Probationary Apprentice. A new entrant is a person who has never worked in the trade or attained any experience at an employer or union run trade school. The employer will first attain a referral slip in accordance with Article 5 Union Security from the local union before the new entrant commences work and the one thousand two hundred (1200) hour probation will start on first day worked. Such referral slip shall be provided upon request by facsimile or other electronic form of delivery upon the request by facsimile or other form setting out the Name of the person, the Social Insurance Number and the date that they are to commence work. Such referral slip shall be deemed to have been provided on the third day following such request if not otherwise received. A probationary apprentice does not count towards the ratio of apprentice to journeyperson. No Probationary Apprentice shall be hired if there is an available Registered Apprentice on the Local Union out of work list and such Apprentice is referred to the requesting Employer. Until May 1, 2020 the requirement that they be Registered will be waived. If by the time the probation period is completed, and the apprentice has demonstrated their suitability to the union and the employer, such assessment to be done in good faith, the entrant will become a member of the applicable local union. All wages, deductions and contributions of a new entrant shall be paid as per Article 29 of the local wage schedule of the provincial agreement for all hours worked.
Probationary Apprentice. The Joint Apprenticeship Committee has adopted a Probationary Apprentice Program. The Probationary Apprentice Program will be supervised by the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee.
Probationary Apprentice. A Junior Employee who has not signed an apprenticeship contract but in the opinion of the Employer may have potential for successfully proceeding through the apprenticeship system shall be classified as a Probationary Apprentice and can work on the tools. The Employer shall register the employee as a Probationary Apprentice with the Union within 2 working days of granting a trial period, which will not exceed 300 hours worked, following which the Employee will either enter into an apprenticeship contract with that Employer or be reclassified and paid as a Junior Employee.
Probationary Apprentice. A new entrant is a person who has never worked in the trade or attained any experience at an employer or union run trade school. The employer will first attain a referral slip in accordance with Article 5 Union Security from the local union before the new entrant commences work and the five hundred (500) hour probation will start on first day worked. If by the time the probation period is completed, and the apprentice has been deemed suitable by both union and employer, the entrant will become a member of the applica- ble local union. All wages, deductions and contributions of a new entrant shall be paid as per Article 29 of the local wage schedule of the provincial agreement for all hours worked.
Probationary Apprentice. Effective May 1, 2000 a new classification of sheet metal apprentice entitled , Probationary Apprentice, shall be incorporated into this Agreement. This Probationary Apprentice will be dispatched to qualifying employers in accordance with the provisions of Clause 11 – Hiring and Union Security and Clause 32.04 (apprentice ratio). This Probationary Apprentice will be registered in accordance with all provisions required by the BC Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission. This Probationary Apprentice will be required to serve 1600 hours in the trade prior to being scheduled to attend technical training sessions as required pursuant to terms of the Apprenticeship and Tradesman’s Qualification Act. At the completion of the required 1600 hours of credited service, the Probationary Apprentice will be re-classified as a Registered Sheet Metal Apprentice. Apprentices indentured prior to May 1, 2000 will not be displaced as a result of the implementation of this Probationary Apprentice classification. In the event of a shortage of work, Probationary Apprentices must be laid-off prior to any Registered Apprentice. Amend 32.08 to read:
Probationary Apprentice. A Junior Employee who has not signed an apprenticeship contract but in the opinion of the Employer may have potential for successfully proceeding through the apprenticeship system shall be classified as a Probationary Apprentice and can work on the tools. The Employer shall register the employee as a Probationary Apprentice with the Union within 2 working days of granting a trial period, which will not exceed 300 hours worked, following which the Employee will either enter into an apprenticeship contract with that Employer or be reclassified and paid as a Junior Employee. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT (COMMERCIAL ONLY) R1 Travel Expense When the Employer supplies a vehicle, each Employee shall be paid an allowance equal to his/her straight time rate for actual travel time from the dispatch point or temporary domicile to the project. No return travel time or terminal travel or rotational travel shall be paid.
