Contractor
Requirements
The Ohio Laborers Apprenticeship Program
is committed to providing the necessary skills to LIUNA’s
newest members, the apprentices. Through a combination of classroom
and on-the-job training, new members will be fully prepared to meet
the needs of the Union Construction industry.
Contractors need to be aware of the pay and benefit rules as they
pertain to apprenticeship.
Apprentice
Wages and Progression
Apprentices shall be paid an increasingly progressive
schedule of wages consistent with skills and knowledge acquired.
The rate for each period of the apprenticeship is expressed as a
percentage of the skill Construction Craft Laborer journeyworker
rate specified in the collective bargaining agreement. The schedule
that follows provides for four equal periods of approximately 1,000
hours of work and 144 hours of classroom training each:
First
period at 60% of the lowest journeyworker rate
Second period at 70% of the lowest journeyworker rate
Third period at 80% of the lowest journeyworker rate
Fourth period at 90% of the lowest journeyworker rate
Apprentice
Benefits
Apprentices shall be eligible for and employers shall be
required to pay on behalf of apprentices contributions to health,
welfare and pension funds.
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