MOTOR MECHANICS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 272, 1 November 1932, Page 4

MOTOR MECHANICS

EXAMINATIONS TO BE HELD. CERTIFICATED GARAGES. The New Zealand Garage Proprietors’ Association has drawn up a plan for the examination and certification of motor mechanics, and the issue of a sign or token to those garages which are qualified to receive them. The object of the move is to meet the request of motor owners that when their vehicles are placed in a garage to be repaired the work will be done by skilled mechanics, with suitable equipment. The Association has prepared a Synopsis of the qualifications necessary for such a certificate. It states that the intention is to ask the motor mechanics of the Dominion to submit their qualifications to an expert board of examiners who will determine the eligibility of each mechanic to receive the . certificate of the Association. Eligibility will be determined from proved experience and practice, oral and practical examinations. To bo eligible for examination an applicant must have at least five years’ actual workshop experience in the repair and upkeep of motor vehicles. THE SYLLABUS. The syllabus is divided into four groups:—Fitting, electrical, machine shop practice, tuning and adjusting. To qualify for an “A” grade garage certificate applicants will be expected to reach a fair and reasonable standard, in fixing which premises, plant and equipment, service facilities, and the employment of the required quota of certified mechanics will be taken into account. When tho board of examiners certifies that tho garage is to the required standard, an “A” grade emblem will bo issued, subject to tho following conditions: — 1. That tho garage proprietor is a member of the New Zealand Garage Proprietors’ Association (Inc.) 2. That a deposit to cover the value of tho sign bo paid and an undertaking given to return it to the Association on request. 3. That tho percentage of “A” grade mechanics employed in the business is not less than one of every three.

or fraction of three mechanics employed, including working proprietors. 4. That the applicant agrees to pay to mechanics holding “A” grade certificates not less than 2d per hour more than the minimum wage for motor mechanics provided in the Motor Mechanics’ award. Should no award be in force, the applicant will agree to pay not. less than 2/- an hour to certificated men.

Complaints in respect of a breach of any of the conditions under which emblems are issued, or in respect of unjust treatment of a client, will be dealt with by the Association, which reserves the right to withdraw the emblem and cancel the name on the register of any member who, after enquiry, may be found guilty of a breach of the conditions, Or of conduct likelyto bring the name of the motor trade into disrepute.