Start with the bench sign-in board and the apprentices’ tool issue slips. It is the source used to make a decision about whether the city’s training mark should certify completed hours or demonstrated skill; it is not the decision itself. The rule only works if the source describes the conditions at the shared apprentice bench below the north furnace.
The latest count is 45 apprentices who completed a supervised tool check; the prior file listed 47. The first implementation notes have been compared with the promise in the minutes. The difference is a signal to check, not a verdict about who is right.
The disputed point is practical: Masters favor observed work; apprentices say a single test can hide what they have learned across a full season. One side relies on the posted total, while the other points to a worn wooden gauge used to teach the difference between a clean edge and a sharp one.
The risk of reading the file too broadly is that an entry becomes a conclusion. Maela Dorn checked the bench sign-in board and the apprentices’ tool issue slips against the field notes. The method is to follow the task through a complete shift, including the cleanup after the bell; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them.
Next: The guild will trial a portfolio of completed pieces beside the bench examination. A useful update will publish the method, exceptions and review date with the number.
