| 1) | An accredited training board shall, unless the registrar determines otherwise, perform in the industry and in the area in respect of which it has been accredited, the following functions: |
| a) | Carry out the duties and exercise the powers which are by this Act imposed on or conferred upon it, with due consideration of the training needs of the Republic; |
| b) | frame conditions of apprenticeship and other formalised training schemes which will best serve the training needs of the industry in respect of which the training board has been accredited; |
| c) | accept responsibility for the administration of apprenticeship training; |
| d) | on request of the registrar inquire into and make recommendations to him with regard to any matter which in terms of the provisions of this Act falls within the functions of the registrar; |
| e) | inquire into any dispute arising out of - |
| i) | any contract of apprenticeship; |
and which has been referred to it by a party to the dispute or by the registrar or a training adviser, and endeavour to settle the dispute;
| f) | appoint persons whom it may authorize to perform any of its functions in terms of this Act; |
| g) | in consultation with the registrar evaluate trade qualifications obtained outside the Republic; |
| h) | in consultation with the registrar establish a system for the governing and controlling of trade testing; |
| i) | make available training in the principles and techniques of evaluation to trade test officers and all persons evaluating the training and conducting the testing of apprentices; |
| j) | by a continuous process of training and retraining upgrade the work proficiencies of qualified artisans; |
| k) | counter any limiting factors on the flow of sufficient candidates for training as artisans; |
| l) | in collaboration with the Department frame guidelines on the selection of candidates for apprenticeship and encourage employers to provide persons doing the selection with the necessary training; |
| m) | in collaboration with the Department furnish prospective apprentices with vocational guidance on career selection and career content; |
| n) | furnish the Department on a continuous basis with information regarding technical professions and the career opportunities which they offer; |
| o) | in consultation with the board promote closer co-operation between formal education and training in respect of the design and content of curricula; |
| p) | take the necessary steps, especially during downswings in the economy, for the promotion of training, including the training of apprentices; |
| q) | initiate and monitor training programmes; |
| r) | provide out of its own funds financial incentives for the training of apprentices and, where applicable, of other employees; |
| s) | furnish the registrar with such statistics as he may require from time to time, |
and may accredit training centres as contemplated in sections 31, 32 and 34 to provide training on behalf of employers in the industry and area concerned.
| a) | In the carrying out of any duty or the exercise of any power imposed on or conferred upon it under this Act, an accredited training board and a training committee shall, in respect of the industry and area for which the training board is accredited, be vested with all the powers conferred upon the board by subsections (1), (2), (3), (5) and (6) of section 5, and the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (7) of that section shall mutatis mutandis apply to the exercising of those powers by the training board or any such training committee: Provided that a person shall not be summoned under subsection (1) of section 5, as applied by the aforegoing provisions of this paragraph, if the object or one of the objects is to investigate whether such person has committed any offence: Provided further that any amount payable under subsection (6) of section 5, as so applied, shall be paid from the funds of the training board. |
| b) | The oath may be administered to or an affirmation may be taken from any witness by the person presiding over the meeting of the training board or training committee at which the witness appears. |
