Chapter 413
2008 -- S 2555
SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED
Enacted 07/08/08
A N A C T
RELATING
TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - APPRENTICES
Introduced
By: Senator William A. Walaska
Date
Introduced: February 13, 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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