MANUFACTURE OF JEWELLERY 
AND GOLD AND 
SILVER WARE SCHEME- SCHEME NO. 10 [ S.L.343.08 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 343.08
MANUFACTURE OF JEWELLERY AND GOLD AND 
SILVER WARE SCHEME
- SCHEME NO. 10
22nd September, 1953
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 524 of 1953, as amended by Government
Notice 216 of 1957, Act XLIV of 1965, and Legal Notices 32 of 1967, 119
of 1969, 47 and 77 of 1970, 124 of 1976, 61 and 86 of 1977, 51 of 1978 and
80 of 1979.
Citation. 
and Gold and Silverware Scheme - Scheme No. 10.
Interpretation.
Cap. 343.
2. In this scheme, unless the context otherwise requires, the
words and expressions used shall have the same meanings as those
assigned to them by the Employment and Training Services Act.
3. This scheme shall apply to the calling of jeweller, jewel
setter, goldsmith, silversmith and filigree worker.
Employment as 
apprentice.
Amended by:
XLIV. 1965.4.
Substituted by:
L.N. 61 of 1977;
L.N. 51 of 1978.
4. No person may be employed as an apprentice under this
scheme unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director that
such person has either completed the Fourth Year of a Secondary
School or the full Trade School course.
Processes to be 
learnt.
5. Employers engaging apprentices under this scheme shall
undertake to teach them and to grant them facilities to learn the
following processes by hand:
(1) Jeweller
( a ) Polishing;
( b ) Use of files, saw frame, blow pipes, drills and
other tools;
( c ) The use of rules, dividers and scribers, and
tracing designs on metals;
( d ) Rol1ing and wire drawing;
( e ) Use and treatment of alloys and solder;
( f ) Forming simple and fancy shapes in metal;
( g ) Making of brooch and earring fittings, joints,
catches, shanks, rail claws and spring parts;
soldering; doming and shaping; making of
simple and fancy galleries;
( h ) Adjusting metal to suit precious stones;
( i ) Forming, moulding and casting of rings; making
of simple stone and cluster rings, brooches,
earrings, and bracelets (except  chenier  work);
( j ) Safety precautions in the workshop.
(2) Jewel Setter
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( a ) Use of drills, scrapers and other tools;
( b ) Adjusting metals to suit gems;
( c ) Setting of gems on mount using claw, flush
millegrain or cup type of setting;
( d ) Safety precautions in the workshop.
(3) Goldsmith
( a ) Polishing;
( b ) The use of files, sawframe, blow-pipes, drills
and other tools;
( c ) The use of rules, dividers and scribers, and
tracing designs on metals;
( d ) Rolling and wire drawing;
( e ) Making  cheniers ;
( f ) Forming simple and fancy shapes in metal;
( g ) Use and treatment of alloys and solder;
( h ) Making of brooch and earring fittings, joints,
catches, shanks, rail claws spring parts and clip
frames; soldering, doming shaping; making of
simple and fancy galleries;
( i ) Forming, moulding and casting of gold objects,
making of rings, brooches, earrings and
bracelets;
( j ) Finishing and colour processing;
( k ) Safety precautions in the workshop;
( l ) At the option of the employer the apprentice
may also be instructed in silver work.
(4) Silversmith
( a ) Polishing;
( b ) Use of files, sawframe, blow-pipes, drills,
hammers, burnishers and other tools;
( c ) Use of rules, dividers and scribers, tracing
designs on metals,
( d ) Use and treatment of alloys and solder;
( e ) Cutting out designs with piercing saw; shaping,
raising, embossing and chasing;
( f ) Making of articles in silver by beating or cutting
out from sheet metal; assembling and soldering
together cast, pressed, stamped or other parts;
( g ) Safety precautions in the workshop.
(5) Filigree Worker
( a ) Use of files, blow-pipes and other tools;
( b ) Use of rules, dividers and gauges;
( c ) Rolling, wire drawing and twisting. Forming
simple and ornamental designs by metal
according to different patterns;
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( d ) Making of brooches, earrings, bracelets and
other objects;
( e ) Finishing; colour processing (if gold is used);
( f ) Gilding (if such process is used by the
employer);
( g ) Safety precautions in the workshop.
Period of 
apprenticeship.
Amended by:
XLIV. 1965.4;
L.N. 119 of 1969.
6. The period of apprenticeship in any of the callings under
this scheme shall be of six years:
Provided that six months shall be deducted from the said
period of six years, to a total deduction of not more than two years,
in respect of each year of learnership in the calling, undergone by
the prospective apprentice with the permission of the Director:
Provided that in respect of contracts of apprenticeship
entered into after the 1st day of January, 1970, the period of
apprenticeship shall be of five years in the callings of Jeweller and
Jewel Setter and of four years in the callings of Goldsmith,
Silversmith and Filigree Worker.
Wages.
Substituted by:
G.N. 216 of 1957;
L.N. 32 of 1967;
L.N. 119 of 1969;
L.N. 124 of 1976;
L.N. 61 of 1977;
L.N. 80 of 1979.
7. The wages payable to apprentices in the callings to which
this scheme applies shall be as follows:
( a ) when the apprenticeship lasts five years:
( b ) when the apprenticeship lasts four years:
Hours of work.
Substituted by:
L.N. 119 of 1969;
L.N. 47 of 1970.
8. (1) The hours of work of apprentices employed under this
scheme shall not exceed nine hours in any one day:
Provided that employers may employ apprentices on
overtime work with the approval of the Director, who may impose
such conditions as he may deem fit, at the follovaing rates of
remuneration:
( a ) for all time worked in excess of nine hours daily: time
and a half;
(b) for all time worked in excess of forty-five hours in any
week, exclusive of any time paid at overtime rates:
time and a half;
( c ) for all time worked on Sundays and on customary
Year Wages per week
First Lm 10.55,0
Second Lm 12.55,0
Third Lm 14.56,0
Fourth Lm 16.57,0
Fifth Lm 18.57,0;
Year Wages per week
First Lm 10.55,0
Second Lm 13.22,0
Third Lm 15.90,0
Fourth Lm 18.57,0.
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holidays: double time.
(2) Apprentices under 16 years of age may not be employed
between 11 p.m. of any one day and 6 a.m. of the next following
day.
Periods of rest.
Substituted by:
L.N. 119 of 1969;
L.N. 80 of 1979.
9. Apprentices shall be granted one whole day of rest in every
calendar week.
Vacation leave.
Substituted by:
L.N. 119 of 1969;
L.N. 77 of 1970;
L.N. 86 of 1977.
10. Apprentices shall be entitled, in every calendar year, to -
( a ) all customary holidays with full pay, and
( b ) after three months in employment, vacation leave of
such number of working days with full pay as is
equivalent to the number of working days as that
particular apprentice should normally attend to work
during a period of four weeks:
Provided that -
( a ) all apprentices who have been in employment for less
than one year shall be entitled to such part of the said
vacation leave as is in proportion to the number of
months in employment, and
( b ) vacation leave may not normally be availed of on any
day when the apprentice is required to attend school
for theoretical instruction.
Sick leave.
Added by:
L.N. 119 of 1969.
Cap. 318.
11. (1) After completing the first six months of
apprenticeship, apprentices shall be entitled to twenty days sick
leave on full pay in every calendar year less any sickess benefit to
which they may be entitled under the Social Security Act:
Provided that a medical certificate certifying incapacity for
work covering the period of absence is produced to the employer,
who may require his medical practitioner to examine the
apprentice.
(2) Apprentices shall not be entitled to the payment of any
wages for the first three days of every period of sick leave:
Provided that the number of unpaid days of sick leave shall
not be deducted from the entitlement of paid sick leave.
Bereavement 
leave.
Added by:
L.N. 119 of 1969.
12. Apprentices shall be allowed two days paid leave on the
death of any of the following: the wife, husband, mother, father (or
the person who at the time was in fact acting as the mother or
father), son, daughter, brother and sister of the apprentice.
Customary 
holidays.
Added by:
L.N. 119 of 1969.
Amended by:
L.N. 124 of 1976.
Substituted by:
L.N. 61 of 1977.
Cap. 252.
13. In this scheme "customary holidays" means the days (other
than Sundays) declared fo the time being to be public holidays by
or under the National Day and other Public Holidays Act.
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Injury leave.
Added by:
L.N. 80 of 1979.
Cap. 318.
14. An apprentice shall be entitled to one year injury leave on
full pay, less the full amount of any injury benefit to which an
apprentice may be entitled in terms of the Social Security Act, if he
is injured during the actual discharge of his duty and such injury is
not due to contributory negligence on his part or to contravention
by him of safety rules laid down by the management.
