LEATHER GLOVE CUTTER SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 9 [ S.L.594.07 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 594.07 LEATHER GLOVE CUTTER SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 9 28th August, 1953 GOVERNMENT NOTICE 480 of 1953, as amended by Act XLIV of 1965, and Legal Notices 32 of 1967, 119 of 1969, 47 and 77 of 1970, 124 of 1976, 61 and 86 of 1977, 51 of 1978, 80 of 1979 and 424 of
- The title of this Scheme is the Leather Glove Cutter Scheme - Scheme No.
- Citation.
- In this scheme, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and expressions used shall have the same meanings as those assigned to them by the Employment and Training Services Act. Interpretation.
- This scheme shall apply to the calling of leather glove cutter. Applicability.
- No person may be employed as an apprentice under this scheme unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director that such person has either completed the fourth year of a Secondary School or the full Trade School Course, and has completed a period of six months as a learner in the calling of leather glove cutter. Employment as apprentice. Amended by: XLIV. 1965.
- Substituted by: L.N. 61 of 1977; L.N. 51 of
- Employers engaging apprentices under this scheme shall undertake to teach them and to grant them facilities to learn the following processes: Processes to be learnt.
(1)An appreciation of the various kinds of leather used in the manufacture of leather gloves, and in particular: (
- a)Difference of Texture according to: (
- i)Type and origin of raw skins used; (
- ii)Preliminary processing and tannage employed; (iii) Subsequent dyeing and finishing processes employed. (
- b)Suitability of leathers for various types of gloves: Men’s wear; women’s wear; short day wear; long evening wear; seasonal differences such as lined and unlined; washable gloves; suede or grain gloves; brushed "tinted" or plugged dyed gloves; "two piece" gloves.
(2)The grading and selection of various leathers employed for the types of gloves being produced.
(3)The individual planning of each skin for maximum production compatible with the quality desired prior to cutting.
(4)The hand doleing of leather to ensure increased feetage and weight correction as an aid to maximum material utilization and imporved quality of the Cap. 594. 1 2 [ S.L.594.07 LEATHER GLOVE CUTTER SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 9 finisked glove.
(5)Tools used for the cutting and punching of gloves and their maintenance.
(6)Explanation of principles underlying the cutter’s craft: (
- a)the foundation of sizing; (
- b)the control of natural "stretch" or "run" of the leather; (
- c)correct procedure for quality control, including the placing of faults, also colour and weight matching; (
- d)methodological working for speed and achievement.
(7)Explanation of the effect of indifferent cutting upon: (
- a)subsequent processes of manufacture; (
- b)the finished product.
(8)The method of damping skins in order to condition them for the cutting process and proper working of the leather.
(9)Safety precautions in the workshop.
(10)The actual cutting of the component parts of gloves in the following sequence: (
- a)Handling and pulling of leather; cutting and "trying out " of fourchettes; gussets; welts; (
- b)Cutting and "trying out" thumbs; (
- c)"Trying out" tranks; (
- d)Pulling out cut off lengths ready for "parting"; (
- e)Measuring and placing tranks; "parting", "trying out" and "trimming"; (
- f)Damping; "pulling up skins"; assessing production; cutting up completely; (
- g)Improving and gaining additional experience of as may types of leather and gloves as possible. Period of apprenticeship. Amended by: XLIV. 1965.4. Classes of instruction. Added by: L.N. 86 of 1977. 6. The period of apprenticeship shall be of four years: Provided that six months shall be deducted from the said periodof four years, in respect of any period of learnership of six months or more in the above calling, undergone by the prospective apprentice with the permission of the Director. 7.
(1)The Director may specify, by notice given in writing to the employer, such classes of instruction which apprentices employed under this scheme should attend. Such classes shall not take up more than ten hours in any one week.
(2)Any employer so notified shall afford to any apprentice employed under this scheme facilities for attending such classes throughout the period of apprenticeship.
(3)Should any apprentice fail to attend any classes of instruction on any day without just cause, the employer shall be LEATHER GLOVE CUTTER SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 9 [ S.L.594.07 3 entitled to make a deduction from the wages of the apprentice equivalent to one twelfth of the weekly rate in respect of each half day or part thereof of default: Provided that where the apprentice is conditioned to a five day week, the deduction shall be at the rate of one tenth of the weekly rate in respect of each half day or part thereof of default. 8. The wages payable to the apprentices in the calling to which this scheme applies shall be as follows: Year First Second Third Fourth Wages per week €24.57 €30.79 €37.04 €43.26. 9.
(1)The hours of work of apprentices employed under this scheme shall not exceed nine hours in any one day: Provided that employers may employ apprentices on overtime work with the approval of the Director, who may impose such conditions as he may deem fit, at the following rates of remuneration: Wages. Substituted by: L.N. 32 of 1967; L.N. 119 of 1969; L.N. 124 of 1976; L.N. 61 of 1977; L.N. 80 of
- Amended by: L.N. 424 of
- Hours of work. Substituted by: L.N. 119 of 1969; L.N. 47 of
- (a) for all time worked in excess of nine hours daily: time and a half; (b) for all time worked in excess of forty-five hours in any week, exclusive of any time paid at overtime rates: time and a half; (c) for all time worked on Sundays and on customary holidays: double time.
(2)Apprentices under 16 years of age may not be employed between 11 p.m. of any one day and 6 a.m. of the next following day. 10. Apprentices shall be granted one whole day of rest in every calendar week. 11. Apprentices shall be entitled, in every calendar year, to (
- a)all customary holidays with full pay, and (
- b)after three months in employment, vacation leave of such number of working days with full pay as is equivalent to the number of working days as that particular apprentice should normally attend to work during a period of four weeks: Provided that (
- a)all apprentices who have been in employment for less than one year shall be entitled to such part of the said vacation leave as is in proportion to the number of months in employment, and (
- b)vacation leave may not normally be availed of on any Periods of rest. Substituted by: L.N. 119 of 1969; L.N. 80 of 1979. Vacation leave. Substituted by: L.N. 119 of 1969; L.N. 77 of 1970; L.N. 86 of 1977. 4 [ S.L.594.07 LEATHER GLOVE CUTTER SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 9 day when the apprentice is required to attend school for theoretical instruction. Sick leave. Substituted by: L.N. 119 of 1969. Cap. 318. 12.
(1)After completing the first six months of apprenticeship, apprentices shall be entitled to twenty days sick leave on full pay in every calendar year less any sickness benefit to which they may be entitled under the Social Security Act: Provided that a medical certificate certifying incapacity for work covering the period of absence is produced to the employer, who may require his medical practitioner to examine the apprentice.
(2)Apprentices shall not be entitled to the payment of any wages for the first three days of every period of sick leave: Provided that the number of unpaid days of sick leave shall not be deducted from the entitlement of paid sick leave. Bereavement leave. Added by: L.N. 119 of
- Apprentices shall be allowed two days paid leave on the death of any of the following: the wife, husband, mother, father (or the person who at the time was in fact acting as the mother or father), son, daughter, brother and sister of the apprentice. Customary holidays. Added by: L.N. 119 of
- Amended by: L.N. 124 of
- Substituted by: L.N. 61 of
- Cap.
- In this scheme, "customary holidays" means the days (other than Sundays) declared for the time being to be public holidays by or under the National Day and other Public Holidays Act. Injury leave. Added by: L.N. 80 of
- Cap.
- An apprentice shall be entitled to one year injury leave on full pay, less the full amount of any injury benefit to which an apprentice may be entitled in terms of the Social Security Act, if he is injured during the actual discharge of his duty and such injury is not due to contributory negligence on his part or to contravention by him of safety rules laid down by the management.