[Jewelry making - Article 01327] - Re: [Orchid] Apprenticeship rules

[Stephen Walker]

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>         Here is an interesting page on apprenticeship rules in the IUS
>     (I didn't know they had them).
>     http://www.nssb.org/certapps/Jeweler_Apprenticeship.htm 

    Very interesting program Charles. I didn't know we had those rules
    either, but suspected we might. For many years I was reluctant to
    call anyone who was working for me and getting on-the-job training an
    "apprentice" because I was afraid that there was some set of standards
    lurking out there that could get me in trouble for not following the
    legal definition of apprenticeship. Three years ago I took a young
    helper that I consider an apprentice and have been managing that
    responsibility according to my own best judgment. 

    Now the big question for me is , why havn't I heard of this before? I
    have been schooled and working in the field for about 30 years and I
    have never met anyone who has been through this program, never been
    contacted by anyone suggesting I participate and never until now seen
    any mention of my own government's official definition of
    apprenticeship in my own vocation in any publication. Is this just a
    paper ghost of some Washington bureaucrats or does an actual program
    involving real people really exist? 

Stephen Walker

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