Common use of TRAINING AND TUITION Clause in Contracts

TRAINING AND TUITION. 19.10.01 In the event the Company provides training to employees, and subject to the exceptions con- tained in Article 19.10.01.01 and 19.10.01.02, such training will be provided in order of clas- sification seniority to employees in the base, location and classification from which employees are being offered training, up to the number of employees required by the company. If train- ing cannot be provided in order of seniority due to the absence of an employee or if such would result, in the Company’s opinion, in a depletion of expertise among the remaining work force, employees not trained in order of seniority will be trained at the first opportunity within nine- ty (90) days and such employees will not be prejudiced in any manner as a result thereof. 19.10.01.01 (a) Apprentices may be bypassed for fuel tank entry training and endorsement courses. However, an Apprentice who has only six (6) months remaining in their apprenticeship program and who has successfully written all of their Transport Canada exams except CARS will not be bypassed. Other similar situations, which justify an exception, will be by mutual agreement between the Company and Bargaining Committee Chairperson. 19.10.01.01 (b) Where safety and compliance training is deemed mandatory for all employees, the Company may schedule for individuals in any order. 19.10.01.01 (c) At the Company’s discretion up to 12% of the available seats on each course will be made available to employees who have completed their probation period and hold a TC license with no ACA. Within this group of employees, the training will be offered in order of sen- iority. Senior employees will not be disadvantaged because a junior employee attended training under this provision. In addition, should one or more bases have 20% or more of its personnel licensed without an ACA, one (1) additional seat will be granted to one such base. 19.10.01.01 (d) Employees will only be scheduled for the endorsement training if they have successfully completed the MCM/MPM training and have successfully completed the test required to hold an ACA 30 days prior to the course start date. 19.10.01.02 Employees who fail a training course will not be eligible to receive the same course for a peri- od of at least twelve (12) months. This time period will increase to twenty-four (24) months in the case of a second failure, and to forty-eight (48) months in the case of a third failure. Should an employee fail a course a third time, they will not be eligible for further such train- ing unless the partied mutually agree otherwise. 19.10.01.03 The Company will post a bulletin for training courses which are one (1) week or longer out- lining training opportunities which are being made available to employees outside of a classi- fication, base or location so that employees may signify their desire to receive such training. 19.10.02 All training in accordance with Article 19.10.01 and other training for scope duties will be considered as time worked. If classroom training is six (6) hours or more in duration, the employee will not be required to return to duty, without loss of pay. 19.10.03 Any employee, who enrolls in a course at any recognized educational institution which is designed to upgrade their current skills on the job or to provide useful training in their career with the Company, will be reimbursed one-half of the cost of tuition and textbooks for such courses taken outside normal working hours. Prior to enrolling in a course, the employee must receive Management approval that the course is eligible for cost sharing. The Company will respond to an employee’s request for cost sharing no later than fourteen (14) days after the submission of the request. Any qualifications or experience attained as a result of such cours- es will not be considered as a qualification for the purposes of Article 10 or 12. 19.10.04 An employee who requests, in writing with a listing of their qualifications and experience, a letter of recommendation from the Company to write exams for the issuance of an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer license or endorsement and who is declined such a letter, will be pro- vided with written reasons from the Company within seven (7) calendar days of the declina- tion.