Manpower Training Act, 1981 (Act No. 56 of 1981)

Designation of Trades and Prescription of Conditions of Apprenticeship

5. Technical Studies
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1)An apprentice who is not in possession of the minimum qualifications as stated in clause 7 (2) (c) shall attend technical courses to obtain such technical qualifications, either by means of full-time study during working hours or by correspondence courses after hours, unless otherwise determined by the MQA.

 

2)
a)Where facilities exist for the attendance of technical classes by continuous course of study within a radius of 20km of the residence of the apprentice, he shall attend classes five days a week during normal working hours for the duration of the course, unless otherwise determined by the MQA.
b)Where facilities as contemplated in paragraph (a) do not exist within that radius, the apprentice shall follow appropriate correspondence courses, unless the employer and apprentice agree that technical classes are to be attended on full-time basis.

 

3)
a)Where an apprentice has complied with the requirement of clause 7(2)(c), he shall be entitled to continue attending further classes, in the manner prescribed by subclause (2).
b)Further attendance of any class, course or subject, where an apprentice has not passed his first examination in the applicable course, shall take place outside working hours and at his own cost.

 

4)An apprentice may not be permitted or required to report for work for the duration of a course attended in terms of subclause (2) (a).

 

5)The provisions of subclause (3) shall mutatis mutandis apply to an apprentice who is following a correspondence course in terms of subclause 2 (b).

 

6)An apprentice who is unable to attend technical classes for the duration of a continuous course of study, or at least attend half an academic year of technical classes, or to follow a correspondence course, as the case may be, as a result of any absence as approved by the MQA, shall not be required to continue his studies during such a year.

 

7)The provisions of subclause (3) shall mutatis mutandis apply to an apprentice who has complied with the provision to an apprentice who has complied with the provisions of clause 7 (2) ( c) and who continues voluntary with further studies related to the trade in which he is indentured.

 

8)In case of an apprentice who has to study by means of a correspondence course, the apprentice shall be required to write the examination by not later than the end of the year.