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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 343.16
ELECTRICAL FITTER SCHEME - SCHEME NO. 18
16th April, 1971
LEGAL NOTICE 28 of 1971, as amended by Legal Notices 124 of 1976,
61 and 86 of 1977, 51 of 1978 and 80 of 1979.
Citation and 
application.
Cap. 343.
1. The title of this Scheme is the Electrical Fitter Scheme -
Scheme No. 18 - and shall apply to the calling of electrical fitter in
any establishment, which occupation is hereby being designated as
a calling within the meaning and for the purposes of the
Employment and Training Services Act.
Interpretation.
Amended by:
L.N. 124 of 1976;
L.N. 61 of 1977.
Cap. 252.
2. In this Scheme unless the context otherwise requires -
"customary holidays" means the days (other than Sundays)
declared for the time being to be public holidays by or under the
National Day and other Public Holidays Act;
"Director" means the Director of Labour and includes any officer
of the Department of Labour duly authorised by him in writmg to
act in his behalf;
"hours of work" means the time in any day during which
apprentices are at the disposal of the employer exclusive of the
intervals allowed for meals and rest, but inclusive of any period of
instruction specified by the Director and of absence from the place
of business of the employer with the employer’s consent.
Entry 
qualifications.
Amended by:
L.N. 51 of 1978.
3. ( a ) No person may be employed as an apprentice under the
scheme specified in Part I of the Schedule unless it is
shown to the satisfaction of the Director that such
person has either completed the fourth year of
Secondary School or the full Trade School Course.
( b ) No person may be employed as an apprentice under the
scheme specified in Part II of the Schedule unless such
person has successfully completed an approved
technical course leading to the Certificate in the
Intermediate Examination of the City and Guilds of
London Institute in the relative trade or Electrical
Wireman’s Licence "A" or having passed a written or
oral test of that standard or both.
Period of 
apprenticeship.
4. The period of apprenticeship and theoretical and practical
training relative thereto shall be those specified in Part I and Part
II, as the case may be, of the First Schedule.
Undertaking by 
employer.
5. An employer engaging apprentices under this scheme shall
undertake to instruct them and to grant them facilities to be
instructed in accordance with the provisions of this scheme.
Classes of 
instruction.
6. (1) The Director may specify by notice given in writing to
the employer such classes of instruction which apprentices
employed under this scheme should attend. Such classes shall not
take up more than ten hours in any one week.
(2) Any employer so notified shall afford to any apprentice
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employed under this scheme facilities for attending such classes
throughout the period of apprenticeship.
(3) Should any apprentice fail to attend any classes of
instruction on any day without just cause, the employer shall be
entitled to make a deduction from the wages of the apprentice
equivalent to one-twelfth of the weekly rate in respect of each half
day or part thereof of default:
Provided that where the apprentice is conditioned to a five
day week the deduction shall be at the rate of one-tenth of the
weekly rate in respect of each half day or part thereof of default.
Hours of work and 
overtime.
7. (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 with the approval of the Director, who may impose such
conditions as he may deem fit, at the following 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 a
any week, exclusive of any time paid for at overtime
rates: time and a half;
( c ) for all time worked on Sundays and on customary
holidays: double time.
(2) Apprentices under 16 years of age may not be employed
between 11 p.m. on any one day and 6 a.m. of the next following
day.
Wages. 8. The wages to be paid to apprentices under this scheme
shall be those specified in the Second Schedule:
Provided that an apprentice shall not be automatically
entitled to payment of the relevant higher wage rate unless in the
opinion of the Director he has maintained satisfactory progress.
Weekly rest. 9. Apprentices shall be granted one whole day of rest in every
calendar week.
Vacation leave.
Substituted by:
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
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for theoretical instruction.
Sick leave.
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 sickness 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.
12. Apprentices shall be allowed two days paid leave on the
occasion of 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, as the case may be), son, daughter, brother
and sister of the apprentice.
Injury leave.
Added by:
L.N. 80 of 1979.
Cap. 318.
13. 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 coutributory negligence on his part or to contravention
by him of safety rules laid down by the management.
FIRST SCHEDULE
(Article 4)
CALLING OF ELECTRICAL FITTER
PART I
Five Year Scheme
1. (1) The period of apprenticeship in the calling of
Electrica1 Fitter for persons not in possession of City and Guilds
Intermediate Certificate or Electrical Wireman’s Licence A, shall
be of five years.
(2) Such period shall be divided into four separate phases, the
first, second, third and fourth of which shall extend over a period of
twelve, eighteen, twenty-four and six months respectively.
2. During each one of the phases, the apprentices shall be
given the theoretical and practical training hereunder specified: 
Phase I - First Twelve Months
Induction Period
Care and correct use of common hand tools such as hammers,
mallets, chisels, files, saws, centre punches, screw drivers,
spanners, pliers (including electricians’ and round nosed), shears,
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scissors (including electricians’ scissors for cutting and stripping of
small cables). Simple marking out. Exercises using files, hacksaw,
hammers and flat chisel, rule, square and calipers. Exercises in the
manipulation of non-ferrous metals and insulating materials.
Exercises using centre-punches, hand drills, taps and dies, screw
drivers and spanners. Simple electrical wiring connections of
flexible cords to electrical fittings. Use of measuring equipment
such as dividers, wire gauges, surface and depth gauges. Soft
soldering. Introduction to tools and soldering materials. Use, care
and maintenance of soldering irons. Practice in tinning and the
jointing of tinned parts. Examination for good and bad joints.
Soldering of common cables such as V.R.I. and P.V.C. up to 7/1.6
m.m. (7/.064), married and Tee joints. Soldering of flexes and
small components to tags and tag-boards. Introduction to simple
lathe work.
Phase II - Eighteen Months Thereafter
Wiring and Testing of Lighting and Power Service
Sweating lugs on cables and preparing of cable terminations.
Make and use of simple jigs and templates, making joints in bus
bars, marking out and drilling panels. Correct use of portable power
drills and drilling machines. Safety precautions. Methods of
holding down work pieces. Use of coolants. Familiarisation with
measuring instruments in common use such as megger, voltmeter
and ampermeter. Making up of more difficult lighting circuits with
two-way and intermediate switching. Lay out of lighting and
heating circuits building up of such circuits from consumers control
unit. Further exercises of wiring system including ring circuits and
accessories for domestic and industrial use. Observation of I.E.R.
Regulations and precautions on earthing. Wiring of motor and
lighting circuits in conduit.
Phase III - Twenty-four Months Thereafter
Installation and Maintenance of Machinery and Equipment
Removing and fixing pulleys, replacing of ball-bearings from
electrical motor’s shafts. Use of micro-meters, feelers and dial.
Dismantling, cleaning, examining, and replacing damaged parts, re-
assembly and testing of electric motors and switchgear. Testing of
insulation resistance. Examining and repairing of control gear,
manufacture of small defective parts and rewinding of overload and
contactor coils. Cleaning commutators and bedding of brushes.
Armature drop test. Skimming of commutators and undercutting
mica. Care and charging of batteries. Tracing of circuits and
preparation of circuit diagrams. Testing for and diagnosis of simple
faults in motors, apparatus and circuit. Lining up of motors and
machinery, direct coupling and other belt drives. Fault finding and
testing of welding and power transformers. Safety precautions
before starting work. Erection of pedestal bearing machines and
checking of air gaps. Tracing of more complicated circuits and
preparation of diagrams. Diagnosis and location of more difficult
faults and motors, apparatus and circuits.
Phase IV - Last Six Months
During the last six months of apprenticeship, apprentices shall
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specialise in any particular branch of work, which will be selected
by the Director of Labour bearing in mind both the requirements of
the employer and the wishes and aptitudes of the apprentice.
PART II
1. (1) The period of apprenticeship in the calling of Electrical
Fitter for persons in possession of the City and Guilds Intermediate
Certificate or Electrical Wireman’s Licence A, shall be of three
years.
(2) Such period shall be divided into four separate phases, the
first, second, third and fourth of which shall extend over a period of
three, nine, eighteen and six months respectively.
2. During each one of the phases, the apprentices shall be
given the theoretical and practical training hereunder specified: 
Phase 1 - First Three Months
Induction Period
Care and correct use of common hand tools such as hammers,
mallets, chisels, files, saws, centre punches, screw drivers
snanners, vliers (including electricians’ and round nosed, shears,
scissors (including electricians’ scissors for cutting and stripping of
small cables). Simple marking out. Exercises using files, hacksaw,
hammers and flat chisels, rule, square and calipers. Exercises in the
manipulation of non-ferrous metals and insulating materials.
Exercises using centre-punches, hand drills, taps and dies, screw
drivers and spanners. Simple electrical wiring connections of
flexible cords to electrical fittings. Use of measuring equipment
such as dividers, wire gauges, surface and depth gauges. Soft
soldering. Introduction to tools and soldering materials. Use, care
and maintenance of soldering irons. Practice in tinning and the
jointing of tinned parts. Examination for good and bad joints.
Soldering of common cables such as V.R.I. and P.V.C. up to 7/1.6
mm. (7/.064), married and Tee joints. Soldering of flexes and small
components to tags and tagboards. Introduction to simple lathe
work.
Phase II - Nine Months Thereafter
Wiring and Testing of Lighting and Power Service
Sweating lugs on cables and preparing of cable terminations,
Make use of simple jigs and templates, making joints in bus bars,
marking out and drilling panels. Correct use of portable power
drills and drilling machines. Safety precautions. Methods of
holding down work pieces. Use of coolants. Familiarisation with
measuring instruments in common use such as, megger, voltmeter
and ampermeter. Making up of more difficult lighting circuits with
two-way and intermediate switching. Lay out of lighting and
heating circuits building up of such circuits from consumers control
unit. Further exercises of wiring system, including ring circuits and
accessories for domestic and industrial use. Observation of I.E.E.
Regulations and precautions on earthing. Wiring of motor and
lighting circuits in conduit.
Phase III - Eighteen Months Thereafter
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Installation and Maintenance of Machinery and Equipment
Removing and fixing pulleys, replacing of ball-bearings from
electric motor’s shafts. Use of micrometers, feelers and dial.
Dismantling, cleaning, examining and replacing damaged parts, re-
assembly and testing of electric motors and switchgear. Testing of
insulation resistance. Examining and repairing of control gear,
manufacture of small defective parts and rewinding of overload and
contactor coils. Cleaning commutators and bedding of brushes.
Armature drop test. Skimming of commutators and undercutting
mica. Care and charging of batteries. Tracing of circuits and
preparation of circuit diagrams. Testing for and diagnosis of simple
faults in motors, apparatus and circuit. Lining up of motors and
machinery, direct coupling and other belt drives. Fault finding and
testing of welding and power transformers. Safety precautions
before starting work. Erection of pedestal bearing machines and
checking of air gaps. Tracing of more complicated circuits and
preparation of diagrams. Diagnosis and location of more difficult
faults and motors, apparatus and circuits.
Phase IV - Last Six Months
During the last six months of apprenticeship, apprentices shall
specialise in any particular branch of work which will be selected
by the Director of Labour bearing in mind both the requirements of
the employer and the wishes and apti tudes of the apprentices.
Substituted by:
L.N. 124 of 1976;
L.N. 61 of 1977;
L.N. 80 of 1979.
SECOND SCHEDULE
(Article 8)
Wages payable to apprentices
The wages payable to apprentices in the callings
contemplated by the scheme shall be as follows:
( a ) when the apprenticeship lasts five years:
Year Wages per 
week
First .......................................... Lm10.55,0
Second ...................................... Lm12.55,0
Third ......................................... Lm14.56,0
Fourth ....................................... Lm16.57,0
Fifth .......................................... Lm18.57,0
( b ) when the apprenticeship lasts three years:
Year Wages per 
week
First .......................................... Lm14.56,0
Second ...................................... Lm16.57,0
Third ......................................... Lm18.57,0.
