14 June 2002
Manpower Training Act, 1981 (Read with Schedule 2 Item 4(5) of the Skills Development Act, 1998.)
| 1) |
I, Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana, Minister of Labour, acting in terms of section 13 of the Manpower Training Act, 1981 , hereby- |
| a) |
Designate in the Jewellery and Precious Metal Sub-sector in the Republic of South Africa the under-mentioned trades as trades in respect of which the Act shall apply with affect from the date of publication of this notice: |
TRADES
| ➢ |
Diamond and Jewel Setting (excluding Marcasite Setting) |
| ➢ |
Precious Metal Working and Mounting (including Diamond Mounting but excluding Marcasite Working) |
| b) |
Prescribe, with effect from the date of publication of this notice, the conditions set out hereunder as conditions of apprenticeship in respect of the trades designated in paragraph (a) in the sector and the area mentioned therein; and |
| c) |
Withdraw Government Notices Nos. R 1989 of 25 November 1994, R.618 of 25 April 1997 and R.363 of 13 March 1998 with effect from the date of publication of this notice: Provided that clauses 2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8 of the relevant conditions of apprenticeship shall remain applicable in respect of an apprentice whose contract of apprenticeship was entered into prior to the date of the coming into operation of this notice. |
| 2) |
For the purpose of this notice. "Jewellery and Precious Metal Sub-Sector" means the joint enterprise in which employers and their employees are associated wholly or mainly for any one or more of the following purposes: |
| a) |
The manufacture of the following articles mainly from precious metals,including all activities incidental to such manufacture: |
| i) |
Articles of Jewellery and/or personal adornment, with or without ornamental stones; |
| ii) |
Mountings for ornamental stones; |
| iii) |
Medals, medallions, badges, masonic jewels and/or like articles; |
| iv) |
Ornaments, Ornamental vessels, ornamental utensils and/or like ornamental articles; |
| v) |
Parts of any of the aforesaid articles; |
| b) |
the setting and/or resetting of ornamental stones in any article referred to in paragraph (a); |
| c) |
the engraving of any article referred to in paragraph (a); |
| d) |
the repairing, altering and/or renovating of any articles referred to in paragraph (a); |
| e) |
the enamelling of any article referred to in paragraph (a); |
| f) |
the making and/or repairing of tools and/or dies used or intended for use in any of the activities referred to int his definition when undertaken by any employer engaged in such activities; |
| g) |
the engraving of dies used or intended for use in any of the activities referred to in this definition. |
M M S Mdladlana
Minister of Labour
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997
