APPRENTICESHIP
15.01
Apprentices when employed shall be indentured under the Apprenticeship Act of the Province.
15.02
Apprentices shall be given one year credit for the accredited pre-employment training course at any Newfoundland Vocational School if course is completed.
15.03
The ratio of Apprentices to Journeypersons shall be one (1) Apprentice for each three (3) Journeypersons employed and one (1) Apprentice for the shop. On commercial work, the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons shall be one (1) apprentice to two (2) journeypersons. The number of apprentices on any job shall not differ from the ratio stated above, unless mutually agreed between the employer and the union.
15.04
The term of Apprenticeship shall not be less than three (3) years.
15.05
Apprentices shall be paid: 60% of the Journeyperson’s rate in the 1% full year of employment in the trade. - 75% of the Journeyperson’s rate in the 2™ full year of employment in the trade. - 90% of the Journeyperson’s rate in the 3 full year of employment in the trade. Full Journeyperson’s rate thereafter.
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