| Show 1 t ij ir Local QC 11 I l 7 1 I 1 tI T I W J To 10 fe Learn L r a t r ni J f Trades Trades Classes Given I fr I In School School and and on on Job lob To Vets and Vets Non An the on the Job training pro pro- program program gram In the skived skilled killed trades trades avail avail- available available able to both veterans veteran and non- non veterans will be offered locally by the Apprentice Training Ser Ser- Service Service vice of the U TT S Department of Labor according according to Es E J Thomas Thom Thom- Thomai as ai Dept of Labor field representative representative who visited Vernal re re- recently Objective of the program said Mr Kir Thomas is to train enough skilled tradesman in the building trades to take care of the needs of the Vernal area and to give rive local youth an opportunity opportunity to to learn a skilled trade at home rather than to bring in outside craftsmen for local construction work To qualify for tor training a boy must be physically able to do dothe dothe the work and evidence a real de de- desire desire sire to learn The contractors of Uin Uintah County are cooperating In the movement by organizing a committee com which will be responsible I for the training of apprentices I This will be a cooperative effort effo of the contractors and the var various I ious trades Union There are are two phases ed in the apprenticeship pro pro- first gram gram first l the e apprentice as 8 worker on the job lob which phase is handled by industry second the related training class defines the apprentice as u a stu ate dent This second phase is hand handl ed by the State Department foi fo Vocational Education of Avard Rigby Uintah District personnel director 1 11 the area representative The Uintah School DIStri will furnish related training classes which tices apprentices will attend two nights week to supplement work on flu thi Competent journeymen in th various trades will UV students l the tra which w courses countes will b are carpentry plumbing paint lag ing decorating bricklaying plastering cement finishing lin lb s oleum laying cooks meat cut cu cut t e r s upholsterers barbers beauty operators and au mechanics Beginning wages paid trainee Continued on page 12 Local Youth Continued from page 9 will be at the rate of 35 percent of journeyman's or skilled rates and will in In- In Increase increase crease 5 9 percent each six months I until at the end of their apprenticeship apprenticeship they will receive 90 per per- percent percent cent of the skilled wage rate Veterans who enroll for train train- training training ing will draw a subsistence al al- al allowance al- al allowance lowance under the G I 1 Bill of Rights plus their wages as ap ap- ap apprentices apprentices prentices Accompanying Mr Thomas was S V Lund Dept of Labor area supervisor Mr Thomas has been assign assign- assigned assigned ed supervision of the Uintah Ba Ba- Ba Basin Basin sin region and will make a weeks week's trip to Vernal each month He can be located at the theU theU U S Employment Service office in the old Central School Build Build- Building ing |
