Common use of APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS Clause in Contracts

APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. 14.1 It is recognized and agreed that in order to update the skills of tradesmen and registered apprentices covered by the terms of this Agreement all Employers shall pay into the United Association Canadian Training Trust Fund eight cents (8¢) per hour for each hour worked by its employees under the terms of this Agreement. 14.2 Employers shall pay into operative local apprenticeship or training funds the amounts set out in the wage schedules attached hereto. 14.3 The Union agrees to supply pertinent information regarding the fund(s) to EPSCA. 14.4 The responsibility for selecting and employing the required numbers of apprentices and the administration of the local apprenticeship system shall be governed by the terms and procedures established by the Joint Local Union Training Committees. 14.5 EPSCA will identify as far in advance as possible its training needs and communicate those needs to the Local Training Committee. EPSCA agrees to co-ordinate with the Local Union the specialized training required to accommodate new technology and new methods with the intent to utilize local union members wherever practical. 14.6 No Apprentice or Journeyman shall be required to work overtime or shift work when it interferes with his attending classes related to the Local Union Journeyman and Apprenticeship Training program. 14.7 The parties recognize that in some Local Union jurisdictions the employment of welder apprentices shall be allowed. In those jurisdictions a wage schedule will form part of this collective agreement. 14.8 The Employer will work with the union’s signatory to this collective agreement to develop an apprenticeship protocol. The intention is such protocol will include a minimum of twenty (20) percent apprenticeship ratio applicable to each Employer covered under this agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. 14.1 It is recognized and agreed that in order to update the skills of tradesmen and registered apprentices covered by the terms of this Agreement all Employers shall pay into the United Association Canadian Training Trust Fund eight cents (8¢) per hour for each hour worked by its employees under the terms of this Agreement. 14.2 Employers shall pay into operative local apprenticeship or training funds the amounts set out in the wage schedules attached hereto. 14.3 The Union agrees to supply pertinent information regarding the fund(s) to EPSCA. 14.4 The responsibility for selecting and employing the required numbers of apprentices and the administration of the local apprenticeship system shall be governed by the terms and procedures established by the Joint Local Union Training Committees. 14.5 EPSCA will identify as far in advance as possible its training needs and communicate those needs to the Local Training Committee. EPSCA agrees to co-ordinate with the Local Union the specialized training required to accommodate new technology and new methods with the intent to utilize local union members wherever practical. 14.6 No Apprentice or Journeyman shall be required to work overtime or shift work when it interferes with his attending classes related to the Local Union Journeyman and Apprenticeship Training program. 14.7 The parties recognize that in some Local Union jurisdictions the employment of welder apprentices shall be allowed. In those jurisdictions a wage schedule will form part of this collective agreement. 14.8 The Employer will work with the union’s signatory to this collective agreement to develop an apprenticeship protocol. The intention is such protocol will include a minimum of twenty twenty-five (2025) percent apprenticeship ratio applicable to each Employer covered under this agreement.