Government Gazette

Vol. 404, No. 19722, 5 February 1999

Regulation Gazette, No. 6422

No. R. 130

GOVERNMENT NOTICE

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR

MANPOWER TRAINING ACT, 1981

TRANSNET TRAINING BOARD: AMENDMENT OF CONDITIONS OF APPRENTICESHIP

I, Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana, Minister of Labour, acting in terms of section 13 of the Manpower Training Act,1981, hereby amend, with effect from the date of publication of this notice, Government Notice No. R. 3 of 5 January 1996, as amended by Government Notices Nos. R. 970 of 18 July 1997 and R. 1009 of 25 July 1997, by the substitution of clauses 3 (1), 4 (6), 4 (7) and 5 (2) of the conditions of apprenticeship of the following:

  1. "3. (1) An apprentice shall be remunerated according to his/her progression through the modular training system during—

    Phase 1
    Phase 2:
    Phase 3:    		 (entry scale): R14 400,00 per annum;
    R15 600,00 per annum;
    R20 460,00 per annum;
    R21 480,00 per annum;
    R22 260,00 per annum.".

  2. "4. (6) CRITERION TEST ATTEMPTS PER PHASE

  1. An apprentice is required to apply in writing to do a criterion test.

1.1 Approval for a repeat of a criterion test is a bilateral agreement between the apprentice and the training staff and/or Labour.

  1. An apprentice will be granted only three attempts per phase.

2.1 The relevant training centre shall grant these attempts.

2.2 An apprentice may be granted a further attempt subject to the approval of the application by Transnet Training Board.

2.3 Regular feedback with remedial training shall be given and documented.

  1. Should the apprentice however be deemed unsuitable for further training, the Board may rescind his/her contract in terms of section 24 of the Act and he/she shall leave the system with the skills certificate of the highest phase that he/she has achieved.".

  1. "4. (7) PHASE TEST TEMPTS
  1. An apprentice is required to apply in writing to do a phase test.

1.1 Approval for a repeat of a criterion test is a bilateral agreement between the apprentice and the training staff and/or Labour.

  1. An apprentice will be granted only two attempts per phase test.

2.1 The relevant training centre shall grant these attempts.

2.2 Regular feedback with remedial training shall be given and documented.

  1. An apprentice may be granted a further attempt subject to the approval of the application by Transnet Training Board.

  2. Should the apprentice however be deemed unsuitable for further training, the Board may rescind his/her contract in terms of section 24 of the Act and he/she shall leave the system with the skills certificate of the highest phase that he/she has achieved.".

  1. "5. (2) An apprentice shall attend technical classes within nine months after being indentured to obtain at least three relevant subjects (trade related) in the National Technical Certificate, Part II (N2): Provided that this is obtained by the end of Phase 2 of his/her training: Provided further that such certificate has not been obtained by then the Board may consider the continuation of training.".

M. M. S. MDLADLANA
Minister of Labour