such articles are made of wood or of a substance other than wood, and the altering or repairing of the upholstery of such articles.

3. UPHOLSTERING of seats and seating : for Theatres, Cinemas, Halls and other places of amusement or assembly, and the altering or repairing of the upholstery of such seats and seating.

4. MAKING, altering or repairing of curtains and draperies, loose covers and window furnishings, and the fixing of floor coverings.

5. MAKING, altering or repairing of mattresses, palliasses, cushions, seats filled with hair, fibre, straw, flock, wool, rubber or other substitute for hair. Including : the operation of teasing hair.

6. MAKING, altering or repairing of box spring, cane edge, cane laced, interior spring and reversible mattresses, cushions and seats.

Including : any of the operations of sawmilling, machining, turning and 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 preceding paragraphs of this Part.

But excluding : the making of Spiral Springs.