Designed to assist management, labor, joint committees, and others concerned with the development of skilled plasterers in setting up, conducting, and improving local apprenticeship programs, this revision of national apprenticeship standards in the plastering trade includes the latest amendments and regulations of the various Federal laws affecting apprenticeship and training. Major areas covered are (1) Provisions of Standards (Duties of the National Committee, Definition of Registration Agency, Qualification for Apprenticeship, Terms of Apprenticeship, Preapprenticeship Training, Probationary Period, Transitory Apprentice, Related Instruction, Equal Opportunity, Selection Operation, Apprenticeship Agreement, Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship, Ratio of Apprentices to Plasterers, Hours of Work for Apprentices, Apprentice Wages, Advancement of Apprentices, Work Experience, Supervision of Evaluation, Recognition for Successful Completion, Coordinator of Local Apprenticeship Systems, Plasterer Participation); (2) Recommendations Concerning Local Joint Apprenticeship Committees (Establishment of Committee, Coverage, Duties and Responsibilities of Committee, Responsibilities of Apprentices, Filing of Apprenticeship Programs, Modification of Standards, Cooperating Agencies); (3) Apprentice Recordkeeping; (4) Federal Laws and Regulations Affecting Apprentice Employment (Wage Determination Regulations, Veterans Readjustment Legislation, Wage and Hour Regulations, Equal Employment Laws); (4) Joint Training Funds (Legality of Funds, Tax-Exempt Status of the Trust); (5) Work Schedule for Plasterer (Code Key and Explanation, Occupational Skills); and Work Schedule for Shop Hands. Forms for various kinds of recordkeeping and lists of apprenticeship regional offices and State and territorial agencies are appended. (HD)