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<br />his or her first 90 days of probationary employment as an apprentice in such <br />an apprenticeship program, who is not individually registered in the program, <br />but who has been certified by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training or a <br />State Apprenticeship Agency (where appropriate) to be eligible for probation- <br />ary employment as an apprentice. The allowable rate of apprentices to jour- <br />neymen on the job site in any craft classification shall not be greater than <br />the ratio permitted to the contractor as to the entire work force under the <br />registered program. Any worker 1 isted on a payroll at an apprentice wage <br />rate, who is not registered or otherwise employed as stated above, shall be <br />pa i d not 1 ess than the app1 i cabl e wage rate on thE! wage detel'mi nati on for the <br />c1 assifi cati on of work actually performed. In addi ti on, any apprenti ce per- <br />formi ng work on the job site in excess of the rati 0 permitted under the <br />registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the <br />wage determination for the work actually performed. Where a contractor is <br />performing construction on a project in a locality other th,~n that in which <br />its program is registered, the ratios and wage ratE!S (expressed in percentages <br />of the journeyman I s hourly rate) sped fi eel in the contractor I s or subcontrac- <br />tor's registered program shall be observed. Every apprentice, must be paid at <br />not less than the rate specified in the registel"eel program for the appren- <br />tice's level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the ,journeyman hourly <br />rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Apprentices shall be <br />pa i d fri nge benefits in accordance with the prov'l si ons of the apprenti ceshi p <br />program. If the apprenticeship program does not specify fringe benefits, <br />apprentices must be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage <br />determination for the applicable classification. If the Administrator deter- <br />mines that a different practice prevails for the applicable apprentice classi- <br />fication, fringes shall be paid in accordance with that determination. In the <br />event the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, or a State Apprenticeship <br />Agency recognized by the Bureau, withdraws approval of an apprenticeship pro- <br />gram, the contractor will no longer be permitted to util i2:e apprentices at <br />less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work pE!rformed until an <br />acceptable program is approved. <br /> <br />(ii) Trainees. Except as provided in 29 CFR 5.16, trainees will not be <br />permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the work performed <br />unless they are employed pursuant to and individually registered in a program <br />which has received prior approval, evidenced by formal certification by the <br />U.S. Department of labor, Employment and Training Administriltion. The ratio <br />of trainees to journeyman on the job site shall not be greater than permitted <br />under the plan approved by the Employment and Training Administration. Every <br />trainee must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the approved pro- <br />gram for the trainee's level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the <br />journeyman hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. <br />Trainees shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of <br />the trainee program. If the trainee program does not mention fringe benefits, <br />trainees shall be paid the full amount ot fringe benefits listed on the wage <br />determination unless the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division deter- <br />mi nes that there is an apprenti ceship program associ ated with the correspond- <br />ing journeyman wage rate on the wage determination which provides for less <br />than full fri nge benefits for apprentices. Any employee 1 i sted on the payro 11 <br />at a trainee rate who is not registered and participating in a training plan <br />approved by the Employment and Training AdministrCltion shall be paid not less <br />than the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actually <br />performed. In addition, any trainee performing work on the ,job site in excess <br /> <br />, <br />'~ <br /> <br />00530-11 <br />