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544 APPREMNT4 foCESd YIPeuel APPRENTICESHIP Stwdad& N the September JOURNAL we spoke of "making America the arsenal of democracy," by promotion of a uniform program for training apprentices. We pointed out then the tremendous need for skilled workers and the absolute necessity for speeding production and at the same time securing the future by training men on the job. In the above-mentioned issue of the JOURNAL we wrote of the federal apprenticeship program anti of the apprenticeship system as it has been adopted by our I B. E. W. workers. But we spoke of it only as having been adopted and put into exercise by the members of the inside locals of the Brotherhood. Now has come to our attention a copy of the upprenticeship standards of L. U. No. 386, of Texarkana, Texas. which have been set up for linemen. As far as we know, these are the only apprenticeship standards for linemen in existence. Proper training of young workers now and on the job means speedy production toward the ultimate victory goal and the building of a proper system,. efcient and Texarkana, Local Union No. 386, is foremost in field to train utility members safe, when peace comes. It is a credit, too, to our workers and our employers, that in cooperation with ou.r government, represented by the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship, they ].ave worked out a oompetent, far-sighted program that will insure proper workmanship not only for today, when efficiency and speed and accuracy are alimportant, but in the years to come, when post-war adjastmentse make organization and cooperation so imaportant in all work efforts. The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operalors COMPARISON WITH NATIONAL Let us consider the setup of the Texarkana electrical workers' apprenticeship standards. They conform very closely to the National Standards for the Electrical Construction Industry formulated by the National Electrical Contractors Asseilstion and the International Brotherhood of Electrica Workers in cooperatio with the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship. The two principal differences between t respective he standards a. in the age grou]p requiLremnenit for applieants aid the rate of pay. RIegading the former, the age group as set up in the national staandards includes young men from IS to 24, while the Texarkana standards limit the applicants to the age group from 18 to 21. With regard to the rate of pay, the nvi mi..... begindi)n* rate as quoted in the national standards is 25 per cent of a journeyman 'virelnan's pay and in the lineman standards it is 60 per cent of a lineman's pay. Of course, the work experience to be covered and the theoretical learning prescribed to accompany it differ someWhat because of the classification to which eaeh group belongs. The Texarkana linemnu apprentice has a well-planned, comprehensie cour.se of work and study set up for him-one that truly qualifies hi. as a skilled workman-a journeyman lineman -filly competent to do the difficult and dangerous work he is constantly called upon to perform. The term of apprenticeship is not less than 8,000 hours, or approximately four years, of reasonably continuous employient. All apprentices employed in ac cordanco with the Texarkana standards are subject to a tryout or probationary period not to exceed 90 calendar days. During his apprenticeship, the electrical apprentice receives such instrution ald experience in all branches of electrical work, including the preparation of material, as is necessary to develop a practical and skilled mechanic versed in the theory and pIratice of the trade. MAN AT WORK WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE Sonic of the major divisions of the trade in which the apprentice receives work experience are as follows: Pernianent and temporary construction, including distribution, heating, lighting, power, safety, substation work, switchboard work, Uncler distribution comes Steel, woo and d miscellaneous line distribution. Under hemaing are included cable and fuse center work. Conduit and fixture hanging are covered under lighting. Power takes in cable, conduit, Coltrol, fuse center, raceway and wire work. Blocks, busses and miscellaneous grounding are included under the division, safety. Substation division covers air breakers, oil circuit breakers, tranf.otrmers and miseellancous, and under switchboard con.ies erecting, setting and connerting, circuit breaker, instrument, relay and miscellaneous wiring, also instrun.ent, transformer and miscellaneous, metering and testing work. The second main division in this schldule of apprentice work is mintenancepermanent and temporary, which includes general maintenance; that is, moving equipment and miscellaneous work, and also lighting, line and power maintenance. The third main division is that of permanent and temporary telephone work,
NOVEMBER, 1942 GAIN the JOURNALA OF EIETRIOCAL WORKERS ANID OPERATORS brings to th Br ho the story of the duet record almonlg it8 ... embers. The RiESEARO DEPARTMENT has kept the stalistics every year since 1922 and the fignieS themselves, while they may see... to be lull and Iurnlt'ereting, in reality tell a thrilling story of life and death and progress They tell n acurately .ore than an story could, how hazardous an ildustry is the electrial trade. They also tell a graphic ecomic story. Behind ,very tally recordled here, lies the tale of a yutilS man e ut down ill his workin: prime; of the loss of a husband and falther .nd the daily su. tenance of a fanlily cut off; of the shock and terror an. suffering hat death, espoedally sudden leath, Iea.es I, its wake. These are not cold fi-ures but living intimate facts. I' OK AND DEATH LINKED Statlilsties for the past few years are given at the end[ of this article. There lies the sory. The reader may obaStJel hiol a.txt ately the figures keep tie account of erotlotidc conditions ill our c..ntry. Take the year 1935, for ,xInpIle, whe ei ,ploymlnt Was at yery low tl, I)less en employed. fower ricelents on the living wires. As eroji]oynelnt increased so also the casualties., up 1941, the year when the muost r.cet survey was made, when the death rat was higher than in any other year since the staitics first were held. Ti is to be expected. With the war eff oI, id utr y and .... 1poylllent booming, vital statistics must follow tile trend. The 1942 figures will undoubtedly show great inlcre;1ses, The year 1941 records the first 1. B. E. W. member kilhld in the great war now raging. A radit' man, member of L. U. No. 1141, 0f Oklahoma City. servingas a trchnbicia witl the R. A. F., was killed when the ship on which he was travelling was torpedoed on the high seas. No doubt the 1912 survey w ill show a great ninny of iI, I. B. E. W. menbers as casualtiles of the Wr. DIAL OF DEATH Aoes * aa4d / Te C kcn ci r: More manhour exposures show everchanging death totals to be constant ous above.-the-gr.ound occup ation in the worlhd Progress is bein nate, howe..ver, along the lines of safety. Our standards are high and 'e must keep them high and save the lives of our .en. There must be i1 lowering of sianldards , wartime. Keep the standards higb and keep every man oi the job-orking, fighting, protuc rig for victory. Electrocutions F:'Ldl (fractulreS, breaks} Bllrns .e.plosons) (dofroing, vehicularI T/llerrl[osis .. nut... i i Me,, AMen Mis,. Total lib 11 3 50 1I 0 4 10 15 2 28 1 0 1 6 1 14 22 1 27 28 2 40 4g idro, t trouble Kidney trouble - I; leter rl tioens Falls (fractures, hireaks) [lurns (exJplour± . -wlls n]~eous (drowlrijg, vehicular) ....... 'Iutberculosis. 1iie ti n notia . Total lI e j i t t r u l K i t y t'ro bl e Th41 Outside Ini&d fIl n MVn Misc. 7otal 65 150 29 250 14 7 3 14 1940 264 O.Ulsi Iosfde Aftn Mint M ise. Total 33 4 2 39 13 9 4 26 ) 2 2 -- 4 -.. 4 9 2 15 6 16 4 20 14 19 1 84 1940 3102 t]2 7 'Total iContinned on... age 576) 144 )nggdc lie** 3fisc. Total 165 16 243 13 2 22 265 W4 OTHER HAZARDS OF JOB Last year in the 1940 sureve, the stal ,sties for deaths fIom heart trouble and kidliy trouble were added to the previous list of deaths closely related to the o.c. - piuon. as niedica Iesearch has proved that the industry may be responsible iht part for the rise in deaths from tbese causes. Fumes from chmicalcs used on the job sometimes get into the blood streanm and injure the kidneys and cause heart failure. Figures fur these two di..eases are included again in tile 1941 report. TubLerculosis andi pneull ... ola are discites that have been coesely connected with our industry. A study made by the Metropolitan Lifle In surar.ce Company sriam years ago shows that the tuberes, lots rate among industrial workers is 12 tines the rate for fa iners, twice as n/aly nudustrial workers lie from pleunlolia ad white-collar workers. atld the rate for heart diseases is three times as high. The electrical inlustry is definitely a hazardous one--surely the most hazard-
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