Chapter
291
2008 -- H 7931 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED
Enacted 07/04/08
A N A C T
RELATING TO LABOR AND
LABOR RELATIONS - APPRENTICES
Introduced By: Representatives Jacquard, and Walsh
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Chapter 28-45 of the General Laws entitled "Apprenticeship Programs in
Trade
and Industry" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
28-45-18.
Vocational school training. -- (a) The board of regents for
elementary and
secondary
education may authorize vocational schools to provide apprenticeship classroom
training
to students subject to the approval of the Rhode Island department of labor and
training
state
apprenticeship council.
(b)
In the event the board of regents authorizes state-certified apprenticeship
training
under
subsection (a), and a student successfully completes the vocational school
program, then
the
student shall receive apprentice credit, to be applied against a
state-certified apprenticeship
program
requirement set forth by the state apprenticeship council pursuant to section
28-45-13,
for
one hundred forty-four (144) hours of apprenticeship classroom training.
SECTION
2. Section 5-6-24 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-6 entitled
"Electricians" is
hereby
amended to read as follows:
5-6-24.
Apprentices -- Registration fee. -- (a) This chapter does not forbid
the
employment
of one properly limited registered apprentice electrician working with and
under the
direct
personal supervision of a licensed journeyperson electrician. Additionally,
this chapter does
not
forbid the employment of: (1) one properly registered apprentice oil
burnerperson working
with and
under the direct personal supervision of a licensed oil burnerperson; (2) one
properly
registered
apprentice fire alarm installer working with and under the direct personal
supervision
of a
licensed fire alarm installer; or (3) two (2) properly registered apprentice
electrical sign
installer
working with and under the direct personal supervision of a licensed electrical
sign
installer;
(4) one properly registered apprentice maintenance electrician working with and
under
the
direct personal supervision of a valid Class C or Class D license holder; or
(5) one properly
registered
apprentice lightning protection installer working with and under the direct
personal
supervision
of a licensed lightning protection installer (LPI). Apprentices are required to
register
with the
division of professional regulation initially upon payment of a fee of twenty
dollars
($20.00)
per year. Apprentices are required to register with the division of
professional regulation
immediately
upon employment with a properly licensed electrical contractor or lightning
protection
contractor.
(b) Indentured apprentice electricians are required to work a minimum of eight
thousand
(8,000)
hours over a period of time of not less than four (4) years and successfully
complete one
hundred
forty-four (144) hours of related instruction per year in an indentured
apprenticeship
program
approved by the Rhode Island department of labor and training, to qualify for
the
journeyperson
"B" electrician examination; provided, however, apprentices may
receive credit for
one
hundred forty-four (144) hours of classroom training gained in a vocational
school authorized
by
the board of regents for elementary and secondary education and approved by the
Rhode
Island
department of labor and training apprenticeship council. Provided, that the test applicant
has
possessed for at least four (4) years prior to the filing of the application a
certificate of
registration
in full force and effect from the department of labor and training of Rhode
Island
specifying
the person as an indentured apprentice, and the application of an applicant is
accompanied
by an affidavit or affidavits of his or her employer or former employers or
other
reasonably
satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has been actually engaged in
electrical
work as an apprentice in Rhode Island during those four (4) years, or the
application is
accompanied
by an affidavit or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the
applicant
has
successfully completed a course of study in a recognized college or university
and has
pursued
a course of electrical technology for at least two (2) academic years or is the
recipient of
an
associate degree in electrical technology, and has thereafter been indentured
by the department
of labor
and training as an apprentice for at least two (2) years and employed as an
indentured
apprentice
by a duly licensed electrician master in this state for a period of two (2)
years, or a
showing
that the applicant possesses a certificate of license issued under the laws of
another state.
Limited
registered apprentice electricians shall be required to work a minimum of four
thousand
(4,000)
hours over a period of time of not less than two (2) years.
(c) Indentured apprentice maintenance electricians are required to work a
minimum of
six
thousand (6,000) hours over a period of time of not less than three (3) years
and successfully
complete
a one hundred forty-four (144) hours of related instruction per year in an
indentured
apprenticeship
program approved by the Rhode Island department of labor and training, to
qualify
for the
journeyperson "M" electrician examination. Provided, however, that
the test applicant has
possessed
for at least three (3) years prior to the filing of the application a
certificate of
registration
in full force and effect from the department of labor and training of Rhode
Island
specifying
the person as an indentured apprentice, and the application of an applicant is
accompanied
by an affidavit or affidavits of his or her employer or former employers or
other
reasonably
satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has been actually engaged in
electrical
work as an apprentice in Rhode Island during those three (3) years. Class M
journeyperson
electricians may qualify to take the journeyperson "B" electrician
examination
upon
registering as a fourth year apprentice and becoming employed by a properly
licensed Class
A
electrical contractor for that period of time.
(d) Apprentice lightning protection installers are required to work a minimum
of four
thousand
(4,000) hours over a period of time of not less than two (2) years to qualify
for the
lightning
protection installer (LPI) examination. Provided, that the test applicant has
possessed
for at
least two (2) years prior to the filing of the application a certificate of
registration in full
force
and effect from the department of labor and training of Rhode Island specifying
the person
as an
apprentice lightning protection installer, and the application of an applicant
is accompanied
by an
affidavit or affidavits of his or her employer or former employers or other
reasonably
satisfactory
evidence showing that the applicant has been actually engaged in lightning
protection
work as
an apprentice during those two (2) years.
SECTION
3. Section 5-20-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-20 entitled "Plumbers
and
Irrigators" is hereby amended to read as follows:
5-20-17.
Qualifications of journeyperson -- Application fee. -- (a) No
application for a
journeyperson's
license shall be filed at the department of labor and training nor shall any
applicant
be permitted to take the examination for a license as a journeyperson plumber,
unless:
(1) The application is accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of
seventy-five
dollars
($75.00); and
(2) The applicant shall have possessed for at least four (4) years prior to the
filing of the
application
a certificate of registration in full force and effect from the department of
labor and
training
specifying that person as a registered apprentice plumber and the application
of that
applicant
is accompanied with an affidavit or affidavits of his or her employer or former
employers
or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant has been
actually
engaged
in plumbing work as an apprentice plumber in the state of Rhode Island for
eight
thousand
(8,000) hours of on the job training during a five (5) year period, which shall
include the
successful
completion of five hundred seventy-six (576) hours of related instruction at a
training
program
recognized by the department of labor and training, or; provided,
however, the
apprentice
may receive credit for one hundred forty-four (144) hours of classroom training
applied
against the five hundred seventy-six (576) hours required pursuant to this
section, gained
in a
vocational school authorized by the board of regents for elementary and
secondary education;
and
approved by the Rhode Island department of labor and training state
apprenticeship council.
(3)
The the application is accompanied with an affidavit or other
reasonably satisfactory
evidence
showing that the applicant has been a registered student in a recognized
college,
university,
or trade school and has pursued a course of plumbing or sanitary engineering
for at
least
two (2) academic years, ; or
(4)
The applicant is the recipient of an associate degree in either plumbing or
sanitary
engineering,
and has been registered by the department of labor and training as an
apprentice
plumber
for at least two (2) years and at all times while being employed as a
registered apprentice
plumber
by a duly licensed master plumber in this state for a period of two (2) years,
; or
(5)
The the application is accompanied by an affidavit or other
reasonably satisfactory
evidence
showing that the applicant possesses a certificate of license, issued under the
laws of
another
state, provided that the requirements are the same as the state specifying that
person as a
journeyperson
plumber.
(6)
The records of the hours of on the job training and the hours of related
instruction
should
be maintained in a mutually responsible manner, through a joint effort on the
part of the
master
plumber and the apprentice.
(7)
The completed application is to be filed with the department at least fifteen
(15) days
prior to
the examination date.
SECTION
4. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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