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Section 2. The Apprenticeship and Training Standards approved by the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training or State Apprenticeship Committee are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Agreement. Section 3. The Apprentice wage rates: Hours of Credit Wage Rate Section 4. The requirements for 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, pursuant to requirements specified in the Apprenticeship Program which shall have the authority to grant accelerated credit where warranted by the performance of an individual Apprentice. Section 5. Except as provided in Section 9, the Employer shall participate in the Apprenticeship Program by considering Apprentices for employment upon referral by the Union. The Employer shall have the sole right to reject, at any time, any Apprentice referred to it, or working for it. The Employer is not obligated to accept more than one (1) Apprentice for every five (5) Journeyworkers commencing with the sixth Laborer needed by the Employer. This ratio shall be measured on a company wide basis, and does not require an Employer to have a sixth Laborer, if only five are needed, as determined by the Employer. Section 6. The Employer may not employ an Apprentice until at least one (1) Journeyworker is employed and thereafter may not employ more than one (1) Apprentice for every additional three (3) Joumeyworkers. Section 7. An Apprentice should, whenever practical, 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 the necessary range of employment experience, the Employer may choose to retain the Apprentice from job to job. Upon request the Employer will inform the JATC and Local Union of an Apprentice's job reassignments on a project. Section 8. An Apprentice shall not be penalized for taking off from work to attend offsite training (though time off for training is unpaid). 30