APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AGREEMENT Anchorage Municipal Light and Power (ML&P Sample Clauses

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AGREEMENT Anchorage Municipal Light and Power (ML&P and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1547 (IBEW), have established an Apprenticeship Program for Power Plant Operator-Mechanics (Program). This Program is a joint effort between ML&P and IBEW and will utilize the ML&P Generation Plant and the Alaska Joint Electrical Training and Trust (AJEATT) programs and facilities in a cooperative effort for the selection, instruction, training, certification and placement of apprentices in the Program. It is understood that ML&P is an Equal Opportunity Employer and seeks cooperation from the IBEW in all aspects of compliance with Federal and State anti-discrimination laws regarding this Program. The Program is designed as a four-year/8,000 hour apprenticeship encompassing broad training for apprentices in all aspects of electric power generation, power plant operation and power plant maintenance. The maximum credit to be received for prior training, education and experience is 50%. At no time shall an Apprentice complete his apprenticeship with less than two (2) years, six (6) months of direct work experience within the Generation Division. Standards of performance will be based on electric industry standards and established by the AJEATT. The Apprentice will receive training, instruction and experience in all phases of the electric generation power plant skills necessary to develop as a Journeyman Power Plant Operator-Mechanic. It is understood that ML&P employees who enter this Program will serve their apprenticeship at ML&P, and shall be removed from ML&P property only in the event the Statewide Committee of the AJEATT identify training which is necessary for the completion of the AJEATT indentureship, but unavailable in the ML&P workplace. In the event such reassignment takes place, upon completion of the required training, the apprentice shall be returned to ML&P property. The ML&P/IBEW Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee will determine when they have satisfactorily completed the Program, and will inform the ML&P General Manager of such satisfactory completion. To introduce this new Program, ML&P will post an announcement in- house to notify employees of this apprenticeship opportunity. The ML&P/IBEW Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee will review the qualifications of the applicants for the Program and will determine from those applicants the individual most qualified to become an Apprentice in the Program. It is understood by the parties that ML&P commitment to employ a grad...