Common use of APPRENTICESHIP Clause in Contracts

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough shall be a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric Department. The cost to the Employer shall be as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in the program, the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar year. (b) In the event that there are no apprentices participating in the program, the cost to the Employer shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be counted as a journeyman for this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks, apprentices will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this agreement. 14.5 For the apprentice to continue his or her pay and benefit status with the Borough while undergoing required training, he or she will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: (a) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks. (b) Upon receiving a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) years. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeyman. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough 1. New applicants for employment who cannot provide reasonable proof of 4,000 or more hours of employ- ment as a Construction Craft Laborer shall be eligible to apply to enter the Apprenticeship program. Any person entering but failing to maintain and complete his or her Apprenticeship shall not be employed by the Employer as a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric DepartmentJourney Worker under this Agreement. The cost failure of any Apprentice to maintain his or her Apprenticeship status shall obligate the Employer to discharge such person upon notice from the Union. An apprentice who fails to maintain his apprenticeship status shall not be eligible for hire by any employer covered by this Agreement. It is understood that no action will be taken by the Union against any Employer who inadvertently hires an apprentice who failed to maintain their apprenticeship status. It is understood however that the employer will have to terminate the individual upon being notified of the ineligible status. 2. The Apprenticeship and Training Standards approved by the Department of Workforce Devel- opment, Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards are hereby incorporated by reference as part of this Agreement. 3. The Apprentice wage rates: 0-1000 hrs. 70% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 1001-2000 hrs. 75% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 2001-3000 hrs. 80% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 3001-4000 hrs. 85% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 10% is being added on to the base wage to pay for the time Apprentices spend in their block related instruction. 4. The Employer may pay a higher rate at its option. However, the Apprentice must meet his or her commitments to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee regardless of the level being paid. 5. The Employer shall be as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in the program, the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar year. (b) In the event that there are no apprentices participating in the program, the cost to the Employer shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The pay an ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ full Health and Welfare benefit package as described in this contract. Pension contribution for Apprentices shall be $1.00 per hour less than a Journey Worker. 6. Entry into the Apprenticeship program shall be controlled by the JATC, which shall employ appropriate testing and screening procedures. An apprentice advances from one hours-of-credit and wage-rate category to another only upon determina- tion of satisfactory performance by the JATC. 7. The Employer will comply with State of Wisconsin mandated journeyman/ apprentice ratios. 8. It is agreed and understood that the ratio of appren- tices to journeyman will be counted as subject to review by the JATC Board of Trustees on an annual basis. However, in the event the trustees cannot agree on a journeyman for this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksratio, apprentices will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant it shall revert to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this ratio defined in the master agreement. 14.5 For 9. An Apprentice should, whenever possible, be rotated by the apprentice Employer through different types of work so as to continue his or her pay become trained in a variety of operations and benefit status work skills. Where the Employer is unable to provide an Apprentice with experience in the Borough while undergoing required full range of craft skills, classroom training, he or she in different areas of construction, will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: mandatory. Four hundred (a400) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will hours of classroom instruction shall be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksmandatory. (b) Upon receiving 10. An Apprentice shall not work on the jobsite unless supervised by a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) yearsJourney Worker of any trade. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects 11. An Apprentice shall not be penalized for taking off from work to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeymanattend offsite apprenticeship training. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough (1) New applicants for Laborers’ membership who cannot provide reasonable proof of 4,000 or more hours of employment as a Construction Craft Laborer (or, alternately, cannot demonstrate equivalent skills in a placement examination administered by the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) shall, whenever possible, enter the Apprenticeship Program. Any person entering but failing to maintain and complete his or her Apprenticeship shall not be employed by the Employer as a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric DepartmentJourneyworker under this Agreement. The cost failure of any apprentice to maintain his or her Apprenticeship status shall obligate the Employer shall be as follows: (a) So long as to discharge such person upon notice from the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in the program, the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar yearUnion. (b2) In The Apprenticeship and Training Standards approved by the event that there Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training or State Apprenticeship Committee are no apprentices participating in hereby incorporated by reference as a part of this Agreement. (3) The Apprentice wage rates shall be posted under Article 14 of the programNYS Labor Law. (4) The Employer may pay a higher rate at its option. However, the cost Apprentice must meet his or her commitments to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee regardless of the level being paid. (5) The Employer shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The pay an ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be counted ▇▇▇ fringe benefit package as a journeyman for described in this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks, apprentices will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this agreement. 14.5 For the apprentice to continue his or her pay and benefit status with the Borough while undergoing required training, he or she will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: (a) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or FairbanksAgreement. (b6) Upon receiving a journeyman statusEntry into the apprenticeship program shall be controlled by the JATC, which shall employ appropriate testing and screening procedures. An apprentice advances from one hours-of-credit and wage rate category to another only upon determination of the employee must agree satisfactory performance by the JATC, which shall have the authority to work for grant accelerated credit where warranted by the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) yearsperformance of an individual apprentice. (c7) If The Employer shall participate in the apprenticeship program by accepting apprentices for employment upon receiving a journeyman status referral by the employee elects Union. The Employer is not obligated to leave employment accept more than one (1) Apprentice for every five (5) Journeyworkers commencing with the Borough he sixth laborer employed or she in accordance with the ratios determined by the NYS Commissioner of Labor whichever shall be the lesser requirement. (8) The Employer may not employ an Apprentice until at least one Journeyworker is employed and thereafter may not employ more than one (1) Apprentice for every additional three (3) Journeyworkers or in accordance with the ratios determined by the NYS Commissioner of Labor whichever shall be the lesser requirement. (9) An Apprentice should, whenever possible, be rotated by the Employer through different types of work so as to become trained in a variety of operations and work skills. Where the Employer is unable to provide an Apprentice with experience in the full range of craft skills, the JATC may request the Local Union to reassign the Apprentice to other employment in order to provide that experience. For so long as the Employer is able to provide that necessary range of employment experience, the Employer may choose to retain the Apprentice from job to job but shall notify the Local Union and the JATC of all reassignments. (10) An Apprentice shall not work on the jobsite unless supervised by a Journeyworker. (11) An Apprentice shall not be penalized for taking off work to attend offsite training (though time off for training is unpaid). The Apprentice shall provide the Employer reasonable prior notice of such requests for time off. (12) The Union’s obligation to provide Apprentices is limited to the availability of persons participating in an approved apprenticeship program. Apprentices will be required referred to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel contractors on a first come first referred basis. (13) Following completion of 4000 hours full contract wages and per diem paid under 14.5(a)benefits will be paid. One quarter (¼) All other conditions and terms of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeymanAgreement apply to Apprentices. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 29:01 If the Company decides to have an apprenticeship program the provisions of this Article29 shall apply and in such case the parties agree to establish a Joint Apprenticeship Committee with two (2) members each from the Company and the Union. The Borough Union members shall be from a Skilled Trades classification. 29:02 The Committee shall meet every (6) months to review the progress of the Apprentices in the Program and the Program itself to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Trades Qualifications Act. 29:03 The minimum qualifications for admission to the Apprenticeship Program shall be a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric Department. The cost Grade 12 education or its equivalent. 29:04 All employees applying for admission to the Employer Program will be required to pass an aptitude test as approved by the Committee from time to time. Upon passing the test seniority will be the governing factor in filling the opening. 29:05 Admission to the program shall be subject to the job posting procedure. 29:06 The Committee shall have the authority to cancel the apprenticeship agreement for cause such as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating inability to learn, unsatisfactory work or lack of interest in the program. In the event of a disagreement between members of the Committee, the cost Company shall have the authority to remove an employee from the program subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions herein. 29:07 The first five hundred (500) hours of employment for every apprentice shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar yeara probationary period and during this period the apprenticeship agreement with an apprentice may be cancelled by the Company. 29:08 Apprentices in each of the Trades covered shall be paid a progressively increasing schedule of wages as follows: 1st 1000 hours not less than 65% of the Journeyman’s rate 2nd 1000 hours not less than 70% of the Journeyman’s rate 3rd 1000 hours not less than 75% of the Journeyman’s rate 4th 1000 hours not less than 80% of the Journeyman’s rate 5th 1000 hours not less than 85% of the Journeyman’s rate 6th 1000 hours not less than 90% of the Journeyman’s rate 7th 1000 hours not less than 95% of the Journeyman’s rate 8th 1000 hours not less than 95% of the Journeyman’s rate An employee with seniority rights who enters the apprenticeship program will remain at his/her current hourly rate until such time as the percentage (b%) of the journeyman’s rate is greater of the two and will continue to progressively increase as per above chart. 29:09 The Company will continue to pay apprentices the foregoing rates for time lost from their regular work schedule during the required classroom periods of instruction. In the event an apprentice does not return to the Company for at least 90 days after such period the employee shall reimburse the Company for all amounts so paid. Books and tuition will be reimbursed in accordance with company policy. In the event that there are no apprentices participating in government funding is available to cover the programcost of tuition, the cost Company will bear this cost. 29:10 Employees in one skilled trade classification will not be eligible to enter the Employer apprenticeship program in another trade. 29:11 Apprentices who are given credit for previous work experience and related classroom instruction shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar yearpaid, upon receiving such credit, the wage rate for the period to which such credit advances them. This shall not be made retroactive. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall 29:12 Apprentices upon completing the required hours of training and passing any required examination will be solely within afforded journeyman status. No certificates will be issued by the Petersburg community. In Ministry of Labour, Apprenticeship Branch unless approved by the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska regionJoint Apprenticeship Committee. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice 29:13 Until such time as all individual’s on the Seniority List for every two (2) journeyman. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ each classification have been recalled, there will be counted as no apprenticeship programs. Once all individuals have been recalled within a journeyman for this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksgiven classification, apprentices the Apprenticeship Program and the Company’s requirements will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this agreementreviewed. 14.5 For the apprentice to continue his or her pay and benefit status with the Borough while undergoing required training, he or she will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: (a) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks. (b) Upon receiving a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) years. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeyman. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough 1. New applicants for membership who cannot pro- vide reasonable proof of 4,000 or more hours of employment as a Construction Craft Laborer (or, alternatively, cannot demonstrate equivalent skills in a placement examination administered by the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) shall enter the Apprenticeship program. Any person entering but failing to maintain and complete his or her Apprenticeship shall not be employed by the Employer as a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric DepartmentJourney Worker under this Agreement. The cost failure of any Apprentice to maintain his or her Apprenticeship status shall obligate the Employer to discharge such person upon notice from the Union. 2. The Apprenticeship and Training Standards approved by the Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations, Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards are hereby incorporated by reference as of this Agreement. 3. The Apprenticeship wage rates: 0–1000 hrs. 80% of journey rate 1000–2000 hrs. 85% of journey rate 2001–3000 hrs. 90% of journey rate 3001–4000 hrs. 95% of journey rate 4. The Employer may pay a higher rate at its option. However, the Apprentice must meet his or her com- mitments to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee regardless of the level being paid. 5. The Employer shall be as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in the program, the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar year. (b) In the event that there are no apprentices participating in the program, the cost to the Employer shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The pay an ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will ▇▇▇ full Health and Welfare benefit package as described in this contract. Pension contribution for Apprentices shall be counted as $1.00 per hour less than a journeyman for this calculationJourney Worker. 14.4 While undergoing required training 6. Entry into the Apprenticeship program shall be controlled by the JATC, which shall employ appro- priate testing and screening procedures. An appren- ▇▇▇▇ advances from one hours-of-credit and wage rate category to another only upon determination of satisfactory performance by the JATC. 7. The Employer shall participate in Anchorage or Fairbanks, apprentices will be required the Apprenticeship program by accepting Apprentices for employment upon referral by the Union. The Employer is not obligated to apply accept more than one (1) Apprentice for step grantsevery five (5) Journey Workers commencing with the sixth laborer employed. 8. If An Employer with three (3) Journey Workers may have one Apprentice. The Employer may have a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grantsecond Apprentice if there are eight (8) Journey Workers, and per diem pursuant to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this agreement. 14.5 For the apprentice to continue his or her pay and benefit status with the Borough while undergoing required training, he or she will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: (a) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks. (b) Upon receiving a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) years. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeyman. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.third Apprentice if there arethirty

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 a) If the Company decides to have an apprenticeship program the provisions of this Article shall apply and in such case the parties agree to establish a Joint Apprenticeship Committee with two (2) members each from the Company and the Union. The Borough Union members shall be from a Skilled Trades classification. b) The Committee shall meet every (6) months to review the progress of the Apprentices in the Program and the Program itself to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Trades Qualifications Act. c) The minimum qualifications for admission to the Apprenticeship Program shall be a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric Department. The cost Grade 12 education or its equivalent. d) All employees applying for admission to the Employer Program will be required to pass an aptitude test as approved by the Committee from time to time. Upon passing the test seniority will be the governing factor in filling the opening. e) Admission to the program shall be subject to the job posting procedure. f) The Committee shall have the authority to cancel the apprenticeship agreement for cause such as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating inability to learn, unsatisfactory work or lack of interest in the program. In the event of a disagreement between members of the Committee, the cost Company shall have the authority to remove an employee from the program subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions herein. g) The first five hundred (500) hours of employment for every apprentice shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar yeara probationary period and during this period the apprenticeship agreement with an apprentice may be cancelled by the Company. h) Apprentices in each of the Trades covered shall be paid a progressively increasing schedule of wages as follows: 1st 1000 hours not less than 65% of the Journeyman’s rate 2nd 1000 hours not less than 70% of the Journeyman’s rate 3rd 1000 hours not less than 75% of the Journeyman’s rate 4th 1000 hours not less than 80% of the Journeyman’s rate 5th 1000 hours not less than 85% of the Journeyman’s rate 6th 1000 hours not less than 90% of the Journeyman’s rate 7th 1000 hours not less than 95% of the Journeyman’s rate 8th 1000 hours not less than 95% of the Journeyman’s rate i) An employee with seniority rights who enters the apprenticeship program will remain at his/her current hourly rate until such time as the percentage (b%) of the journeyman’s rate is greater of the two and will continue to progressively increase as per above chart. j) The Company will continue to pay apprentices the foregoing rates for time lost from their regular work schedule during the required classroom periods of instruction. In the event an apprentice does not return to the Company for at least 90 days after such period the employee shall reimburse the Company for all amounts so paid. Books and tuition will be reimbursed in accordance with company policy. In the event that there are no apprentices participating in government funding is available to cover the programcost of tuition, the cost Company will bear this cost. k) Employees in one skilled trade classification will not be eligible to enter the Employer apprenticeship program in another trade. l) Apprentices who are given credit for previous work experience and related classroom instruction shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar yearpaid, upon receiving such credit, the wage rate for the period to which such credit advances them. This shall not be made retroactive. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall m) Apprentices upon completing the required hours of training and passing any required examination will be solely within afforded journeyman status. No certificates will be issued by the Petersburg community. In Ministry of Labour, Apprenticeship Branch unless approved by the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska regionJoint Apprenticeship Committee. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1n) apprentice Until such time as all individuals on the Seniority List for every two (2) journeyman. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ each classification have been recalled, there will be counted as no apprenticeship programs. Once all individuals have been recalled within a journeyman for this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksgiven classification, apprentices the Apprenticeship Program and the Company’s requirements will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this agreementreviewed. 14.5 For the apprentice to continue his or her pay and benefit status with the Borough while undergoing required training, he or she will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: (a) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks. (b) Upon receiving a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) years. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeyman. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough 1. New applicants for employment who cannot provide reasonable proof of 4,000 or more hours of employ- ment as a Construction Craft Laborer shall be eligible to apply to enter the Apprenticeship program. Any person entering but failing to maintain and complete his or her Apprenticeship shall not be employed by the Employer as a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric DepartmentJourney Worker under this Agreement. The cost failure of any Apprentice to maintain his or her Apprenticeship status shall obligate the Employer to discharge such person upon notice from the Union. An apprentice who fails to maintain his apprenticeship status shall not be eligible for hire by any employer covered by this Agreement. It is under- stood that no action will be taken by the Union against any Employer who inadvertently hires an apprentice who failed to maintain their apprenticeship status. It is understood however that the employer will have to terminate the individual upon being notified of the ineligible status. 2. The Apprenticeship and Training Standards approved by the Department of Workforce Devel- opment, Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards are hereby incorporated by reference as part of this Agreement. 3. The Apprentice wage rates: 0-1000 hrs. 70% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 1001-2000 hrs. 75% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 2001-3000 hrs. 80% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 3001-4000 hrs. 85% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 10% is being added on to the base wage to pay for the time Apprentices spend in their block related instruction. 4. The Employer may pay a higher rate at its option. However, the Apprentice must meet his or her commitments to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee regardless of the level being paid. 5. The Employer shall be as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in the program, the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar year. (b) In the event that there are no apprentices participating in the program, the cost to the Employer shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The pay an ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ full Health and Welfare benefit package as described in this contract. Pension contribution for Apprentices shall be $1.00 per hour less than a Journey Worker. 6. Entry into the Apprenticeship program shall be controlled by the JATC, which shall employ appropriate testing and screening procedures. An apprentice advances from one hours-of-credit and wage-rate category to another only upon determina- tion of satisfactory performance by the JATC. 7. The Employer will comply with State of Wisconsin mandated journeyman/ apprentice ratios. 8. It is agreed and understood that the ratio of appren- tices to journeyman will be counted as subject to review by the JATC Board of Trustees on an annual basis. However, in the event the trustees cannot agree on a journeyman for this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksratio, apprentices will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant it shall revert to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this ratio defined in the master agreement. 14.5 For 9. An Apprentice should, whenever possible, be rotated by the apprentice Employer through different types of work so as to continue his or her pay become trained in a variety of operations and benefit status work skills. Where the Employer is unable to provide an Apprentice with experience in the Borough while undergoing required full range of craft skills, classroom training, he or she in different areas of construction, will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: mandatory. Four hundred (a400) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will hours of classroom instruction shall be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksmandatory. (b) Upon receiving 10. An Apprentice shall not work on the jobsite unless supervised by a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) yearsJourney Worker of any trade. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects 11. An Apprentice shall not be penalized for taking off from work to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeymanattend offsite apprenticeship training. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough 1. New applicants for employment who cannot provide reasonable proof of 4,000 or more hours of employment as a Construction Craft Laborer shall be eligible to apply to enter the Apprenticeship program. Any person entering but failing to maintain and complete his or her Apprenticeship shall not be employed by the Employer as a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric DepartmentJourney Worker under this Agreement. The cost failure of any Apprentice to maintain his or her Apprenticeship status shall obligate the Employer to discharge such person upon notice from the Union. An apprentice who fails to maintain his apprenticeship status shall not be eligible for hire by any employer covered by this Agreement. It is understood that no action will be taken by the Union against any Employer who inadvertently hires an apprentice who failed to maintain their apprenticeship status. It is understood however that the employer will have to terminate the individual upon being notified of the ineligible status. 2. The Apprenticeship and Training Standards approved by the Department of Workforce Development, Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards are hereby incorporated by reference as part of this Agreement. 3. The Apprentice wage rates: 0-1000 hrs. 70% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 1001-2000 hrs. 75% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 2001-3000 hrs 80% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 3001-4000 hrs. 85% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 10% is being added on to the base wage to pay for the time Apprentices spend in their block related instruction. 4. The Employer may pay a higher rate at its option. However, the Apprentice must meet his or her commitments to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee regardless of the level being paid. 5. The Employer shall be as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in the program, the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar year. (b) In the event that there are no apprentices participating in the program, the cost to the Employer shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The pay an ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ full Health and Welfare benefit package as described in this contract. Pension contribution for Apprentices shall be $1.00 per hour less than a Journey Worker. 6. Entry into the Apprenticeship program shall be controlled by the JATC, which shall employ appropriate testing and screening procedures. An apprentice advances from one hours-of-credit and wage-rate category to another only upon determination of satisfactory performance by the JATC. 7. The Employer will comply with State of Wisconsin mandated journeyman/ apprentice ratios. 8. It is agreed and understood that the ratio of apprentices-to journeyman will be counted as subject to review by the JATC Board of Trustees on an annual basis. However, in the event the trustees cannot agree on a journeyman for this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksratio, apprentices will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant it shall revert to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this ratio defined in the master agreement. 14.5 For 9. An Apprentice should, whenever possible, be rotated by the apprentice Employer through different types of work so as to continue his or her pay become trained in a variety of operations and benefit status work skills. Where the Employer is unable to provide an Apprentice with experience in the Borough while undergoing required full range of craft skills, classroom training, he or she in different areas of construction, will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: mandatory. Four hundred (a400) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will hours of classroom instruction shall be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksmandatory. (b) Upon receiving 10. An Apprentice shall not work on the jobsite unless supervised by a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) yearsJourney Worker of any trade. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects 11. An Apprentice shall not be penalized for taking off from work to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeymanattend offsite apprenticeship training. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough 1. New applicants for employment who cannot provide reasonable proof of 4,000 or more hours of employ- ment as a Construction Craft Laborer shall be eligible to apply to enter the Apprenticeship program. Any person entering but failing to maintain and complete his or her Apprenticeship shall not be employed by the Employer as a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric DepartmentJourney Worker under this Agreement. The cost failure of any Apprentice to maintain his or her Apprenticeship status shall obligate the Employer to discharge such person upon notice from the Union. An apprentice who fails to maintain his apprenticeship status shall not be eligible for hire by any employer covered by this Agreement. It is under- stood that no action will be taken by the Union against any Employer who inadvertently hires an apprentice who failed to maintain their apprenticeship status. It is understood however that the employer will have to terminate the individual upon being notified of the ineligible status. 2. The Apprenticeship and Training Standards approved by the Department of Workforce Devel- opment, Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards are hereby incorporated by reference as part of this Agreement. 3. The Apprentice wage rates: Hours of Credit Wage Rate 0-1000 hrs. 70% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 1001-2000 hrs. 75% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 2001-3000 hrs. 80% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 3001-4000 hrs. 85% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 10% is being added on to the base wage to pay for the time Apprentices spend in their block related instruction. 4. The Employer may pay a higher rate at its option. However, the Apprentice must meet his or her commitments to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee regardless of the level being paid. 5. The Employer shall be as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in the program, the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar year. (b) In the event that there are no apprentices participating in the program, the cost to the Employer shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The pay an ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ full Health and Welfare benefit package as described in this contract. Pension contribution for Apprentices shall be $1.00 per hour less than a Journey Worker. 6. Entry into the Apprenticeship program shall be controlled by the JATC, which shall employ appropriate testing and screening procedures. An apprentice advances from one hours-of-credit and wage-rate category to another only upon determina- tion of satisfactory performance by the JATC. 7. The Employer will comply with State of Wisconsin mandated journeyman/ apprentice ratios. 8. It is agreed and understood that the ratio of appren- tices to journeyman will be counted as subject to review by the JATC Board of Trustees on an annual basis. However, in the event the trustees cannot agree on a journeyman for this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksratio, apprentices will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant it shall revert to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this ratio defined in the master agreement. 14.5 For 9. An Apprentice should, whenever possible, be rotated by the apprentice Employer through different types of work so as to continue his or her pay become trained in a variety of operations and benefit status work skills. Where the Employer is unable to provide an Apprentice with experience in the Borough while undergoing required full range of craft skills, classroom training, he or she in different areas of construction, will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: mandatory. Four hundred (a400) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will hours of classroom instruction shall be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksmandatory. (b) Upon receiving 10. An Apprentice shall not work on the jobsite unless supervised by a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) yearsJourney Worker of any trade. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects 11. An Apprentice shall not be penalized for taking off from work to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeymanattend offsite apprenticeship training. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough 18.1. New applicants for membership who cannot provide reasonable proof of 4000 or more hours of employment as a construction craft laborer (or, alternatively, cannot demonstrate equivalent skills in a placement examination administered by the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) shall, whenever possible, enter the apprenticeship program. Any person entering by failing to maintain and complete his or her apprenticeship shall not be employed by the employer as a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric Departmentjourney worker under this agreement. The cost failure of any apprentice to maintain his or her apprenticeship status shall obligate the Employer to discharge such person upon notice from the Union. 18.2. The apprenticeship and training standards approved by the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training or State Apprenticeship Committee are hereby incorporated by reference as part of this Agreement. 18.3. The Apprentice Wage Rates: 0-800 0-80 70% of Journey Worker 801-1600 81-160 75% of Journey Worker 1601-2400 161-240 80% of Journey Worker 2401-3200 241-320 85% of Journey Worker 3201-4000 321-400 90% of Journey Worker 4001-4800 401-480 95% of Journey Worker 4801 481 Journey Worker 18.4. The Employer may pay a higher rate at its option. However, the apprentice must meet his or her commitments to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee regardless of the level being paid. 18.5. The Employer shall be as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in the program, the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar year. (b) In the event that there are no apprentices participating in the program, the cost to the Employer shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The pay an ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be counted ▇▇▇ full fringe benefit package as a journeyman for described in this calculationcontract. 14.4 While undergoing required training 18.6. Entry into the apprenticeship program shall be controlled by the JATC, which shall employ appropriate testing and screening procedures. An apprentice advances from one hours-of-credit and wage rate category to another only upon determination of satisfactory performance by the JATC, which shall have the authority to grant accelerated credit where warranted by the performance of an individual apprentice. 18.7. The Employer shall participate in Anchorage or Fairbanksthe apprenticeship program by accepting apprentices for employment upon referral by the Union. 18.8. The Employer, apprentices will may employ one (1) apprentice whenever three (3) journeymen (including a ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇) are employed within the jurisdiction of this agreement and a ratio of three to one thereafter. Any Employer who does not normally employ three (3) Journeymen may employ one (1) apprentice for up to 25% of the total journeyman hours worked in the previous year. 18.9. An apprentice should, whenever possible, be required rotated by the Employer through different types of work so as to apply for step grantsbecome trained in a variety of operations and work skills. If a step grant Where the employer is receivedunable to provide an apprentice with experience in the full range of craft skills, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above JATC may request the step grant, and per diem pursuant local Union to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this agreement. 14.5 For reassign the apprentice to continue his or her pay and benefit status with other employment in order to provide the Borough while undergoing required trainingexperience. For so long as the Employer is able to provide the necessary range of employment experience, he or she will be required the Employer may choose to sign an agreement between retain the Borough, IBEW apprentice from job to job but shall notify the local Union and the apprentice with the following stipulations: (a) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or FairbanksJATC of all reassignments. (b) Upon receiving 18.10. An apprentice shall not work on the jobsite unless supervised by a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) yearsjourney worker. 18.11. An apprentice shall not be penalized for taking off from work to attend offsite training (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough though time off for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(atraining is unpaid). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeyman. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 a) If the Company decides to have an apprenticeship program the provisions of this Article shall apply and in such case the parties agree to establish a Joint Apprenticeship Committee with two (2) members each from the Company and the Union. The Borough Union members shall be from a Skilled Trades classification. b) The Committee shall meet every (6) months to review the progress of the Apprentices in the Program and the Program itself to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Trades Qualifications Act. c) The minimum qualifications for admission to the Apprenticeship Program shall be a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric Department. The cost Grade 12 education or its equivalent. d) All employees applying for admission to the Employer Program will be required to pass an aptitude test as approved by the Committee from time to time. Upon passing the test seniority will be the governing factor in filling the opening. e) Admission to the program shall be subject to the job posting procedure. f) The Committee shall have the authority to cancel the apprenticeship agreement for cause such as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating inability to learn, unsatisfactory work or lack of interest in the program. In the event of a disagreement between members of the Committee, the cost Company shall have the authority to remove an employee from the program subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions herein. g) The first five hundred (500) hours of employment for every apprentice shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar yeara probationary period and during this period the apprenticeship agreement with an apprentice may be cancelled by the Company. h) Apprentices in each of the Trades covered shall be paid a progressively increasing schedule of wages as follows: 1st 1000 hours not less than 65% of the Journeyman’s rate 2nd 1000 hours not less than 70% of the Journeyman’s rate 3rd 1000 hours not less than 75% of the Journeyman’s rate 4th 1000 hours not less than 80% of the Journeyman’s rate 5th 1000 hours not less than 85% of the Journeyman’s rate 6th 1000 hours not less than 90% of the Journeyman’s rate 7th 1000 hours not less than 95% of the Journeyman’s rate 8th 1000 hours not less than 95% of the Journeyman’s rate i) An employee with seniority rights who enters the apprenticeship program will remain at his/her current hourly rate until such time as the percentage (b%) of the journeyman’s rate is greater of the two and will continue to progressively increase as per above chart. j) The Company will continue to pay apprentices the foregoing rates for time lost from their regular work schedule during the required classroom periods of instruction. In the event an apprentice does not return to the Company for at least 90 days after such period the employee shall reimburse the Company for all amounts so paid. Books and tuition will be reimbursed in accordance with company policy. In the event that no government funding is available to cover the cost of tuition, the Company will bear this cost. k) Employees in one skilled trade classification will not be eligible to enter the apprenticeship program in another trade. l) Apprentices who are given credit for previous work experience and related classroom instruction shall be paid, upon receiving such credit, the wage rate for the period to which such credit advances them. This shall not be made retroactive. m) Apprentices upon completing the required hours of training and passing any required examination will be afforded journeyman status. No certificates will be issued by the Ministry of Labour, Apprenticeship Branch unless approved by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee. n) Until such time as all individuals on the Seniority List for each classification have been recalled, there are will be no apprentices participating apprenticeship programs. Once all individuals have been recalled within a given classification, the Apprenticeship Program and the Company’s requirements will be reviewed. Article 29 Temporary Transfers 29.01 Any vacancies expected to be less than twenty (20) days will be offered in the programfollowing order from the classification with available personnel on the shift of the vacancy: a) Most senior qualified employee b) The next senior qualified person c) If the employer is unable to get volunteers, the cost most junior qualified person must accept the temporary vacancy. The employer will offer training for the following classifications • Set up • Metal • Material handling • Quality Assurance For employees from other classifications to improve both flexibility of the Employer shall employer and opportunities for the members. Training will be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand limited to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be counted as a journeyman for this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks, apprentices will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, of the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this agreement. 14.5 For the apprentice to continue his or her pay and benefit status with the Borough while undergoing required training, he or she will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: (a) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks. (b) Upon receiving a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) yearsclassifications. Training will be discussed at all quarterly Mutual Interest Meetings. Qualified will mean able to perform the work with minor orientation. 29.02 Temporary vacancies expected to be twenty (c20) If working days or longer will be posted and awarded as provided for in Article 30. The expected length of the vacancy shall be included in the posting if known and upon receiving a journeyman status the conclusion of the temporary placement the employee elects shall return to leave employment his/her former classification. 29.03 Hours worked in a job classification with a higher rate of pay than scheduled will receive the Borough he or higher wage for the hours worked in this classification, hours worked in a job classification with a lower rate of pay than scheduled will receive the higher wage for all hours worked. If an employee works more than twenty (20) hours in a given week at the higher Job Classification he/she will receive the higher wage for the entire week. 29.04 Full time (40 hours per week) temporary transfers will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a)a maximum of twenty (20) working days. One quarter (¼) The time limit may be extended by mutual agreement of the cost Company and the Union. 29.05 All temporary transfers will be written off upon offered first by seniority and if there are no volunteers the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeymanjunior person must change classifications. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough Section 1. First year Apprentices shall be a signatory participant steadily employed unless circumstances prevail which are beyond the control of the Employer, subject to the approval of the JATC. Section 2. An Employer of five (5) or more Journeypersons is to employ at least one (1) Apprentice and must employ Apprentices at least at this ratio unless their right to train Apprentices has been revoked by the JATC. This shall not limit the obligation of the Employer to train Apprentices in the Alaska proper ratio to the total number of Journeypersons in the shop, as outlined in this Agreement or in the Apprenticeship and Training Standards nor shall it be construed to replace Journeypersons in a shop when substantial unemployment exists in the area of the Local Union or District Council. Journeyperson Apprentice For one Journeyperson you can have one apprentice 1 1 For three Journeypersons you can have two apprentices 3 2 For five Journeypersons you can have three apprentices 5 3 For seven Journeypersons you can have four apprentices 7 4 For nine Journeypersons you can have five apprentices (and so on) 9 5 Section 3. When the Employer employs one (1) or more Journeypersons who are regular employees (“regular employee” is defined as any employee who has maintained employment with the same Employer beyond the initial project referral), it may employ one (1) Apprentice Painter; then one (1) additional Apprentice Painter for the next two (2) additional Journeypersons that are regular employees thereafter. The ratio is determined on an Employer basis, not by job, except on Prevailing Wage work. This ratio may be altered at the discretion of the Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training Committee at the request of the Employer. Section 4. The Apprenticeship training shall be in accordance with Standards approved by the State Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Section 5. No Apprentice with less than two (2) years of experience on the job shall be permitted to work on a job unless a Journeyperson is working on said job. Section 6. All Apprentices, after serving one and Trust one-half (AJEATT)1 1/2) years of their apprenticeship, shall have the right to elect, subject to the approval of the JATC, to engage for two (2) six (6) month periods in any specialized phases of the Painting Industry. Such participation Apprentices who are approved for the specialized instruction shall cover apprenticeship positions be indentured for the two (2) six (6) month periods as outlined above to Employers who are engaged in the Borough’s Electric Department. The cost to the Employer shall be as follows:special field selected. (a) So long as This specialized on the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in job training shall not conflict with the programexisting Apprentice Program governing school attendance, class instruction, or other programs of the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar yearJATC. (b) In No Apprentice shall be allowed to drop their Apprentice Card and take out or apply to the event Union for a Journeyman’s Card, unless permission has been granted by the JATC. (c) No Employer shall be allowed to hire an Apprentice as a Journeyperson if the Apprentice has been suspended, dropped, or cancelled by the JATC, unless permission has been granted by the JATC. Section 7. No Apprentice shall be sent to out-of-town work that there are no apprentices participating will interfere or prohibit them from attending school classes or appearing before the JATC after due notice has been given. Section 8. Apprentices shall be indentured only to Employers operating under a State of California Painting Contractor’s License (now classified C-33) and which engage in general painting; except when indentured for the programspecialized phase instruction provided for elsewhere in this Article, or when indentured to the JATC. This section is not intended, however, to exclude municipal or political institutions and sub-divisions. Section 9. When an Apprentice is not worked by an Employer for three (3) consecutive working days (project or weather delays, Holidays, DDOs, and weekends excluded), the cost Apprentice has the right to put their name on the Out-of-Work List and seek their own employment with other signatory Employers. When employment is ended by the Employer, the Employer shall provide the JATC with a separation notice. The notice shall be two thousand on documents provided by the JATC. Section 10. An automatic penalty of five hundred dollars ($2,500.00500.00) will be imposed on any Employer who does not allow an Apprentice to attend school and works said Apprentice during the week assigned to them. If there is a second offense by the same Employer, they will not be allowed to have a new Apprentice for a period of twelve (12) months. After an Apprentice is employed by an Employer for thirty (30) days, a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be imposed on any Employer who does not return the Apprentice’s evaluation within thirty (30) days from the increase date for each Apprentice. This shall be deemed on a per calendar yearApprentice basis. The Employer may appeal through the JATC. Money generated by such penalties will revert to the Finishing Trades Institute of Northern California and Nevada Trust Fund. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall Section 11. Apprentices must be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska regioncurrent on reporting their work hours before they can be dispatched. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be counted as a journeyman for this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks, apprentices will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this agreement. 14.5 For the apprentice to continue his or her pay and benefit status with the Borough while undergoing required training, he or she will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: (a) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks. (b) Upon receiving a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) years. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeyman. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough 1. New applicants for employment who cannot provide reasonable proof of 4,000 or more hours of employment as a Construction Craft Laborer shall be eligible to apply to enter the Apprenticeship program. Any person enter- ing but failing to maintain and complete his or her Ap- prenticeship shall not be employed by the Employer as a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric DepartmentJourney Worker under this Agreement. The cost failure of any Apprentice to maintain his or her Apprenticeship sta- tus shall obligate the Employer to discharge such person upon notice from the Union. An apprentice who fails to maintain his apprenticeship status shall not be eligible for hire by any employer covered by this Agreement. It is un- derstood that no action will be taken by the Union against any Employer who inadvertently hires an apprentice who failed to maintain their apprenticeship status. It is under- stood however that the employer will have to terminate the individual upon being notified of the ineligible status. 2. The Apprenticeship and Training Standards approved by the Department of Workforce Development, Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards are hereby incorporated by reference as part of this Agreement. 3. The Apprentice wage rates: 0-1000 hrs. 70% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 1001-2000 hrs. 75% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 2001-3000 hrs 80% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 3001-4000 hrs. 85% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 10% is being added on to the base wage to pay for the time Apprentices spend in their block related instruction. 4. The Employer may pay a higher rate at its option. However, the Apprentice must meet his or her commit- ments to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee regardless of the level being paid. 5. The Employer shall be as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in the program, the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar year. (b) In the event that there are no apprentices participating in the program, the cost to the Employer shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The pay an ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ full Health and Welfare benefit package as described in this contract. Pension contribution for Apprentices shall be $1.00 per hour less than a Journey Worker. 6. Entry into the Apprenticeship program shall be controlled by the JATC, which shall employ appropriate testing and screening procedures. An apprentice advances from one hours-of-credit and wage-rate category to another only upon determination of satisfactory performance by the JATC. 7. The Employer will comply with State of Wisconsin mandated journeyman/ apprentice ratios. 8. It is agreed and understood that the ratio of apprentic- es-to journeyman will be counted as subject to review by the JATC Board of Trustees on an annual basis. However, in the event the trustees cannot agree on a journeyman for this calculation. 14.4 While undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksratio, apprentices will be required to apply for step grants. If a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grant, and per diem pursuant it shall revert to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this ratio defined in the master agreement. 14.5 For 9. An Apprentice should, whenever possible, be rotated by the apprentice Employer through different types of work so as to continue his or her pay become trained in a variety of operations and benefit status work skills. Where the Employer is unable to provide an Apprentice with experience in the Borough while undergoing required full range of craft skills, classroom training, he or she in different areas of construction, will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: man- datory. Four hundred (a400) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will hours of classroom instruc- tion shall be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanksmandatory. (b) Upon receiving 10. An Apprentice shall not work on the jobsite unless supervised by a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) yearsJourney Worker of any trade. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects 11. An Apprentice shall not be penalized for taking off from work to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeymanattend offsite apprenticeship training. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.

APPRENTICESHIP. 14.1 The Borough 1. New applicants for membership who cannot pro- vide reasonable proof of 4,000 or more hours of employment as a Construction Craft Laborer (or, alternatively, cannot demonstrate equivalent skills in a placement examination administered by the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) shall enter the Apprenticeship program. Any person entering but failing to maintain and complete his or her Apprenticeship shall not be employed by the Employer as a signatory participant in the Alaska Joint Electrical Apprenticeship Training and Trust (AJEATT). Such participation shall cover apprenticeship positions in the Borough’s Electric DepartmentJourney Worker under this Agreement. The cost failure of any Apprentice to maintain his or her Apprenticeship status shall obligate the Employer to discharge such person upon notice from the Union. 2. The Apprenticeship and Training Standards approved by the Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations, Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards are hereby incorporated by reference as of this Agreement. 3. The Apprenticeship wage rates: Hours of Credit Wage Rate 0–1000 hrs. 70% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 1000–2000 hrs. 75% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 2001–3000 hrs. 80% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 3001–4000 hrs. 85% of journey rate + 10% wage add on 10% is being added on to the base wage to pay for the time Apprentices spend in their block related instruction. 4. The Employer may pay a higher rate at its option. However, the Apprentice must meet his or her com- mitments to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee regardless of the level being paid. 5. The Employer shall be as follows: (a) So long as the Employer has at least one apprentice participating in the program, the cost shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per calendar year. (b) In the event that there are no apprentices participating in the program, the cost to the Employer shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year. 14.2 It is mutually agreed that initial recruitment for applicants shall be solely within the Petersburg community. In the event a qualified applicant is not found within the community the recruitment will expand to the southeast Alaska region. 14.3 The apprentice to journeyman ratio shall not exceed one (1) apprentice for every two (2) journeyman. The pay an ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will ▇▇▇ full Health and Welfare benefit package as described in this contract. Pension contribution for Apprentices shall be counted as $1.00 per hour less than a journeyman for this calculationJourney Worker. 14.4 While undergoing required training 6. Entry into the Apprenticeship program shall be controlled by the JATC, which shall employ appro- priate testing and screening procedures. An appren- ▇▇▇▇ advances from one hours-of-credit and wage rate category to another only upon determination of satisfactory performance by the JATC. 7. The Employer shall participate in Anchorage or Fairbanks, apprentices will be required the Apprenticeship program by accepting Apprentices for employment upon referral by the Union. The Employer is not obligated to apply accept more than one (1) Apprentice for step grantsevery five (5) Journey Workers commencing with the sixth laborer employed. 8. If An Employer with three (3) Journey Workers may have one Apprentice. The Employer may have a step grant is received, the Borough will cover actual travel expenses over and above the step grantsecond Apprentice if there are eight (8) Journey Workers, and per diem pursuant to the Borough’s current amount for each full day away from Petersburg (not including travel days), for all employees covered by this agreement. 14.5 For the apprentice to continue his or her pay and benefit status with the Borough while undergoing required training, he or she will be required to sign an agreement between the Borough, IBEW and the apprentice with the following stipulations: (a) Funds paid to the apprentice for wages, benefits, travel, lodging and per diem will be tracked while undergoing required training in Anchorage or Fairbanks. (b) Upon receiving a journeyman status, the employee must agree to work for the Borough as a journeyman for the following four (4) years. (c) If upon receiving a journeyman status the employee elects to leave employment with the Borough he or she will be required to reimburse the Borough for wages, benefits, travel and per diem paid under 14.5(a). One quarter (¼) of the cost will be written off upon the completion of each of the first four (4) years employed as a journeyman. 14.6 The apprenticeship wage scale shall be listed in Appendix “B” of this Agreement.third Apprentice if there are thirty