Opening of Bids - 315 & 319 W Jefferson Exterior Renovations Project No 119-064 - Herrman & Goetz Inc

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minimum OJT hours of apprenticeship. The S B V J A T C may elect to offer voluntary related training to unindentured; such as Math Review, English, Safety, Orientation/Awareness, introduction to OSHA, First -Aid and CPR Participation shall be voluntary. Section 5.11. The employer shall contribute to the local health and welfare plans and to the National Electrical Benefit Fund (NEBF) on behalf of all apprentices and unindentured. Contributions to other benefit plans may be addressed in other sections of this agreement. APPRENTICE TO JOURNEYMAN RATIO Section 5.12. Each job site shall be allowed a ratio of Apprentices to Journeymen as follows: Number of Journeymen I to 2 3 4 5 6 & above Maximum Number of Apprentices The first person assigned to any job site shall be a Journeyman Wireman. 2 3 4 5 3(J) to 2 (A) A job site is considered to be the physical location where employees report for their work assignments. The ernployer's shop (service center) is considered to be a separate, single job site. All other physical locations where workers report for work are each considered to be a single, separate job site. Section 5.13. An apprentice is to be under the supervision of a Journeyman Wireman at all times. This does not imply that the apprentice must always be in -sight -of a Journeyman Wireman. Journeymen are not required to constantly watch the apprentice. Supervision will not be of a nature that prevents the development of responsibility and initiative. Work may be laid out by the employer's designated supervisor or journeyman based on their evaluation of the apprentice's skills and ability to perform the job tasks. Apprentices shall be permitted to perform job tasks in order to develop job skills and trade competencies. Journeymen are permitted to leave the immediate work area without being accompanied by the apprentice. Apprentices who have satisfactorily completed the first four years of related classroom training using the ETA Curriculum and accumulated a minimum of6,500 hours of OJT with satisfactory performance, shall be permitted to work alone on any job site and receive work assignments in the same manner as a Journeyman Wireman. An apprentice shall not be the first person assigned to a job site and apprentices shall not supervise the work of others. Section 5.14. Upon satisfactory completion of apprenticeship, the SBVJATC shall issue all graduating apprentices an appropriate diploma from the ETA. The SBVJATC shall encourage each graduating apprentice to apply for college credit through the ETA. The SBVJATC may also require each apprentice to acquire any electrical license required for journeymen to work in the jurisdiction covered by this Agreement. Section 5.15. The parties to this Agreement shall be bound by the Local Joint Apprenticeship Training Trust Fund Agreement which shall conform to Section 302 of the Labor -Management Relations Act of 1947 as amended, ERISA, and other applicable regulations. The Trustees authorized under this Trust Agreement are hereby empowered to determine the reasonable value of any facilities, materials or services furnished by either party. All funds shall be handled and disbursed in accordance with the Trust Agreement. Section 5.16. All Employers subject to the terms of this Agreement shall contribute the amount of funds specified by the parties signatory to the local apprenticeship and training trust agreement. Effective June 4, 2007 the rate of contribution is $.38 per hour for each hour worked. This sum shall be due the Trust Fund by the same date as is their payment to the NEBF under the terms of the Restated Employees Benefit Agreement and Trust. 16