APPRENTICES AND TRAINING Clause Samples

The 'Apprentices and Training' clause establishes the requirements and expectations for employing apprentices and providing training opportunities within a project or organization. Typically, it outlines the minimum number or percentage of apprentices that must be engaged, the standards for their supervision, and the types of training programs that should be implemented. This clause ensures that workforce development is supported, helps address skill shortages, and promotes compliance with industry or regulatory standards regarding apprenticeship and training obligations.
APPRENTICES AND TRAINING a committee shall be set up which shall include Management and Union for the specific purpose of setting out guidelines and a format to train apprentices and upgrade mechanics in the skills required in the industry. This committee shall meet at least bi-annually and shall be subject to the review of the entire management group as to its accomplishments. This committee shall work with and include the facilities of educational institutions which have specific specialization to contribute.
APPRENTICES AND TRAINING. ‌ A. The established "in-plant" training period for apprentice Building Mechanics and Building Engineers shall be the 48-month period of continuous employment set forth in Schedule "A" of this contract. Equivalent apprentice experience in other employment may, in the discretion of the University, be substituted for an equal period of University employment and the starting rate for such apprentices adjusted accordingly. B. The approved Standards of Apprenticeship agreed to by the University and the Union, registered on March 9, 1982 by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, shall remain in effect for the term of this Agreement. C. So long as the University in its discretion deems it practicable, it will make every effort to maintain the present ratio of one (1) apprentice to approximately five (5) journeymen, or major fraction thereof. Whenever sufficient competent journeymen mechanics cannot be obtained, the University may, in its discretion, employ a larger proportionate number to fill such vacancies and will confer with the Union when this becomes necessary, but reserve the right to make the final decision. The University may, in its discretion at all times employ at least one (1) apprentice in each of the recognized classifications of Journeyman Building Mechanics, and Building Engineers set forth in Schedule "A" of the contract. D. The University agrees that the ratio of Assistant Building Engineers to Journeyman Building Engineers will not exceed the level of one (1) Assistant to five (5) Journeymen, and further agree that should it be deemed necessary by the University to increase this ratio, it will first confer with the Union prior to increasing the agreed upon ratio.
APPRENTICES AND TRAINING. SECTION 1. Each Employer shall have the right to employ one Apprentice, and may employ a ratio of apprentices to journeypersons in accordance with state regulations. All ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Apprentices must be registered with the Union and the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council. Said Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council shall be set up under the system of the State Apprentice Program, and the Association shall participate in the same. All apprentices, indentured without credit must serve four years apprenticeship. Apprentices’ rates shall be the following percentages of the journey level rate: Apprentices initiated prior to October 1, 2017 This Article shall apply to work performed within the State of Connecticut for the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Apprentices. Employers shall make contributions to the funds in the amounts listed in Schedule C of the Agreement for hours worked by apprentices, except that while an apprentice is at the 50 or 55 percent level, all the fringe benefit fund contributions shall be required on behalf of an apprentice except that no Pension contributions are required and that the contribution to the Annuity Fund shall be 75 cents per hour. Apprentices at the 60 percent level and above shall receive full benefits. For all Apprentices indentured after May 1, 2014, this paragraph shall apply to work performed within the State of Connecticut for the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Apprentices. Employers shall make contributions to the funds in the amounts listed in Schedule C of the Agreement for hours worked by Apprentices except that to the extent allowed by law no Pension contributions are required for Apprentices in the first year, 50% of the Pension contribution is required for Apprentices in the second year, and 75% of the Pension contribution is required for Apprentices in the third year; and that no Annuity Fund contributions shall be required for Apprentices in the first year, 40% of the Annuity contribution is required for Apprentices in the second year, and 55% of the Annuity contribution is required for Apprentices in the third year. Apprentices in the fourth year shall receive full benefits. For all apprentices indentured after October 1, 2017 Apprentices’ wage rates shell be the following percentage of the journey level rate: 0 through 12 months – 45% 13 through 24 months - 55% 25 through 36 months - 70% 37 through 48 months - 80% Employers shall make contributions to the funds in the amounts listed in Schedule C of the Agreement for hours worked by Apprentices...
APPRENTICES AND TRAINING. In the event that the Company introduces a technological change which results in:
APPRENTICES AND TRAINING. SECTION 1. All duly qualified apprentices shall be under the supervision and control of a Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee composed of an equal number of trustees, half of whom shall be selected by the Employer, and half by the Union. There shall be a minimum of 4 trustees. Said Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee shall formulate and make operative such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and which do not conflict with the specific terms of this Agreement, to govern eligibility, registration, education, transfer, wages, hours, working conditions of duly qualified apprentices and the operation of an adequate apprentice system to meet the needs and requirements of the trade. Said rules and regulations when formulated and adopted by the parties hereto shall be recognized as part of this Agreement. SECTION 2. The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee designated herein shall serve for the life of this Agreement, except that vacancies in said Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee caused by resignation or other- (a) The parties will review the needs for specialized and skill-upgrade training and cooperate to establish necessary programs which will then be supervised by the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee. SECTION 3. It is the understanding of the parties to this Agreement that the funds contributed by signatory Employers to the International Training Institute and any Local Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund (Local JATC) will not be used to train apprentices or journeymen who will be employed by employers in the Sheet Metal Industry not signatory to a collective bargaining agreement providing for contributions to the International Training Institute and a Local JATC. Therefore, the trustees of the International Training Institute and Local JATC shall adopt and implement a Scholarship Loan Agreement Program which will require apprentices and journeymen employed by signatory Employers to repay the cost of training either by service following training within the union sector of the industry or by actual repayment of the cost of training if the individual goes to work for a non signatory Employer in the Sheet Metal Industry. The cost of training shall include the reasonable value of all International Training Institute and Local JATC materials, facilities and personnel utilized in training. If a Local JATC does not implement the Schol- arship Loan Agreement Program, the Local JATC shall be prohibited from utiliz...
APPRENTICES AND TRAINING. Section 10.1. All Employers covered by this Agreement shall have the privilege of employing apprentices. Section 10.2. The use of apprentices shall be encouraged but there must not be any change in the present program during the term of this contract without the approval of the Joint Apprenticeship Committee. (a) Any Employers covered by this Agreement may employ and train apprentices. When an Employer’s work force includes five (5) masons, an Employer shall employ and train a minimum of one (1) apprentice. When an Employer’s work force includes twelve (12) masons an Employer shall employ and train a minimum of two (2) apprentices. As an Employer’s workforce continues to increase past twelve masons, such Employer shall at a minimum employ and train one (1) additional apprentice for each seven (7) additional masons employed after 12 masons. (b) Employers not hiring and training apprentices will be required to pay into the Milwaukee JATC two times the base contribution specified for each craftworker employed. (c) At a maximum, each Employer shall be allowed to employ and train one (1) apprentice for the first two (2) journeypersons and one (1) additional apprentice for each three (3) additional journeypersons. (d) The terms of these apprenticeships shall be four (4) years. Each Employer shall have full control over such apprentices while in their employ, but such control shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions establish by the Milwaukee JATC and the State of Wisconsin Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards. Notice of employment of such apprentices, as well as any termination of such employment shall be given to the Milwaukee JATC. (a) Effective August 1, l962, all apprentices shall be indentured to the Milwaukee Area JATC referred to in this Article as "Area Joint Committee" in a manner consistent with the applicable laws and the rules of the Department of Workforce Development of the State of Wisconsin. (b) Should an Employer employing apprentices have no work for an apprentice, then such apprentice may be reassigned by the Area Joint Committee to any other Employer covered by this Agreement, until such time as the original Employer again has work available for such apprentice.
APPRENTICES AND TRAINING. A. It is agreed that an adequate system of apprenticeship shall be established and maintained. The Apprenticeship Standards of the Joint Apprenticeship Committee comprised of four
APPRENTICES AND TRAINING. A. In order to train sufficient skilled mechanics for the industry, the parties to this Agreement recognize the necessity for employment of apprentices. It is understood and mutually agreed that the employment of apprentices shall be in accordance with the standards adopted by the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee, which are incorporated herein by reference. The maximum ratio of apprentice hours to journeyman hours shall be no greater than one to three. For apprentice wage and fringe benefits refer to Appendix A. B. While apprentices are unemployed, each employer shall be required to hire one (1) apprentice, if the employer has a least four (4) journeymen employed and shall hire an additional apprentice for each additional four (4) journeymen employed. Such ratio shall be maintained in lay-off situations. No individual shall be deemed an Apprentice unless they are properly indentured and designated as such by the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee and in accordance with the State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. All pre-apprenticeship programs will be administered and regulated by the JATEC.
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