Common use of Apprenticeship Program Clause in Contracts

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply to apprentices who enter into a contract with the Board under the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act. B. Every apprentice shall be bound by all the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Board and the Union prevailing from time to time. C. This clause and the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall be governed by the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act except for the wage rate which shall be as follows: D. An apprentice shall be paid the difference between the regular rate of pay and the sum of any board, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted by the Ministry of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeship. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course of apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injury, the Board shall extend the term of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months in duration without the approval of the Superintendent of Schools or their designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted to repeat the examination once only at the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recall. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent (85%) of the required hours for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their designated trade under the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their contract of apprenticeship; and after the expiration of the said six

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply Apprentices will be granted education leave for the purposes of apprentice schooling (usually week courses). Apprentices will be reimbursed their education fees (tuition, reasonable parking fees and college surcharges), upon proof or receipt of payment. Upon successful completion of each level of their theory classroom training the apprentice will also receive the difference in lost wages (of base rate) from attending school and what he receives from the government Normally referred to apprentices who enter into a contract as up” of his wages. Employee must show proof of passing school. Failing to complete school due to the Apprentices’ neglect will result in the employee’s expulsion from the Apprenticeship Program. Emergency leave, sickness or undue hardship causing the employee to not complete the course at that time will be rescheduled with the Board under cooperation from the provisions Ministry and the Company. Any Apprentice not passing any level of schooling with the exceptions as stated will be required to reschedule their course within months at their own expense. Scheduled by the company as to have minimal impact on the operation. In addition all increases will be frozen until such time as the Apprentice successfully completes the level in question. Hours required for completing the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act. B. Every apprentice shall be bound by all the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Board and the Union prevailing from time to time. C. This clause and the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall be governed by the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act except for the wage rate which shall be Program as follows: D. An apprentice shall be paid the difference between the regular rate of pay and the sum of any board, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted set out by the Ministry of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours education and colleges (currently hours). Upon of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeship. This payment shall be made for only schooling, apprentice will have one (1) course of apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure year in which to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice the Certificate of Qualifications. If Certificate of Qualifications is absent from work by reason not attained within one (1) year of sickness or injury, the Board shall extend the term completion of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months in duration without the approval of the Superintendent of Schools or their designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted to repeat the examination once only at the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and school the employee placed will be reduced to utility rates (based on recall. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent seniority) and will be classified as a utility man, until such time as the employee produces proof of passing Certificate of Qualifications. At which time, employee will go to less than Top Rate Mechanic for one (85%1) of year. APPRENTICE RATES: In conjunction with the required hours for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their designated trade under the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open qualifications detail in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum Apprentice Program. months of six (6) top rate mechanic base hourly rate months of top rate mechanic base hourly rate months of top rate mechanic base hourly rate of top rate mechanic base hourly rate DATED at the final step of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their contract of apprenticeship; and after the expiration of the said sixCONSOLIDATED AVIATION THE INTERNATIONAL FUELING OF ASSOCIATION TORONTO OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply An apprentice is an employee who is being trained to apprentices who enter into qualify as a contract with the Board under the provisions journeyman in one of the Apprenticeship electrical workers trades covered by this Agreement and Trades' Qualification Actwho has been properly indentured by the AJEATT. All apprenticeship training will conform to the AJEATT Standards. B. Every apprentice It is understood that ML&P is an Equal Opportunity Employer and seeks cooperation from the IBEW in all aspects of compliance with Federal and State anti-discrimination laws regarding this Program. The Program is designed as a four-year/8,000 hour apprenticeship encompassing broad training for apprentices in all aspects of electric power generation, power plant operation and power plant maintenance. The maximum credit to be received for prior training, education and experience is fifty percent (50%). At no time shall be bound by all an Apprentice complete the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Board and the Union prevailing from time to time. C. This clause and the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall be governed by the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act except for the wage rate which shall be as follows: D. An apprentice shall be paid the difference between the regular rate of pay and the sum of any boardwith less than two (2) years, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted by the Ministry of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeship. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course of apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injury, the Board shall extend the term of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months of direct work experience within the Generation Division. Standards of performance will be based on electric industry standards and established by the AJEATT. C. The Apprentice will receive training, instruction and experience in duration without the approval all phases of the Superintendent of Schools or electric generation power plant skills necessary to develop as a Journeyman Power Plant Operator/Mechanical. It is understood that ML&P employees who enter this Program will serve their designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract apprenticeship at ML&P, and shall be terminated removed from ML&P property only in the event the Statewide Committee of the AJEATT identify training which is necessary for the completion of the AJEATT indentureship, but unavailable in the ML&P workplace. In the event such reassignment takes place, upon completion of the required training, the apprentice shall be returned to ML&P property. The ML&P/IBEW Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee will determine when the apprentice has satisfactorily completed the Program, and will inform the ML&P General Manager of such satisfactory completion. D. ML&P will post an announcement in-house to notify employees of an apprenticeship opportunity. The ML&P/IBEW Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee will review the qualifications of the applicants for the Program and will determine from those applicants the individual most qualified to become an Apprentice in the Program. It is understood by the parties that ML&P commitment to employ a graduate of this Apprenticeship Program is limited to the initial selection of an apprentice from ML&P employees provided that additional apprentices may be requested by ML&P. After the initial apprenticeship from within ML&P personnel, all prospective ML&P apprentices shall be selected by the ML&P Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee from those applicants already indentured in the AJEATT Power Production/Generation Program. E. ML&P applicants requesting credit for prior related experience toward the Program requirements must substantiate such claim with satisfactory documentation of their prior experience. The ML&P Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee will evaluate the submitted documentation and, at their discretion, credit may be granted. Applicants desiring credit for prior training and previous experience must submit documentation to the Committee for evaluation and consideration. The Committee will advise the applicant of their decision to award or deny credit based on submitted documentation. The applicants must also have the equivalent related training for that period of experience they are seeking credit for; the applicant may also be asked to successfully pass an examination administered by the AJEATT covering the period before credit will be given. Such credit shall be granted at the beginning of the apprenticeship. F. Any In addition to the on-the-job training, the IBEW and ML&P will provide a minimum of 144 hours of paid classroom instruction annually through the AJEATT. Homework assignments will require additional study. Apprentices will not be paid for homework study hours. Tests will be given and graded by the AJEATT. Note: If an Apprentice fails to successfully complete a course, and is given an opportunity to repeat the course, those classroom hours will not be on paid time. G. Each apprentice failing an examination conducted shall be responsible for maintaining a monthly record of work experience on forms furnished by and submitted to the AJEATT. The Apprentice shall present this record to the AJEATT prior to any requests for advancement. All recommendations for advancement in this Program shall require a majority vote by the ML&P Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee. H. Apprentices in the Program will be placed in the wage scale commensurate with their placement in the AJEATT program. I. It is understood that this Program is certified under the direction Department of the Director Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted and that each employee is indentured to repeat the examination once only at AJEATT Program, which is separate from the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated employment relationship between ML&P and the employee placed on recallemployee. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent (85%) of the required hours for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their designated trade under the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their contract of apprenticeship; and after the expiration of the said six

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply Art. 22 (a) It is agreed that contributions will be paid to apprentices the Western States Area Apprenticeship Fund as outlined in Article 14 for all hours worked for the Contractor by all employees who enter into a contract with are covered by this Agreement. (b) It is the Board under the provisions understanding of the parties to this Agreement that the funds contributed by signatory Contractors to the Apprenticeship Fund will not be used to train apprentices, helpers or journeymen who will be employed by Contractors in the Boilermakers Field Construction and Trades' Qualification ActRepair Industry who are not signatory to a collective bargaining agreement providing for contributions to the Fund. Therefore, the Trustees of the Fund are empowered to adopt and implement a scholarship loan agreement program which will require apprentices and journeymen who receive training benefits from the Fund and who are employed by signatory Contractors to repay the costs of training either by service with such Contractors following training, or by actual repayment of the costs of training if the individual goes to work for a non-signatory Contractor in the Boilermaker Field Construction and Repair Industry. B. Every apprentice (c) The Contractor agrees to and shall be bound by the Trust Agreement creating the Boilermakers National Apprenticeship and all the provisions of the Collective Agreement between amendments now or hereafter approved by the Board of Trustees, said Agreement and amendments are incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement as if affixed hereto. (d) Both parties agree to adhere to the Boilermaker Western States Area Apprenticeship Standards. (e) The apprentice ratio shall be 20% on each job of five (5) to ten (10) employees unless mutually agreed by the Contractor and the Union prevailing from time to time. C. This clause and that this is not warranted. On larger jobs, the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant to this Agreement ratio shall be governed by the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act except for the wage rate which shall be as follows: D. An apprentice shall be paid the difference between the regular rate of pay and the sum of any board, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted by the Ministry of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeship. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course apprentice to three (3) journeymen and one (1) helper. (f) Any ratio of apprenticeship completion apprentices to employees greater than the above must be by mutual consent of the Contractor and certification. No payment Union. (g) It is understood that when apprentices are assigned to a job, the above ratios shall be made applied as journeymen are referred to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examinationthe job. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injury(h) In the event that apprentices are not available in sufficient number to comply with these ratios, the Board shall extend Area Joint Apprenticeship Committee and the term International Union will be notified and necessary steps are to be taken to increase the number of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six available apprentices. (6i) months in duration without Both parties agree that the approval Western States Area Apprenticeship Committee has full authority under the Agreement to: Art. 22(i)(1) Enforce ratios for the employment of Apprentices on the job. Art. 22(i)(2) Transfer Apprentices within the Western States for the purpose of fulfilling the training requirements of the Superintendent Standards and providing continuity of Schools or their designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted to repeat the examination once only at the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recallemployment. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent (85%) of the required hours for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their designated trade under the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their contract of apprenticeship; and after the expiration of the said six

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply to apprentices who enter into a contract with the Board under the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act. B. Every apprentice shall be bound by all the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Board and the Union prevailing from time to time. C. This clause and the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall be governed by the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act except for the wage rate which shall be as follows::  Year 1 - 80%,  Year 2 - 85%  Year 3 - 90%  Year 4 and subsequent years - 95% of the applicable trade rate. D. An apprentice shall be paid the difference between the regular rate of pay and the sum of any board, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted by the Ministry of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeship. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course of apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their his failure to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injury, the Board shall extend the term of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months in duration without the approval of the Superintendent of Schools or their his/her designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated andand the employee placed on recall. F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted to repeat the examination once only at the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recall. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent (85%) of the required hours for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4. The Employer and the employee will meet 3 months before the completion of their apprenticeship and if there are no vacant positions in the trade in which they applied, the employer will within 15 days provide the required information so the employee is able to apply for other positions. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their his/her designated trade under the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their his/her contract of apprenticeship; and after the expiration of the said sixsix (6) months period, the Board shall have no obligation to continue his/her employment. If no positions are available the apprentice shall have the opportunity of bidding on another position with the Board at the rate of pay for that position. If no position is available through the job posting, the apprentice shall be placed on the recall list for the apprentice's trade and for his/her former sphere of work. If the apprentice obtains another position and a trades position is subsequently posted, the employee shall be eligible to apply. I. All vacancies for apprentice positions shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the Collective Agreement and all employees shall have the opportunity to bid on the apprenticeship position with the Board. J. The Board will ensure that the apprentices will be given the necessary on-the-job practical training. K. Entrance to any apprenticeship will be subject to the applicant meeting the standards required for acceptance by the Apprenticeship and Industrial Training Branch. L. Where an apprentice incurs delay in taking one (1) of the tests due to unavailability of an examination or rescheduling of an examination, the delay shall not prejudice his/her right to wage increments provided for in this Agreement.

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause SECTION 5.01 There shall apply be a local Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) consisting of a total of either 6 or 8 members who shall also serve as Trustees to apprentices who enter into a contract the local apprenticeship and training trust. An equal number of members (either 3 or 4) shall be appointed, in writing, by the local chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the local union of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). The local apprenticeship standards shall be in conformance with national guideline standards and industry policies to ensure that each apprentice has satisfactorily completed the NJATC required hours and course of study. All apprenticeship standards shall be registered with the Board NJATC before being submitted to the appropriate registration agency. The JATC shall be responsible for the training of apprentices, journeymen, installers, technicians, and all others (unindentured, intermediate journeymen, etc.) SECTION 5.02 All JATC member appointments, reappointments and acceptance of appointments shall be in writing. Each member shall be appointed for a 3 year term, unless being appointed for a lesser period of time to complete an unexpired term. The terms shall be staggered, with one (1) term for each side expiring each year. JATC members shall complete their appointed term unless removed for cause by they party they represent or they voluntarily resign. All vacancies shall be filled immediately. The JATC shall select from its membership, but not both from the same party, a Chairman and a Secretary who shall retain voting privileges. The JATC will maintain one (1) set of minutes for JATC committee meetings and a separate set of minutes for trust meetings. The JATC should meet on a monthly basis, and also upon the call of the Chairman. SECTION 5.03 Any issue concerning an apprentice or an apprenticeship matter shall be referred to the JATC for its review, evaluation and resolve; as per standards and policies. If the JATC deadlocks on any issue, the matter shall be referred to the Labor-Management Committee for resolution as outlined in Article One of this Agreement; except for trust fund matters, which shall be resolved as stipulated in the local trust instrument. SECTION 5.04 There shall be only one (1) JATC and one (1) local apprenticeship training trust. The JATC may, however, establish joint subcommittees to meet specific needs, such as residential or telecommunications apprenticeship. The JATC may also establish a subcommittee to oversee an apprenticeship program within a specified area of the jurisdiction covered by this agreement. All subcommittee members shall be appointed, in writing, by the party they represent. A subcommittee member may or may not be a member of the JATC. SECTION 5.05 The JATC may select and employ a part-time or full-time Training Director and other support staff, as it deems necessary. In considering the qualifications, duties and responsibilities of the Training Director, the JATC should review the Training Director's Job Description provided by the NJATC. All employees of the JATC shall serve at the pleasure and discretion of the JATC. SECTION 5.06 To help ensure diversity of training, provide reasonable continuous employment opportunities and comply with apprenticeship rules and regulations, the JATC, as program sponsor, shall have full authority for issuing job training assignments and for transferring apprentices from one employer to another. The employer shall cooperate in providing apprentices with needed work experiences. The Local Union referral office shall be notified, in writing, of all job training assignments. If the employer is unable to provide reasonable continuous employment for apprentices, the JATC is to be so notified. SECTION 5.07 All apprentices shall enter the program through the JATC as provided for in the registered apprenticeship standards and selection procedures. An apprentice may have his indenture canceled by the JATC at any time prior to the completion as stipulated in the registered standards. Time worked and accumulated in apprenticeship shall not be considered for local union referral purposes until the apprentice has satisfied all conditions of apprenticeship. Individuals terminated from apprenticeship shall not be assigned to any job in any classification, or participate in any related training, unless they are reinstated in the apprenticeship as per the standards, or they qualify through means other than apprenticeship, at sometime in the future, but no sooner than two years after their class has completed apprenticeship, and they have gained related knowledge and job skills to warrant such classification. SECTION 5.08 The JATC shall select and indenture a sufficient number of apprentices to meet local manpower needs. The JATC is authorized to indenture the number of apprentices necessary to meet the job site ratio as per Section 5.12. SECTION 5.09 Though the JATC cannot guarantee any number of apprentices; if a qualified employer requests an apprentice, the JATC shall make every effort to honor the request. If unable to fill the request within ten (10) working days, the JATC shall select and indenture the next available person from the active list of qualified applicants. An active list of qualified applicants shall be maintained by the JATC as per the selection procedures. SECTION 5.10 To accommodate short-term needs when apprentices are unavailable, the JATC shall assign unindentured workers who meet the basic qualifications for apprenticeship. Unindentured workers shall not remain employed if apprentices become available for OJT assignment. Unindentured workers shall be used to meet job site ratios except on wage-and-hour (prevailing wage) job sites. Before being employed, the unindentured person must sign a letter of understanding with the JATC and the employer-agreeing that they are not to accumulate more than two thousand (2,000) hours as an unindentured, that they are subject to replacement by indentured apprentices and that they are not to work on wage-and-hour (prevailing wage) job sites. Should an unindentured worker be selected for apprenticeship, the JATC will determine, as provided for in apprenticeship standards; if some credit for hours as an unindentured will be applied toward the minimum OJT hours of apprenticeship. The JATC may elect to offer voluntary related training to unindentured; such as Math Review, English, Safety, Orientation/Awareness, Introduction to OSHA, First-Aid and CPR. Participation shall be voluntary. SECTION 5.11 The employer shall contribute to the local health & welfare plans and to the National Electrical Benefit Fund (NEBF) on behalf of all apprentices and unindentured. Contributions to other benefit plans may be addressed in other sections of this agreement. SECTION 5.12 Each job site shall be allowed a ratio of 2 apprentice(s) for every 3 Journeyman Wiremen(man) . etc. etc. The first person assigned to any job site shall be a Journeyman ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. A job site is considered to be the physical location where employees report for their work assignments. The employer's shop (service center) is considered to be a separate, single job site. All other physical locations where workers report for work are each considered to be a single, separate job site. SECTION 5.13 An apprentice is to be under the provisions supervision of a Journeyman ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ at all times. This does not imply that the apprentice must always be in-sight-of a Journeyman ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Journeymen are not required to constantly watch the apprentice. Supervision will not be of a nature that prevents the development of responsibility and initiative. Work may be laid out by the employer's designated supervisor or journeyman based on their evaluation of the Apprenticeship apprentice's skills and Trades' Qualification Actability to perform the job tasks. Apprentices shall be permitted to perform job tasks in order to develop job skills and trade competencies. Journeymen are permitted to leave the immediate work area without being accompanied by the apprentice. Apprentices who have satisfactorily completed the first four years of related classroom training using the NJATC curriculum and accumulated a minimum of 6,500 hours of OJT with satisfactory performance, shall be permitted to work alone on any job site and receive work assignments in the same manner as a Journeyman ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. An apprentice shall not be the first person assigned to a job site and apprentices shall not supervise the work of others. B. Every SECTION 5.14 Upon satisfactory completion of apprenticeship, the JATC shall issue all graduating apprentices an appropriate diploma from the NJATC. The JATC shall encourage each graduating apprentice shall be bound to apply for college credit through the NJATC. The JATC may also require each apprentice to acquire any electrical license required for journeyman to work in the jurisdiction covered by all the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Board and the Union prevailing from time to timethis agreement. C. This clause and the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant SECTION 5.15 The parties to this Agreement shall be governed bound by the provisions Local Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust Fund Agreement which shall conform to Section 302 of the Apprenticeship Labor- Management Relations Act of 1947 as emended, ERISA and Trades' Qualification Act except for other applicable regulations. The Trustees authorized under this Trust Agreement are hereby empowered to determine the wage rate which reasonable value of any facilities, materials or services furnished by either party. All funds shall be as follows: D. An apprentice shall be paid the difference between the regular rate of pay handled and the sum of any board, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted by the Ministry of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeship. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course of apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injury, the Board shall extend the term of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months in duration without the approval of the Superintendent of Schools or their designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted to repeat the examination once only at the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recall. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent (85%) of the required hours for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled disbursed in accordance with Article 2.4the Trust Agreement. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate SECTION 5.16 All Employers subject to the terms of proficiency or a certificate this Agreement shall contribute the amount of funds specified by the parties signatory to the local apprenticeship in and training trust agreement. The current rate of contribution is: $0.55 per hour worked. This sum shall be due the Trust Fund by the same date as is their designated trade payment to the NEBF under the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step terms of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their contract of apprenticeship; Restated Employees Benefit Agreement and after Trust. Effective June 1, 2020, the expiration of contribution rate will be $0.60 per hour worked Effective June 1, 2021, the said sixcontribution rate will be $0.65 per hour worked

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply 1. Selection of employees to apprentices who enter into a contract with serve an apprenticeship will require that the Board under the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Actapplicant, have Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent education. B. Every apprentice shall 2. An aptitude test will be bound by given to all applicants who qualify under clause # 1 3. Minimum passmark at the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Board and the Union prevailing from time to timeaptitude test will be seventy percent (70%). C. This clause 4. The senior applicant and or applicants with marks over seventy percent (70%) will be selected for the contracts program. 5. Applicants who are chosen as apprentices shall agree to: a) Resign from all job positions they currently hold. b) That if for any reason they fail to successfully complete the three (3) year course, (failing subject, dropping out etc.) they will not have any right to claim any of apprenticeship entered into pursuant their previous jobs, but will be placed in the labour group. c) That if they are not successful in achieving the Ontario Industrial Mechanic License after three (3) attempts, they will go in a labour group. 6. In the event of a plant wide lay-off apprentices will be protected, but should there be a lay-off amongst skilled trades personnel in the same trade as the apprentices, then apprentices will be laid- off first regardless of seniority. They will still maintain the right to this Agreement shall be governed bump in any production job as per the lay-off procedure. 7. Any tradesmen hired by the provisions Company after the apprenticeship program has started will be terminated prior to the said apprentices in case of a lay-off in the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act except for the maintenance department. 8. The apprenticeship wage rate which structure shall be as follows: D. An apprentice shall be paid the difference between the regular rate of pay and the sum of any board, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted by the Ministry of : First Year Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeshipGroup 1 rate. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course of apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injury, the Board shall extend the term of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months in duration without the approval of the Superintendent of Schools or their designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted to repeat the examination once only at the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recall. G. Apprentices who have achieved eightySecond Year Eight-five percent (85% of the Millwright/ Third Year Ninety percent (90%) of the required hours for completion Millwright/ At the end of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If requiredthe third full year, the regular position shall wage rate will increase to a Millwright/Mechanic rate provided said apprentices are successful in achieving the Ontario Industrial Millwright License. An apprentice who is successful in achieving the Ontario Millwright License will not be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4required to serve a probationary period. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their designated trade under 9. During the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in three (3) years apprenticeship, the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step names of the appropriate apprentice pay scale apprentices will be placed on the maintenance O/T Sharing list but will only be asked to work overtime after every skilled tradesman has been asked. The Company will make every effort to bring the apprentices on overtime as provided in the extra person solely for the purpose of learning. 10. The Company and the Union expect that the apprentices will focus all their contract of apprenticeship; energy to succeed and after graduate from School and achieve the expiration of the said sixOntario Industrial Millwright License.

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply to apprentices who enter into a contract with the Board under the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' ’ Qualification Act. B. Every apprentice shall be bound by all the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Board and the Union prevailing from time to time. C. This clause and the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall be governed by the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' ’ Qualification Act except for the wage rate which shall be as follows: D. An apprentice shall be paid the difference between the regular rate of pay and the sum of any board, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted by the Ministry of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' ’ Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeship. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course of apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injury, the Board shall extend the term of such apprentice's ’s contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months in duration without the approval of the Superintendent of Schools or their designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's ’s contract shall be terminated andand the employee placed on recall. F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted to repeat the examination once only at the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's ’s contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recall. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent (85%) of the required hours for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their designated trade under the Act for whom no trades' ’ position is immediately open in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their contract of apprenticeship; and after the expiration of the said six

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply 23.01 When the Company determines the need to apprentices who enter into create a contract new apprenticeship position, such position will be posted in accordance with the Board under the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification ActArticle 17. B. Every apprentice 23.02 The apprenticeship position shall be bound awarded to the senior applicant who meets the minimum standard for candidacy as an apprentice as established by all the provisions Ministry of the Collective Agreement between the Board Labour, Employment and the Union prevailing from time to timeTraining Division. C. This clause and the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall be governed by the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act except 23.03 The successful applicant for the apprenticeship position will be paid the General Labourer rate of pay. Upon successful completion of each annual examination, the apprentice’s wage rate which shall will be as follows: D. An apprentice shall be paid increased by increments of twenty percent (20%) of the difference between the regular General Labourer rate of pay and the sum applicable Tradesman rate of any board, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted by the Ministry of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeship. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course of apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examinationpay. E. Where an apprentice 23.04 An apprentice, who is absent from work the job due to attendance at the Government Apprentice School, shall receive his regular wage less any allowances provided by reason of sickness or injurythe Government, excluding travel allowances. The Company shall pay all tuition costs, including text books, which may be required for the Board shall extend apprentice to attend the term of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months in duration without Government Apprentice School. 23.05 Should an apprentice fail to pass the approval of the Superintendent of Schools or their designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship annual examination, and Industrial Training shall be is permitted to repeat the examination once only examination, the Company shall not be required to pay the regular wages or the tuition costs, pursuant to the regular wages or the tuition costs, pursuant to paragraph 23.04 above, during the apprentice’s repeat attendance at the next available Government Apprentice School. 23.06 An apprentice who fails to pass the annual examination periodon two (2) occasions, or who otherwise fails to complete the apprenticeship program, shall be reassigned to the classification he held prior to entering the apprenticeship program if there is a vacancy. Should Where no vacancy exists, the apprentice shall be assigned to the General Labourer classification. 23.07 In consideration of the payments provided under paragraph 23.04 above, the apprentice commits to remain in the employ of the Company throughout the apprenticeship program and for a period of three (3) years following his completion of the apprenticeship program. 23.08 In the event that the apprentice voluntarily resigns or retires from his employment with the Company prior to the completion of the period referred to in paragraph 23.07 above, the apprentice shall refund to the Company the cost of the payments (of the regular wage and tuition costs) provided to the apprentice pursuant to paragraph 23.04 above, on a pro- rata basis as follows: Timing when the apprentice voluntarily resigns or retires Amount of the total costs to be refunded to the Company At any time while in the apprenticeship program, or during the first year from the date of completion of the apprenticeship program 100% During the second examination year from the date of completion of the apprenticeship program 66% During the third year from the date of completion of the apprenticeship program 33% 23.09 Paragraph 23.08 above shall not be failed, applicable in the cause of the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recall’s voluntary resignation or retirement is due to medical reasons. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent (85%) of the required hours for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their designated trade under the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their contract of apprenticeship; and after the expiration of the said six

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply 1. Selection of employees to apprentices who enter into a contract with serve an apprenticeship will require that the Board under the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Actapplicant, have Grade 12 Diploma or equivalent education. B. Every apprentice shall 2. An aptitude test will be bound by given to all applicants who qualify under clause # 1 3. Minimum passmark at the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Board and the Union prevailing from time to timeaptitude test will be seventy percent (70%). C. This clause 4. The senior applicant and or applicants with marks over seventy percent (70%) will be selected for the contracts program. 5. Applicants who are chosen as apprentices shall agree to: a) Resign from all job positions they currently hold. b) That if for any reason they fail to successfully complete the three (3) year course, (failing subject, dropping out etc.) they will not have any right to claim any of apprenticeship entered into pursuant their previous jobs, but will be placed in the labour group. c) That if they are not successful in achieving the Ontario Industrial Mechanic License after three (3) attempts, they will go in a labour group. 6. In the event of a plant wide lay-off apprentices will be protected, but should there be a lay-off amongst skilled trades personnel in the same trade as the apprentices, then apprentices will be laid-off first regardless of seniority. They will still maintain the right to this Agreement shall be governed bump in any production job as per the lay-off procedure. 7. Any tradesmen hired by the provisions Company after the apprenticeship program has started will be terminated prior to the said apprentices in case of a lay-off in the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act except for the maintenance department. 8. The apprenticeship wage rate which structure shall be as follows: D. An apprentice shall be paid the difference between the regular rate of pay and the sum of any board, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted by the Ministry of : First Year Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeshipGroup 1 rate. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course of apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injury, the Board shall extend the term of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months in duration without the approval of the Superintendent of Schools or their designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted to repeat the examination once only at the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recall. G. Apprentices who have achieved eightySecond Year Eight-five percent (85% of the Millwright/ Third Year Ninety percent (90%) of the required hours for completion Millwright/ At the end of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If requiredthe third full year, the regular position shall wage rate will increase to a Millwright/Mechanic rate provided said apprentices are successful in achieving the Ontario Industrial Millwright License. An apprentice who is successful in achieving the Ontario Millwright License will not be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4required to serve a probationary period. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their designated trade under 9. During the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in three (3) years apprenticeship, the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step names of the appropriate apprentice pay scale apprentices will be placed on the maintenance O/T Sharing list but will only be asked to work overtime after every skilled tradesman has been asked. The Company will make every effort to bring the apprentices on overtime as provided in the extra person solely for the purpose of learning. 10. The Company and the Union expect that the apprentices will focus all their contract of apprenticeship; energy to succeed and after graduate from School and achieve the expiration of the said sixOntario Industrial Millwright License.

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply to apprentices who enter into a contract with the Board under the provisions The purpose of the Glass Plant Apprenticeship Program is to establish a formal program for ▇▇▇▇▇ Corning employees to progress into the craft positions of the Maintenance Department, The program as outlined here will provide for selection and Trades' Qualification Act. B. Every apprentice shall training of apprentices, and also provide guidance on the various administrative issues involved. The program will provide an avenue of advancement for ▇▇▇▇▇ Corning employees, and will be bound by geared specifically towards the needs of the Plant. The Apprenticeship Program will help to insure an adequate supply of skilled craftsmen for the continued profitable operation of the facility. The Apprentice Program comprises of the following components and although the description of these components is not complete, they are listed here as a reference to the document that exists as a policy for the Apprenticeship program at the Plant. is a year program with week school terms and week school terms. Once the candidate is selected the Ministry of Education Training Apprenticeship Branch Consultant (presently Jan with make all the provisions arrangement for apprenticeship enrollment and school terms. year less of rate. year rate. year less rate. The Policy referred to in the Collective Agreement above Article is ▇▇▇▇▇ Corning Glass Plant Apprenticeship Program dated May The use of outside contractors will be per Article and Maintenance letters dated November (arbitration settlement reached on November 1998) and August An employee selected by the Company to participate in a Maintenance Mechanic or Electrician Apprenticeship program will acquire and commence classification seniority within the Maintenance Department as per the apprentice program agreement agreed to between the Board Company and the Union prevailing from time to time. C. This clause and signed April A Maintenance Department employee who is affected by a reduction in the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant to this Agreement shall be governed by the provisions work force may exercise his seniority (as defined in Article ) in accordance with Article of the Apprenticeship Agreement. The following procedure will be adopted in determining shift allocations for all future openings in the Maintenance Classification. When an opening occurs it will be posted in the Plant and Trades' Qualification Act except for applications will be accepted in accordance with Article of the wage rate which shall Agreement. If there is no successful applicant the opening will be filled by other means. The new Maintenance Mechanic will be familiarized with the continuous shift routines and will be prepared to go on shifts as follows: D. An apprentice shall soon as the familiarization period is completed but not later than five (5) months after date of hire. The new Electrician will be paid familiarized with the difference between continuous shift routines and will be prepared to go on shifts as soon as the regular rate familiarization period is completed but not later than twelve (12) months after date of pay and the sum of any board, lodging, transportation hire. The new Apprentice will be trained on day shift (or other allowances granted by shifts as appropriate) during which time he will be familiarized with the Ministry continuous shift routine. He will be prepared to go on shifts after the successful completion of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each his final year of apprenticeship. This payment shall These procedures will apply in all but exceptional circumstances, for example vacation purposes or sickness. An exceptional circumstance will be made discussed with the Union and upon mutual agreement the familiarization period may be extended. When the Maintenance person is prepared for only one continuous shifts, a notice will be posted from noon to noon for seven (17) course calendar days in the Maintenance Department to allow present employees in the appropriate classification to bid for the opening on day shift. The most senior applicant (of apprenticeship completion the Continuous Shift incumbents) for the opening on day shift will go on days and certificationthe new employee will be placed on the shift vacated no later than the week following the selection, unless there is a more senior employee on the MOL. No payment shall be made to Should an apprentice for repetition of opening occur on a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injuryshift, the Board shall extend the term duration of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed which is known to be for more than six (6) months months, day schedule employees will be given first consideration in duration without order of seniority as per the approval MOL, provided the efficiency of the Superintendent of Schools or their designateoperation is not adversely affected. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted to repeat the examination once only at the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recall. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent (85%) of the required hours for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their designated trade under the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their contract of apprenticeship; and after the expiration of the said sixARTICLE

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause SECTION 5.01 There shall apply be a local Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) consisting of a total of either 6 or 8 members who shall also serve as Trustees to apprentices who enter into a contract the local apprenticeship and training trust. An equal number of members (either 3 or 4) shall be appointed, in writing, by the local chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the local union of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). The local apprenticeship standards shall be in conformance with national guideline standards and industry policies to ensure that each apprentice has satisfactorily completed the NJATC required hours and course of study. All apprenticeship standards shall be registered with the Board NJATC before being submitted to the appropriate registration agency. The JATC shall be responsible for the training of apprentices, journeymen, installers, technicians, and all others (unindentured, intermediate journeymen, etc.) SECTION 5.02 All JATC member appointments, reappointments and acceptance of appointments shall be in writing. Each member shall be appointed for a 3 year term, unless being appointed for a lesser period of time to complete an unexpired term. The terms shall be staggered, with one (1) term for each side expiring each year. JATC members shall complete their appointed term unless removed for cause by they party they represent or they voluntarily resign. All vacancies shall be filled immediately. The JATC shall select from its membership, but not both from the same party, a Chairman and a Secretary who shall retain voting privileges. The JATC will maintain one (1) set of minutes for JATC committee meetings and a separate set of minutes for trust meetings. The JATC should meet on a monthly basis, and also upon the call of the Chairman. SECTION 5.03 Any issue concerning an apprentice or an apprenticeship matter shall be referred to the JATC for its review, evaluation and resolve; as per standards and policies. If the JATC deadlocks on any issue, the matter shall be referred to the Labor-Management Committee for resolution as outlined in Article One of this Agreement; except for trust fund matters, which shall be resolved as stipulated in the local trust instrument. SECTION 5.04 There shall be only one (1) JATC and one (1) local apprenticeship training trust. The JATC may, however, establish joint subcommittees to meet specific needs, such as residential or telecommunications apprenticeship. The JATC may also establish a subcommittee to oversee an apprenticeship program within a specified area of the jurisdiction covered by this agreement. All subcommittee members shall be appointed, in writing, by the party they represent. A subcommittee member may or may not be a member of the JATC. SECTION 5.05 The JATC may select and employ a part-time or full-time Training Director and other support staff, as it deems necessary. In considering the qualifications, duties and responsibilities of the Training Director, the JATC should review the Training Director's Job Description provided by the NJATC. All employees of the JATC shall serve at the pleasure and discretion of the JATC. SECTION 5.06 To help ensure diversity of training, provide reasonable continuous employment opportunities and comply with apprenticeship rules and regulations, the JATC, as program sponsor, shall have full authority for issuing job training assignments and for transferring apprentices from one employer to another. The employer shall cooperate in providing apprentices with needed work experiences. The Local Union referral office shall be notified, in writing, of all job training assignments. If the employer is unable to provide reasonable continuous employment for apprentices, the JATC is to be so notified. SECTION 5.07 All apprentices shall enter the program through the JATC as provided for in the registered apprenticeship standards and selection procedures. An apprentice may have his indenture canceled by the JATC at any time prior to the completion as stipulated in the registered standards. Time worked and accumulated in apprenticeship shall not be considered for local union referral purposes until the apprentice has satisfied all conditions of apprenticeship. Individuals terminated from apprenticeship shall not be assigned to any job in any classification, or participate in any related training, unless they are reinstated in the apprenticeship as per the standards, or they qualify through means other than apprenticeship, at sometime in the future, but no sooner than two years after their class has completed apprenticeship, and they have gained related knowledge and job skills to warrant such classification. SECTION 5.08 The JATC shall select and indenture a sufficient number of apprentices to meet local manpower needs. The JATC is authorized to indenture the number of apprentices necessary to meet the job site ratio as per Section 5.12. SECTION 5.09 Though the JATC cannot guarantee any number of apprentices; if a qualified employer requests an apprentice, the JATC shall make every effort to honor the request. If unable to fill the request within ten (10) working days, the JATC shall select and indenture the next available person from the active list of qualified applicants. An active list of qualified applicants shall be maintained by the JATC as per the selection procedures. SECTION 5.10 To accommodate short-term needs when apprentices are unavailable, the JATC shall assign unindentured workers who meet the basic qualifications for apprenticeship. Unindentured workers shall not remain employed if apprentices become available for OJT assignment. Unindentured workers shall be used to meet job site ratios except on wage-and-hour (prevailing wage) job sites. Before being employed, the unindentured person must sign a letter of understanding with the JATC and the employer-agreeing that they are not to accumulate more than two thousand (2,000) hours as an unindentured, that they are subject to replacement by indentured apprentices and that they are not to work on wage-and-hour (prevailing wage) job sites. Should an unindentured worker be selected for apprenticeship, the JATC will determine, as provided for in apprenticeship standards; if some credit for hours as an unindentured will be applied toward the minimum OJT hours of apprenticeship. The JATC may elect to offer voluntary related training to unindentured; such as Math Review, English, Safety, Orientation/Awareness, Introduction to OSHA, First-Aid and CPR. Participation shall be voluntary. SECTION 5.11 The employer shall contribute to the local health & welfare plans and to the National Electrical Benefit Fund (NEBF) on behalf of all apprentices and unindentured. Contributions to other benefit plans may be addressed in other sections of this agreement. SECTION 5.12 Each job site shall be allowed a ratio of 2 apprentice(s) for every 3 Journeyman Wiremen(man) . etc. etc. The first person assigned to any job site shall be a Journeyman ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. A job site is considered to be the physical location where employees report for their work assignments. The employer's shop (service center) is considered to be a separate, single job site. All other physical locations where workers report for work are each considered to be a single, separate job site. SECTION 5.13 An apprentice is to be under the provisions supervision of a Journeyman ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ at all times. This does not imply that the apprentice must always be in-sight-of a Journeyman ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Journeymen are not required to constantly watch the apprentice. Supervision will not be of a nature that prevents the development of responsibility and initiative. Work may be laid out by the employer's designated supervisor or journeyman based on their evaluation of the Apprenticeship apprentice's skills and Trades' Qualification Actability to perform the job tasks. Apprentices shall be permitted to perform job tasks in order to develop job skills and trade competencies. Journeymen are permitted to leave the immediate work area without being accompanied by the apprentice. Apprentices who have satisfactorily completed the first four years of related classroom training using the NJATC curriculum and accumulated a minimum of 6,500 hours of OJT with satisfactory performance, shall be permitted to work alone on any job site and receive work assignments in the same manner as a Journeyman ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. An apprentice shall not be the first person assigned to a job site and apprentices shall not supervise the work of others. B. Every SECTION 5.14 Upon satisfactory completion of apprenticeship, the JATC shall issue all graduating apprentices an appropriate diploma from the NJATC. The JATC shall encourage each graduating apprentice shall be bound to apply for college credit through the NJATC. The JATC may also require each apprentice to acquire any electrical license required for journeyman to work in the jurisdiction covered by all the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Board and the Union prevailing from time to timethis agreement. C. This clause and the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant SECTION 5.15 The parties to this Agreement shall be governed bound by the provisions Local Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust Fund Agreement which shall conform to Section 302 of the Apprenticeship Labor- Management Relations Act of 1947 as emended, ERISA and Trades' Qualification Act except for other applicable regulations. The Trustees authorized under this Trust Agreement are hereby empowered to determine the wage rate which reasonable value of any facilities, materials or services furnished by either party. All funds shall be as follows: D. An apprentice shall be paid the difference between the regular rate of pay handled and the sum of any board, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted by the Ministry of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeship. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course of apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injury, the Board shall extend the term of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months in duration without the approval of the Superintendent of Schools or their designate. Should there be no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall be permitted to repeat the examination once only at the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recall. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent (85%) of the required hours for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled disbursed in accordance with Article 2.4the Trust Agreement. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate SECTION 5.16 All Employers subject to the terms of proficiency or a certificate this Agreement shall contribute the amount of funds specified by the parties signatory to the local apprenticeship in and training trust agreement. The current rate of contribution is: $0.65 per hour worked. This sum shall be due the Trust Fund by the same date as is their designated trade payment to the NEBF under the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step terms of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their contract of apprenticeship; Restated Employees Benefit Agreement and after the expiration of the said sixTrust.

Apprenticeship Program. A. This clause shall apply 34.1 The employment and use of apprentices to apprentices who enter into a contract with prosecute the Board under the provisions completion of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act. B. Every apprentice shall be bound by all the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the Board and the Union prevailing from time to time. C. This clause and the contracts of apprenticeship entered into pursuant to this Agreement work shall be governed by the Schedule M-16 to Amendment #1. 34.2 Prior to the start of the work of the applicable apprenticeable occupations listed below the contractor or the applicable subcontractor through the prime contractor shall provide written certification to the city that it is a sponsor or participant in a DOL approved apprenticeship program. 34.3 Apprentices will be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work they performed when they are employed pursuant to and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Bureau, or if a person is employed in his or her first 90 days of probationary employment as an apprentice in such an apprenticeship program, who is not individually registered in the program, but who has been certified by the Bureau of Apprenticeship & Training or a State Apprenticeship Agency (where appropriate) to be eligible for probation employment as an apprentice. The allowable ratio of apprentices to journeymen on the job site in any craft classification shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the Contractor/subcontractor as to the entire work force under the registered program. 34.4 The Contractor shall furnish the City's Engineering Department with sufficient information, which demonstrates that apprentices are employed pursuant to and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program. Any worker listed on a payroll at an apprentice wage rate, who is not registered or otherwise employed as stated above, shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the City wage determination for the classification of work actually performed. In addition, any apprentice performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the City wage determination for the work actually performed. Every apprentice must be paid at not less than the rates specified in the registered program for the apprentice's level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman's hourly rate specified in the City wage determination. 34.5 Apprentices shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act except apprenticeship program. If the apprenticeship program does not specify fringe benefits, apprentices must be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage determination for the wage rate which shall be as follows: D. An applicable classification. If the bureau of Apprenticeship Administrator determines that a different practice prevails for the applicable apprentice classification, fringe benefits shall be paid in accordance with that determination. In the difference between event the regular rate Bureau of pay and the sum of any boardApprenticeship & Training, lodging, transportation or other allowances granted a state apprenticeship agency recognized by the Ministry Bureau, withdraws approval of Labour and/or Canada Manpower while attending full time courses requiring five or more hours of instruction per day set by a training authority established under the Apprenticeship and Trades' Qualification Act during each year of apprenticeship. This payment shall be made for only one (1) course of an apprenticeship completion and certification. No payment shall be made to an apprentice for repetition of a course occasioned by their failure to pass an examination. E. Where an apprentice is absent from work by reason of sickness or injuryprogram, the Board shall extend the term of such apprentice's contract but such extension shall not exceed six (6) months in duration without the approval of the Superintendent of Schools or their designate. Should there be Contractor will no extension(s) the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and F. Any apprentice failing an examination conducted under the direction of the Director of Apprenticeship and Industrial Training shall longer be permitted to repeat utilize apprentices at less than the examination once only at applicable predetermined rate for the next available examination period. Should the second examination be failed, the apprentice's contract shall be terminated and the employee placed on recallwork performed until an acceptable program is approved. G. Apprentices who have achieved eighty-five percent (85%) 34.6 The employment of apprentices by the Contractor is mandatory on Building Structure Projects. The Contractor shall at all times employ apprentices in U.S. Department of Labor certified apprenticeship programs, in such amounts and trades, as are set forth in the Schedule of Categories of Apprentices, which Schedule is maintained by the Office of the required hours City Engineer. See Addendum to the Contract “Apprenticeship Program”, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, for completion of their apprenticeship may apply for and hold a regular position to transfer to on completion of their apprenticeship. If required, the regular position shall be backfilled in accordance with Article 2.4more details. H. Every apprentice who has obtained a certificate of proficiency or a certificate of apprenticeship in their designated trade under the Act for whom no trades' position is immediately open in the School District shall, if the Board deems work is available, be retained on staff for a maximum of six (6) months at the final step of the appropriate apprentice pay scale as provided in their contract of apprenticeship; and after the expiration of the said six