“8 (1) The Central Government shall prescribe the number of apprentices to be engaged by the employer for designated trade and optional trade.
(2) Several employers may join together either themselves or through an agency, approved by the Apprenticeship Adviser, according to the guidelines issued from time to time by the Central Government in this behalf, for the purpose of providing apprenticeship training to the apprentices under them.”.
8. In section 9 of the principal Act,—
(i) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) Every employer shall make suitable arrangements in his workplace for imparting a course of practical training to every apprentice engaged by him.”;
(ii) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— “(3) Such of the trade apprentices who have not undergone institutional training in a school or other institution recognised by the National Council or any other institution affiliated to or recognised by a Board or State Council of Technical Education or any other authority which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf, shall, before admission in the workplace for practical training, undergo a course of basic training and the course of basic training shall be given to the trade apprentices in any institute having adequate facilities.”;
(iii) sub-sections 4A, 4B, 5 and 6 shall be omitted.
Insertion of new sections 5A and 5B.
Regulation of optional trade.
Engagement of apprentices from other States.
Amendment of section 6.
Substitution of section 8.
Number of apprentices for a designated trade and optional trade.
Amendment of section 9.
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(iv) for sub-section (7) and sub-section (7A), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:— “(7) In the case of an apprentice other than a graduate or technician apprentice or technician (vocational) apprentice, the syllabus of and the equipment to be utilised for, practical training including basic training in any designated trade shall be such as may be approved by the Central Government in consultation with the Central Apprenticeship Council.
(7A) In the case of graduate or technician apprentices or technician (vocational) apprentices, the programme of apprenticeship training and the facilities required for such training in any designated trade shall be such as may be approved by the Central Government in consultation with the Central Apprenticeship Council.”;
(v) in sub-section (8), in clause (c), after the words ‘‘employer alone”, the words “except apprentices who holds degree or diploma in non-engineering” shall be inserted.
9. In section 15 of the principal Act,—
(i) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) The weekly and daily hours of work of an apprentice while undergoing practical training in a workplace shall be as determined by the employer subject to the compliance with the training duration, if prescribed.”;
(ii) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— “(3) An apprentice shall be entitled to such leave and holidays as are observed in the establishment in which he is undergoing training.”.