APPRENTICESHIP RULES. Section 1. Apprenticeship training shall be administered by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee, to be established by the City and the Union, composed of the following persons; the City Administrator or his designee, who will serve as Chair, Light Department Director, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. The Joint Apprenticeship Committee may adopt its operation rules and procedures so long as these do not conflict with this contract or with other City policies. Section 2. An "Apprentice" shall mean an employee who has been appointed by the City to the position of Apprentice Lineman. Section 3. The term of apprenticeship will normally be three years of reasonably continuous employment and experience in principal operations of the craft of lineman. The first one year of the term of apprenticeship shall be considered a trial service period. The trial service period is an extension of the selection process. Employees on trial service may be terminated entirely at the option of the City. Section 4. An apprentice, for whom related instruction has been arranged, shall be required to enroll in this related instruction which is to be conducted as determined by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee. Time spent on such related instruction shall not be classified as hours of work and shall not be compensable. a) At the end of the apprenticeship, an apprentice will be examined by the Union to determine his qualifications for journeyman. If he has been enrolled in a related course of instruction he shall be examined only after being certified by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee. When the apprentice passes his examination he shall be judged qualified for the rating of journeyman. b) If an apprentice fails to pass his examination, he shall be given a second opportunity six months later. If he fails the second examination at this time, he shall be removed from the apprentice classification and his continued employment shall be entirely at the option of the City. c) Promotion to the classification of Journeyman Lineman shall be only after the successful completion of related instruction, proof that the apprentice has completed the required on-the-job training hours as determined by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee, and passing of the Union examination.
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