The following training standards for approval of programs are
established. When the training program appears to prepare the trainee for the
limited journeyman manufacturing plant license, the division may waive any of
the following minimum requirements and approve the employer's training program.
The division shall consider the terms and conditions of any collective
bargaining agreement covering work to be performed.
(1) The term of training shall be for at
least four years and not more than five years including any credit given for
prior experience.
(2) The
on-the-job experience for a limited journeyman manufacturing plant electrician
license shall provide at least 4,000 hours in the following classifications:
(a) Installation of electrical circuits,
1,000 hours;
(b) Motors and
generators, 500 hours;
(c) Manual
and automatic controls, including magnetic and solid state, 1,000
hours;
(d) Trouble shooting, 500
hours; and
(e) Power distribution,
1,000 hours.
(3) In
addition to the 4,000 hours, the balance of the hours of on-the-job training
shall be in training appropriate for the license.
(4) Related Training Classes. Classes of at
least 96 classroom hours per year shall be given until a total of 384 hours is
completed, or its rated equivalent in a correspondence course. Related training
shall:
(a) Include fundamental electricity,
electrical mathematics, the National Electrical Code, electrical
theory, safety and accident training, electrical nomenclature, industrial
electronics, materials, tools and equipment, layout and blueprint reading;
and
(b) Be given by a qualified
instructor, or through a division-approved correspondence course.
(5) The ratio of trainees employed
by each employer at each plant shall not exceed one trainee to the first
journeyman and one trainee to each additional two journeymen. Trainees employed
on any work shift shall be under the direct supervision of a journeyman or
supervising electrician on the same shift at the same plant.
(6) The trainee shall receive at least 50
percent of the journeyman's wage paid by the employer when starting this
program.
