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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED230723 AUTHOR:
TITLE: National Apprenticeship and Training Standards for
the Sheet Metal Industry. Revised.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1982
NOTE: 37 p.; The National Joint Apprenticeship and Training
Committee for the Sheet Metal Industry has revised and
amplified the apprenticeship standards.
ABSTRACT: These national standards are designed to aid
contractors, labor, and joint committees in setting up,
conducting, and improving apprenticeship programs for
individuals seeking to become skilled in the sheet metal
industry. Covered in the individual sections are the
following topics: the provisions of the apprenticeship
standards (definitions, qualifications for apprenticeship,
the selection of apprentices, apprentice obligations, the
term of apprenticeship, work experience, a suggested
schedule of work processes for sheet metal apprenticeship,
related instruction, the minimum recommended curriculum,
examinations, apprentice working hours, wages, the duties of
local joint committees, continuity of employment, amendments
to local standards, the relationship of standards to
bargaining agreements, and the expenses incurred in
administrating the standards); federal laws and regulations
affecting the employment of apprentices; joint training
funds; and rules and regulations governing local joint
apprenticeship committees. Appendixes to the standards
include recommendations for the selection and admission of
apprentices, an outline of an affirmative action program,
and sample forms. (MN)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Definitions-; Federal-Legislation; Federal
Regulation; Financial-Support; Guidelines-; Job-Training;
Labor-Legislation; Labor-Standards; Postsecondary-Education;
Program-Content; Program-Development; Recordkeeping-;
Records-Forms; Standards-; Work-Experience
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Apprenticeships-; *Employment-Practices;
*Machine-Tool-Operators; *Metal-Working; *Program
Implementation; *Sheet-Metal-Work
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