TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 136, 10 June 1903, Page 2

TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

PLUMBING CLASSES. EDUCATION BOARD'S OERTIFIJAIE RttCOGNISUD, At tba Borough Council meeting on Monday night th« following letter from the Taranaki Education Board's Inspector ww read : " In view of the bye-laws passed by | theßirough Councils of Stratford andi New Plymouth with regard to the! licensing of plumber?, and more particularly iu view of the sanitary works about to be undertaken in bo'h boroughs, and probably in other parts of Taranaki, the Taranaki Education Board, as controlling authority for technical education, is desirous of establishing classes for the instruction of plumbers, and on tho results of the examinations will issue certificates [similar to this a issued by oilier tech- ; nioal authorities. Tha S'.ra'.ford Bor-, I ough 0 mncil has already mad j arnngej ments for examining p'urubers in prac-' jtia.*l work; buv it is Ms ihit joint action on tho part of the two councils' would give c -rtificat s a batter s'andI ing, and wcull ba m 're sviVuctory to' ! all Concerned. The Board prop >ses to adopt the syllabus of the Wel'i igton, Technical School, and to conduct the cxatni.na'ions on the S'ame Hnes, bu% cs the drainage works at S ratforJ will ba unde: taken in the ne ir future, it is intended at present to cocfina the in- 1 Istructioa to practicd plumb'ug,-andJ {afterwards to arrango far instruction j ;in theoretical plumliug. An eximi{nation will be held at th<s end of August The opinion has be;n expressed tint some of the plunneis ati Ipr'isen"; uncertificated m'.y be iom-1 'patent to pas* tha exioiinatioa, but,| some provision be male locilly for conducing oxamijia'ioas thay may be debarred from svoiku g in connection with tha two draicßge schemes. Certificated wo kraei wou ! d, fch reforo, hwo to ba broujh". from other places, aod it is a question iE they can ba obt lined. Th 3 proposed sy latiuj i.i practcal plumbing is as under, aud the B >ard aiks th is the two couno Is that the certificates issued ba adinittd to the same standing as thoan of tht Wellington Te ah deal School in so far a* practical plumbing is conc;rnel. You will Bee that the syllabus is divided into a junior cousi lading up to a senior course and is is only the senio.certific;»ta that tha Baard wishes recognise! as indicating p ; -ofi;iency in practical plumbing. The junior rer.itieite is intended chefl./ for apprentices who, at some future time wodd ba expected to come up for <ho senior certificata. Junior course.—Making,, and appl'ca'iioa of S)lde*-s; s»aming, cutting ou-, and making beud3, offse's, and trap?; miking v.r'oui kinds of wiped j )lnts, prautic 1 poin's, fitting, soiling, cleaning, steadying, and wiping the joints. Various mm hods of bending small " muia " and " drawn " pipes. Cuting out, seating up, and fixing ridging hipun various me.hods ; apron, step and other fiashin-s. Simple forms of b.saipg required io roof w<.rk. tieoior course. -Pipo beadi-g and lead bousing ; forming under and over cloaks of gutters, rolls, uiid drips, in ternal and external angles, flits, domes andfini.ls. Fi ting and wiping soil pipas in viriom position l , fu'uL'S, cap screws, ec. Angb wiping for lining cis'erns and tanks. Fa.itorung-', ticks, flmges, etc Cutting out and making raia water heads.

In conclus : on I may state that the Board in laying proposals befo.e y u is anxiouj to assist the two councils in ensuring that all p'uuabing work bs carried out by etFLiant workmen, and at the sime time desires to make provision for competent iastruc'.ion in order to attain this end. W. E. Fpenceb."

Or. Coliis said the obj ct *a.i to place the local man on the same footing as at Wellington. Or. Ballringar con-uder<?d it very desirable to encourage local plumbery and also to assist the Edu:a:ion Board in orryingoit the schmne. He mived that the Board ba informad that tha Council, ia i's tie* bye-Uws, will mike provision for recognising certificates issued by the Boar J.—Carried.