Common use of Technical Employees Clause in Contracts

Technical Employees. (a) The Employer and the Union shall appoint an equal number of members to the Joint Training Committee. At least one (1) of the union members will have journeyman status. The Joint Training Committee shall have jurisdiction over the apprenticeship training program and apprenticeship progression. The Joint Training Committee shall also evaluate new technical employees, based on past experience and qualifications and decide where they will be positioned according to the apprenticeship progression system. (b) The Joint Training Committee shall establish minimum standards for each step of progression in the apprenticeship progression system and will require each technical employee to demonstrate to the Committee that he/she is capable of achieving these standards or progression will not take place. (c) All new technical employees will be enrolled into the prescribed course of study as laid out by the Joint Training Committee and must progress to the second-year level. Such technical employees must achieve the standards set out by the Committee within the Committee’s allotted time frame to retain employment.