THE PAINTING TRADE

Otago Witness, Issue 4039, 11 August 1931, Page 61

THE PAINTING TRADE

INDISCRIMINATE COMPETITION

A PROTECTIVE MEASURE. WELLINGTON, August 7. An effort to give those engaged in the trade some measure of protection from indiscriminate competition from unqualified persons is indicated by the contents of the Painters and Decorators Registration Bill which Mr W. J. Jordan (Alanukau) has introduced in the House.

The Bill proposes to set up a Painters and Decorators’ Board consisting of five members, whose function shall be to receive applications for registration from those entitled to have their names placed on the register. A four years’ apprenticeship to the trade or continuous employment at any branch of the trade for four years entitles an applicant to registration. An apprentice who has obtained a proficiency certificate and has passed the necessary examination to be *et may also be admitted, but it is provided that no registration shall be granted after the expiration of a year after the coming into operation of the Act until the applicant has passed the required test. The board, which it proposed to set up, is to consist of five members—one to be appointed by the Minister of Labour, two by the New Zealand Federation of Master Painters, Decorators and Signwriters, and two by the New Zealand Painters and Decorators’ Industrial Association of Workers. The board will elect its own chairman.