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STATE OF ARIZONA

APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS

FOR

Program Sponsor Name: ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY - CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT - GLASS SHOP

Address: ASU CAMPUS, GLASS SHOP Phone No: (480) 965—3242

City: TEMPE , Arizona Zip Code: 85287—1604

The sponsor named above hereby agrees to assure diversified training in the skilled occupation(s) identified herein, to the Apprentice in accordance with these Standards, and is willing to participate in the Apprenticeship system as outlined herein.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The following list of minimum qualifications shall apply to all applicants.

1. Applicants must be a minimum of eighteen ( 18 ) years of age.

2. Applicants must have a High School Diploma or its equivalent.

3. Applicants must submit a copy of their Birth Certificate and transcript of school courses and grades, if requested.

4. Applicants must be physically capable of performing job requirements as demonstrated by passing a pre-employment physical examination.

5. Applicants must meet all minimum qualifications for the Crafts Apprentice job title in the ASU Personnel System, and meet all normal requirements for employment with Arizona State University.

RELATED TRAINING:

In accordance with these program standards, each apprentice shall participate in related theoretical training for a minimum of 144 hours per year for each year of the apprenticeship term. An outline of the courses, subjects and or areas of study shall appear in the appendixes to these Standards.

RATIO OF APPRENTICES TO JOURNEY WORKERS:

The allowable ratio of Apprentices to Journey Workers, under these standards is one (1)

Apprentice to the first Journey Worker, and one (1) additional Apprentice for each

additional Journey Worker normally employed at the trade.

SPONSOR APPROVAL:

These Apprenticeship Standards have been adopted this day of _ ,1994.

_________________________________

John R. Cronin

Committee Chairman, Chemistry Department

REGISTRATION AGENCY APPROVAL

These Apprenticeship Standards, being in conformity with the Rules and Regulations established for the registration of Apprenticeship Programs by the Arizona Department of Economic Security, are hereby granted approval, effective the date shown below:

APPROVED BY: _ ___

Department Of Economic Security

Date

PROGRAM NUMBER: AZ 002- EXPIRATION DATE: _

THE APPRENTICE AND APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT/QUALIFICATIONS AND RELATED TRAINING.

An “Apprentice’ shall mean an employee of legal working age who meets the qualifications established, and who is employed under a written agreement, in accordance with these Standards of Apprenticeship. The apprentice shall be registered with the Arizona Department of Economic Security/Apprenticeship Services, referred to hereafter as the “Registration Agency”. The apprentice agreement shall be signed by the sponsor, the apprentice and, if the apprentice is a minor, by the apprentice’s parent or guardian.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PLEDGE. The recruitment, selection, employment and training of apprentices during their apprenticeship, shall be without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. The Sponsor will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will operate the apprenticeship program as required by Title 29, CFR, Part 30, as amended. An Affirmative Action Plan and Selection Procedure shall be filed with the Registration Agency, if applicable.

TERM OF APPRENTICESHIP, PROBATIONARY PERIOD, CANCELLATION, WORK EXPERIENCE, WAGE

SCHEDULE: LAYOFF, RATIO: ETC. The term of apprenticeship shall be as stated on the attached occupational schedule(s). Either party may cancel the apprenticeship agreement, without stated cause, during the probationary period by notifying the other. After the probationary period, the agreement may be suspended or canceled by sponsor for cause, following a hearing by the sponsor or apprenticeship committee. The Registration Agency and the apprentice shall be notified in writing of all suspensions, cancellations, terminations, and completions of apprenticeship together, with reasons applicable. When an employer is unable to fulfill their obligation under the apprenticeship agreement, every attempt will be made to transfer the training obligation to another employer/sponsor under the same program with the consent of the apprentice and apprenticeship committee or program sponsor. The entry wages of the progressively increasing schedule of wages shall not be less than the Federal minimum wage.

SUPERVISION OF APPRENTICES; PERIODIC REVIEW; RECORD KEEPING. The Sponsor shall designate qualified person(s) who will be responsible for the supervision and training of apprentices in accordance with the attached work schedule. Adequate records shall be kept by the Sponsor indicating the apprentice’s progress as well as current status in the training program by conducting periodic reviews and evaluations in both on-the-job and related instruction. All apprenticeship records shall be maintained for a period of not less than five (5) years, as required by the Arizona Department of Economic Security.

WORKING CONDITIONS. The apprentice shall receive instruction and experience in all branches of the trade or craft, to develop a practical and skilled journey person well versed in the theory and practice of the occupation in accordance with the work process schedule(s) as shown in the appendixes to these Standards. The Sponsor agrees to become familiar with Federal, State and local laws or regulations which may affect the employment of apprentices under this agreement.

CREDIT FOR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE. The Sponsor may grant credit for previous trade experience or education with commensurate wages paid for any such credit.

SAFETY PROVISIONS. The Sponsor shall verify that Apprentices receive instruction in accident prevention and safe working habits, both on-the—job arid in related instruction, during the entire term of training in compliance with the occupational safety and health standards promulgated by the Secretary Of Labor under Public Law 91-596, dated December 29, 1970, as amended.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION. Upon completion of apprenticeship, the sponsor will recommend to the Registration Agency that a Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship be awarded to the apprentice.

MODIFICATION OF STANDARDS. Any modification or changes in these standards will be submitted promptly to the Registration Agency for approval of such modification or change. Apprentices employed before such modification shall not be affected without their consent.

INTERPRETATION. In the event that differences arise as to the interpretation of these Standards or the apprenticeship agreement which cannot be satisfactorily settled by the apprentice and the program sponsor, either party may request the advice and assistance of the Registration Agency or the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.

DEREGISTRATION OF PROGRAM. Deregistration of a program may be effected upon the voluntary action of the sponsor, by request for cancellation of the registration, or upon reasonable cause, by the Registration Agency, instituting formal deregistration proceedings as prescribed by State Regulations.

AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE COMPLAINTS: The appropriate authority to receive arid process complaints, under these Standards is: Apprenticeship Committee Chairman

Arizona State University - Chemistry Department - Glass Shop

Tempe, Arizona 85287—1604

APPENDIX “A”

This “Appendix” shall be considered a part of the Apprenticeship Standards for Arizona State University’s — Chemistry Department - Glass Shop, in Tempe, Arizona, approved by and registered with the Arizona Department of Economic Security. This Appendix identifies the specifics to areas addressed in the attached Standards with regards to the following:

OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION:____Glass Blower - Laboratory Apparatus

DOT CODE: 722.281—010 AIMS CODE: 0768

TERM OF APPRENTICESHIP:

The term of apprenticeship for the above named classification shall be 8,000 hours,

(approximately 4 years), of reasonably continuous employment. The first 1,000 hours

(approximately 6 months) of which shall be a probationary period.

WORK PROCESS SCHEDULE:

The Apprentice shall receive instructions and experience in all processes of the trade or craft to be learned in accordance with the following performance based schedule:

APPRENTICE SHALL RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY

PROCESS: APPROXIMATE HOURS

a. Use and Care of Tools, Equipment and Materials of the Trade 500

b. Glass Shop and Chemical Safety and Housekeeping 500

c. Glass Blowing Techniques 3,000

(An equal division of time shall be spent in the following specific areas, with due consideration

to performance. Cutting Glass: Use of knife with break, hot stick and torch cut; Flame cut; Roller

cutter; Saw cut; and, Linear inside score and cut techniques. Hand and Lathe Rotation Techniques:

Fire polish of cut ends; Bead cut ends; Pull points; Round bottoms; Flat bottoms; Butt seals; Tee

seals; Tubing flares; Tube and rod bends; Coil winding; Capillary tube seals; Quartz seals; and

Joint arid Flask tooling.)

d. Advanced Glass Blowing Techniques 3,000

(An equal division of time shall be spent in the following specific areas, with due consideration to

performance. Construction and repair of the following items:

Ultra High Vacuum systems and related vacuum apparatus; Precision metal in glass apparatus;

Maintain, repair or replace glassware on existing equipment; Construction of distillation, sublimation,

extraction, filtration and reaction apparatus; Construction of gas chromatography columns,

electrophoresis plates, and high efficiency molecular stills; Construction of quartz and Vycor apparatus;

Design and construction of glass tooling devices, assembly fixtures and burner mountings; Ceramic to

glass seals; Assist in design of innovative glass apparatus; and assist in glassblowing instruction for chemistry students.)

e. Chemical Technology 500

f. Vacuum Technology 500

TOTAL HOURS: 8,000

RELATED TRAINING OUTLINE:

In accordance with these registered program standards, each apprentice shall participate in related theoretical training, for a minimum of 144 hours per year, in the areas and subjects identified below. The following related instruction program is identified as a performance/competency based program.

SUBJECTS/COURSES/CLASSES APPROXIMATE HOURS

A. Chemistry course CHM 101 90 hours

B. Chemistry course CHM 593 (Glassblowing) 54 hours

C. Vacuum Technology and Chemical Processes 100 hours *

• This course of study requires the apprentice to participate a minimum of two (2) hours per week, approximately fifty (50) weeks per year, during each of the four years of training.

D. Apparatus Training 100 hours

TOTAL MINIMUM RELATED TRAINING HOURS 576 hours

APPRENTICE WAGES:

The workday and workweek for apprentices shall be the same as that for journey/craft workers, and shall be subject to the same conditions of employment.

Each apprentice shall receive progressively increasing wages in accordance with the guidelines established by the Arizona Board of Regents for all university staff employees. Based upon performance, apprentices will be eligible for merit increases, cost of living adjustments and equity adjustments, if available. Apprentices will receive a minimum salary increase of 1% of their base salary, based upon an annual performance evaluation.

The base salary for the apprentice position will be the prevailing starting salary for the

Apprentice Glassblower position (Grade 13), as established in the Arizona State University

Personnel Compensation System, effective January 1, 1995.

The Apprenticeship Committee shall provide such information to the Registration Agency, on an annual basis relating to the Grade 13 salary, and the amount of the annual increase granted to the apprentice by the Arizona State Board of Regents.

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE

In accordance with the preceding Apprenticeship Program Standards, the following individuals are hereby appointed by Arizona State University, Chemistry Department (Sponsor), identified in the Program Standards, as the “Apprenticeship Committee” charged with the operation and execution of said Apprenticeship Program Standards.

These Apprenticeship Standards have been formally adopted this ____ day of January 1995.

Committee Chairman

Dr. John R. Cronin

Facility Supervisor — Glass Shop

____________________

(Signature)

Committee Secretary

Janice E. Kyle

Scientific Glassblower

____________________

(Signature)

Committee Members

Dr. Ted M. Brown

Chemistry Dept. Associate Chair

____________________

(Signature)

Mr. Mike Wheeler

Research Specialist Apprentice Coordinator

_______________

(Signature)

The above named Apprenticeship Committee Members shall see that the provisions of these Standards are observed as uniformly as possible. The Registration Agency shall be advised of any changes in committee membership within thirty (30) days of such changes.

ADDENDUM — A

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