New MC&W rule: Contractors must hire apprentices!
“What we intend to do as a Ministry is attach an addendum to contracts where the contractors would sign an agreement and based on the size of the contract, hire a number of apprentices,” the Minister told members of the media.
According to the Minister, apprentices are also currently attached to the Water and Sewerage (W&SD) and Public Works departments, and that acting Deputy Director of W&SD Bernard Grant is responsible for the apprentices of both departments.
The Minister added that the apprentices’ performances will be evaluated by the Ministry’s Human Resources Department at the end of three months to ascertain who will be employed permanently.
Of the 62 apprentices that reported to work on March 1, 2012, 51 were assigned to the ministry’s departments and units, with the remainder employed by statutory bodies.
The apprenticeship programme is the brain child of Hon. Vanterpool as part of his commitment to support the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Youth Unemployment Initiative and his desire to provide opportunities for the Territory’s young people in developing their knowledge and skills, thereby making them more marketable in their quest for employment.
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