Naval Establishments Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVAL DEFENCE ACT 1910–1912.
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over
the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive
Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the
Dated this eighth day of January, 1919.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
A. POYNTON,
for Minister of State for the Navy.
Amendment of Naval Establishments Regulations.
(Statutory Rules 1916, No. 243, as amended by Statutory Rules 1918, Nos. 180 and 300.)
1. Regulations 77, 78, 79, 79a, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, and 85 are repealed, and the following inserted in their stead:—
77. Apprentices to the various trades at the Naval Dockyards and Establishments shall be entered from candidates who pass a competitive examination, and who comply with the conditions of entry, which shall be prescribed by the Naval Board.
(2) Candidates for examination must not be less than fourteen years of age upon 31st March of the year following that in which the examination is held, and must not have attained the age of sixteen years upon that date.
(3) Candidates must be of pure European descent, and the sons of natural-born British subjects.
78. Before the educational examination, each candidate should be medically examined by a Medical Officer appointed by the Naval Board, and must comply with the following requirements:—
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a )Must be in good health and of sound constitution, and be free, as far as can be ascertained, from any disease or defect that would unfit a candidate for the duties of an artisan;(
b )hearing must be unimpaired; and(
c ) the sight of both eyes must be sufficiently good for the performance of any work.
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(2) Candidates who cannot produce certificates of vaccination require to be vaccinated before entry.
78a. Before a successful candidate, who is liable for training under the compulsory clauses of the
Defence Act 1903–17 is entered, he should produce evidence from his Area Officer that he has rendered the personal service required, or has been granted a temporary exemption.
79. The apprenticeship to each trade shall be for a period of five (5) years, and the parents, guardian, or next friend of the apprentice must become a party to the apprenticeship agreement. (See Appendix A)
(2) A record is to be kept of all time lost by an apprentice, owing to absence without leave, or through illness exceeding 21 days in any one year, and such time shall be added to the term of apprenticeship. Adjustments are to be made annually.
(3) Each candidate entered shall serve a probationary period of three months before the completion of apprenticeship agreement. Upon completion of apprenticeship, a certificate as to efficiency, conduct, &c. during the term of training is to be issued to each apprentice.
80. The rates of pay shall be as follows:—
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(2) Increments shall be dependent upon the full year’s service having been rendered.
(3) Industrial Award rates are to be paid in any trade where higher than rates shown above.
80a. Each apprentice whose ability, progress, and general conduct at his work have been satisfactory, who has attended regularly at a State Technical School, and who passes the annual examination of the State Technical Education Department, shall, on approval of the General Manager, be granted an increase of 2s. 6d. per week in his pay for the following year.
80b. An apprentice whose home is more than 20 miles from Sydney, and who is required to reside away from his home, may be granted, in addition to his ordinary rate of pay, the following weekly allowance towards his board and lodging expenses:—
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80c. An apprentice, on first taking up duty, may be refunded the amount, if any, by which the rail or steamer ticket from his home to the place of employment exceeds £3; provided that, in the event of his apprenticeship agreement not being completed after the probationary term of three months, a refund of the amount so paid shall be made by the apprentice.
81. The Naval Board may, upon the recommendation of the General Manager of the establishment, grant a special weekly allowance in cases of the following exceptional circumstances :—
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a ) Where the father has been killed or has died in the Commonwealth Service subsequent to the entry of the apprentice ; or(b) in cases in which the circumstances of the family, subsequent to the entry of the apprentice, have become materially reduced owing to the death of the father.
(2) This allowance shall only be granted in special and urgent cases of distress.
82. Leave shall be granted to apprentices under the same conditions as apply to other employees at H.M.A. Naval Dockyards and Establishments.
83. Supplementary to his workshop training, each apprentice is required, during his apprenticeship, to attend a Trade Course at least three times each week as directed, at any State Technical School approved by the General Manager for additional training in trade exercises, trade mathematics, and trade drawing. The apprentice is to pay the fees for these Trade Classes, but all such fees shall be refunded by the Government at the conclusion of the period paid for, provided the attendance and progress of the apprentice have been satisfactory during such period.
84. Apprentices shall be permitted to attend higher courses at a State Technical College approved by the General Manager at Government expense, where, in the opinion of the General Manager of the Naval Establishment, their work and progress at the Technical School are considered satisfactory. Such higher training in the more advanced trade work, and in the science connected therewith, is given with the object of enabling apprentices later, if sufficiently experienced, to become eligible for the position of chargeman or foreman.
85. A total sum of £30 for distribution as prizes annually to apprentices is allotted
pro ratâ to Commonwealth Naval Dockyard, Cockatoo Island, H.M.A. Naval Yard, Garden Island, and the Wireless Workshops, Randwick, New South Wales.(2) These prizes shall be awarded by the General Manager to apprentices who possess the highest qualifications, provided that they obtain not less than 60 per cent. of the marks at the annual examination of the State Technical Education Department, and subject to good conduct, regular attendance, zeal, and industry at the State Technical School and the Naval Establishment at which they are employed.
86. An apprentice graduating in the higher courses at a State Technical College, and who displays marked ability and promise, may be assisted financially to qualify as a professional officer at a University. He should, however, be required to enter into an undertaking to serve a minimum period of five (5) years in one of His Majesty’s Australian Naval Establishments when qualified.
2. Add at end of Regulations the following Appendix:—
APPENDIX “A.”
APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT.
This Agreement made the day of 19 between
of
born on the
hereinafter called “the Apprentice,” of the first part,
of
of the said
), of the second part, and the General Manager of His Majesty’s Australian Naval Establishment at, ,who with his successors in his said office or other person appointed from time to time to perform the duties of his said office, is hereinafter called “the Master” (for and on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia), of the third part. Whereas the party of the second part has requested the master to take the apprentice as his apprentice, for the purposes and on the conditions hereinafter set forth : And whereas the master has agreed so to do subject to the party of the second part entering into the agreements hereinafter set forth : And whereas the apprentice has voluntarily agreed to become apprentice to the master for the said purposes and on the said conditions Now it is hereby agreed as follows :—
1. In consideration of the agreements of the master hereinafter contained, the apprentice (with the consent and approbation of the said party of the second part, testified by his being a party hereto), doth by this agreement, freely and voluntarily put and place himself apprentice to the master to learn and exercise the art or occupation of in the several branches or departments thereto in which apprentices are, or shall, or may be employed in His Majesty’s Australian Naval Establishment at or other places, as may at any time or times during the term of his apprenticeship, be directed by the Commonwealth Naval Board, to serve as an apprentice with and under the master for the use and benefit of the Commonwealth Naval Board, for and during, and unto the end of the full term of years, to be computed from the day of the date of entry on the Yard Books.
2. The apprentice and the party of the second part do severally hereby agree with the master that he the said apprentice shall and will during the said term faithfully and industriously serve the master, and also such persons as he the said apprentice may be placed under by the master, and obey all their respective lawful commands, orders, and directions, and will observe all rules and regulations which are or shall be from time to time made by the said Commonwealth Naval Board in respect of apprentices, and generally will diligently conduct himself, and use his best abilities and endeavours towards his improvement and perfection in the said art or occupation of , and for the good and benefit of the Commonwealth Naval Board. And also that he the said apprentice shall not and will not at any time during the said term do, or willingly suffer to be done, any act or thing whatsoever whereby the goods and effects of the Commonwealth of Australia can, shall, or may in any wise be embezzled, injured, or damaged, or its officers or service defrauded, or otherwise prejudiced in any manner howsoever, nor shall, nor will, at any time absent himself from the service or work without the leave of the master or any officers under whose authority he may be placed, nor contract marriage during the period of this Agreement; nor be guilty by word or action of any immoral, indecent, irregular, or improper conduct or behaviour in any respect whatsoever, but shall and will demean himself at all times with strict propriety and submission to his superiors.
3. The party of the second part doth hereby agree with the Master—
(1) That he the said party of the second part shall from time to time during the said term find and provide for the apprentice good and sufficient board, lodging, clothing and washing and all other necessaries proper to his personal accommodation and benefit, suitable to his said intended situation,
and shall also provide such implements, working tools and instruments as the customs of the trade require to enable him to learn and practise the said art or occupation of
and
(2) if the master shall under clause (5) hereof have declared this agreement to be void for any of the following reasons, namely—
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a ) That the said apprentice shall for the space of one week during the said term (unless disabled from work by sickness or accident, or unless from some other cause proved to the satisfaction of the master to be reasonable) have absented himself from his service and employment under this agreement without the licence and consent of the master or other person authorized in that behalf or(
b ) That the said apprentice shall have neglected or been unfit to carry out the reasonable and necessary work required of him, or(
c ) That the said apprentice shall have been guilty of embezzlement or other criminal conduct,then he the said party of the second part shall forthwith—
(i) repay to the master the amount of all fees paid by or on behalf of the apprentice to any Trade School in respect of any trade classes attended by the apprentice during the currency of this agreement and refunded by the master or the Commonwealth and
(ii) pay to the master the amount of all fees expended by the master or the Commonwealth during the currency of this agreement for the attendance of the apprentice at any Technical College, and
(iii) pay to the master the amount of all fees expended by the master or the Commonwealth in payment of instructional allowances made to instructors at the Establishment where the apprentice is receiving instruction.
4. In consideration of all and singular the premises the master doth hereby agree with the apprentice and the party of the second part, and each of them, that he, the said apprentice duly observing, performing, and keeping all the agreements on his part hereinbefore contained shall be properly taught and fully instructed in the said art or occupation of . And shall during such time as he shall, continue at his work be entitled to receive all the wages, emoluments, and advantages which the Commonwealth Naval Board shall from time to time think proper to allow to apprentices of his description.
5. It is hereby specially stipulated and agreed by and between the said parties hereto, that in case the said apprentice shall for the space of one week during the said term (unless disabled from work by sickness or accident, the latter arising in or from his employment) absent himself from his service and employment under this Agreement without the licence and consent of the master or other person authorized in that behalf, or shall neglect or be unfit to perform the reasonable and necessary work required of him, or shall be guilty of embezzlement or other criminal conduct, or shall for a period of six consecutive calendar months be disabled from work by sickness, or shall suffer from any disease or complaint that would render his continued employment dangerous to himself or his fellow employees, it shall be lawful for the master, the approval of the Commonwealth Naval Board having previously been obtained, to declare this Agreement to be void by notice in writing, signed by the master, and left at the usual or last place of abode of the party of the second part, or if he be dead, or cannot be found, by exhibiting the said notice publicly in the Naval Establishment, and thereupon this Agreement shall be void accordingly.
In witness whereof the parties to this Agreement have hereunto subscribed their names, the day and year first above written.
Signed by the said
in the presence of
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in the presence of
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Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by H. J. Green, Acting Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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