APPRENTICESHIP TRAININC

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29232, 16 June 1960, Page 14

APPRENTICESHIP TRAININC

Expansion Urged By Delegates

(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON. June 15. Some employers tended to assess a prospective apprentice on the way he parted his hair rather than bother to inquire into his educational background, the Commissioner of Apprenticeship <Mr H. C. McQueen) told the No. 3 committee at the industrial development conference today. To a question by the chairman (Mr N. T. Gillespie) Mr McQueen said employers generally were not very enthusiastic about girl apprentices. “They take the view that if the girl is a good apprentice she tends to get married fairly early." he said. Mr Gillespie: That’s another form of apprenticeship, of course. Mr G. S. Amos (Wellington Manufacturers' Association) said an apprentice in the garment trade today was “almost a museum piece.” He paid a tribute to Maori girl workers, raying: ‘They are excellent—once given a little training they prove loyal, efficient and very reliable.” In its round table discussion on the whole question of apprenticeship, the committee heard delegates speak of a definite shortage of such workers in all spheres of industry and an urgent need for ta apprenticeship Beference was made to k naming Maori apf ° r tte buUdi ng indus-