AN160331 – Watchmakers' and Jewellers' Award 1970
(1) The employment of apprentices shall be governed by the Apprenticeship Regulations, 1964.
(2) Apprentices may be taken to the following trades:
(a) Watch and clock repairing;
(b) Jewellery (as defined in clause 15. - Definitions).
(3) The maximum number of apprentices allowed to any employer shall be in the proportion of one apprentice to every two or fraction of two journeymen employed by him in the jewellery trade and in the watchmaking trade respectively: Provided that the fraction shall not be less than one.
(4) The Apprenticeship Agreement shall be for a period of five years.
(5) Where classes are provided by the Technical Education Department in the locality in which the Apprentice is employed, the hours of attendance at such classes shall be eight hours per week for the first and second school years and eight hours per fortnight for the third school year or equivalent.
