Part VII
INTERPRETATION
15. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them , that is to say:—
(1) "the trade" means the trade specified in paragraph 17.
(2) "the retail branch" means that branch of the trade in which the employer supplies the article direct to the individual wearer and employs the worker direct.
(3) A cutter is a male person whom
(a) is employed in a section of the trade, other than the silk hat section , on one or more of the operations of marking in or cutting any kind of material, laying up, hooking up or stripping and,
(b) for not less than 3 years after the age of 18 years has been employed in any section of the trade mainly on one or more of the last mentioned operations:
Provided that the work of a cutter shall not include the cutting of cloth or other textitle materials for stitchers of hat leathers or for use as bat linings.
(4) A blocker, body maker, or finisher is a male person who is employed on one or more of the operations of—
(a) covering, pulling-on, or blocking hats or caps; or
(b) blocking straws, hoods or shapes, of any materials; or
(c) making shapes by means of a gas block;
and for not less than 3 years after the age of 18 years has been employed in any section of the trade mainly on one or more of the last mentioned oprations.
(5) A stiffener is a male person who is employed in stiffening and has been employed in any section of the trade mainly in stiffening for not less than 3 years after the age of 18 years.
(6) A shaper is a male person who is employed in putting into shape by hand work the brim part of any hat or helmet which is made on a body or foundation of any material, and has been so employed in any section of the trade for not less than 3 years after the age of 18 years.
(7) A learner means a female worker who is employed by an employer who provides her with reasonable facilities for learning, practically and efficiently, any branch of the trade or the various processes involved in the making of any of the articles specified in the definition of the trade referred to in paragraph 17.
Part VIII
WORKERS TO WHOM THIS SCHEDULE APPLIES
16. This Schedule shall not apply to workers employed as machinists in the cloth hat or cap section of the trade during any period in respect of which they are in receipt of allowances as provided under the Government Vocational Training Scheme for resettlement training if they are trainees who have been placed by the Ministry of Labour with the employer for a period of approved training and if the requirements of the said scheme are duly complied with.
