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when using new types of equipment not formerly used by his Company� the Negotiating Committee of the <br />Employers and the Unions shall meet to immediately negotiate the wage scale for same, The agreed rate <br />shaq be retroactive to the equipment's first day of use, <br />Section 16, Apprentices. <br />General. The pardes to this Agreement have established an apprenticeship program that is <br />administered by the Teamsters Union Local No. 142 Training and Apprenticeship Trust Fund <br />(hereinafter "Apprenticeship Program,"). This Article applies to each apprenbce who Is accepted <br />into and enrolled in the Apprenticeship Program (hereinafter "'Apprentice"). <br />Probation Period. Each Apprentice shall be required to serve a probationary period of not less <br />than 600 hours of on-the-job learning, over a period of not less than six consecutive months. The <br />rate of pay for an Apprentice for this probationary period shall be fifty percent (50%) of the <br />applicable rates set forth in ARTICLE 11 of this Agreement (hereinafter "Journeyworker Rates"). <br />3. Wages. The wages of an Apprentice shall be a percentage of the Journeyworker Rates, which <br />percentage shall be: <br />Minimum <br />On -The -Job <br />Hours to <br />Complete <br />Minimum Time Required <br />Applicable <br />Egri pd <br />The Period <br />................ - <br />D gomplete the Perigo <br />Percentaae <br />Dudng Period 1 <br />600 <br />Six (6) consecutive months <br />50% <br />Dudng Period 2 <br />Additional 600 <br />Additional six (6) consecutive months <br />65% <br />During Period 3 <br />Additional 600 <br />Additional six (6) consecutive months <br />80% <br />During Period 4 <br />Additional 600 <br />Additional six (6) consecutive months <br />90% <br />3-(a) The applicable percentage for the apprentice wage rate referenced in Section 3 above shall be <br />applied to the Teamster Group III rate contained in Section I I to determine the correct wage rate <br />for apprentices doing covered work. <br />30) The minimum hour and minimum time requirements for each, period are in addition to all minimum <br />hour and minimum time requirements for previous pedods. The apphcable percentage for <br />periods 2, 3, and 4 above shall not apply until the Apprentice has completed all of the minimum <br />hour and minimum time requirements for all previous periods and all other requirements of the <br />Apprenticeship Program for all previous periotis, Employers shall contact the Apprentice <br />Coordinator and the appropriate Business Representative responsible for the placement and <br />wage rates of Apprentices to confirm the applicable wage rate percentage for each Apprentice. <br />4. Ratio. The maximum number of Apprentices for each Journeyworker shall be a raflo of 1:5 for <br />each Employer and 1:3 on each job. Any Employer employing at least five (5) Journeyworkers <br />may choose to employ one (1) apprentice, if available. To avoid the layoff of Journeyworkers <br />currenty employed by an Employer, Apprentices will be placed by the Union with an Employer <br />when the Employer makes the next available request for manpower. <br />5� Work. The Employer shall be responsible for the training of each Apprentice on the job. The <br />Employer shall take reasonable steps to assign vehicles and work to an Apprentice in a manner <br />that allows said Apprentice to meet his on-thie-job training requirements under the Apprenticeship <br />Program, <br />6, Coordinator. It shall be the responsibility of the Apprentice Coordinator and the appropriate <br />Business Representative responsible for the placement and wage rates of Apprentices to rotate <br />Apprenfices among Employers to insure that all Apprentices receive on-the-job training in all <br />15 <br />