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CS Executive · Setting Up of Business, Industrial and Labour Laws · The Apprentices Act, 1961

Meghdoot Engineering Pvt Ltd in Pune engages a trade apprentice for a designated trade. None of its owners holds a qualification in that trade. Under the Apprentices Act, 1961, what must the employer do about the training of this apprentice?

An employer who is not qualified in the trade must ensure that a person possessing the prescribed qualifications is placed in charge of training the apprentice. Lack of personal qualification does not excuse the employer from the duty to provide training under the Act.

  1. AEnsure a person with the prescribed qualifications is placed in charge of the apprentice's trainingCorrect
  2. BLeave the training to the apprentice, since the employer is unqualified
  3. CTransfer the training duty to the apprentice's family
  4. DSeek exemption from training because the employer lacks the trade qualification

Explanation

Section 11(b) says that if the employer is not himself qualified in the trade, he must ensure that a person who possesses the prescribed qualifications is placed in charge of the training. Lack of personal qualification does not remove the obligation, so the exemption option is wrong.

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