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Employers

Enjoy the Benefits of Being a Participating Employer!

  • Skilled workers trained to industry/employer specifications to produce quality results
  • Meet public works requirements for utilizing California state & federally-registered apprentices
  • Reduced turnover
  • Provides systematic training to develop more informed and productive employees
  • Apprentices are more committed to the employer
  • Increased productivity
  • Reduced training costs
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PHCC GSA Apprenticeship and Trainee Program Employer Requirements and Costs

Participation in the Plumbing Apprenticeship and Trainee Program requires:

  • PHCC Membership Required
  • Possession of a C-36 or C-20 License
  • Sign Employer Acceptance Agreement with the US Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship
  • Sign DAS-7 Employer Agreement to Train according to the Division of Apprenticeship Standards
  • Signed DAS-1 Apprenticeship Agreement to train according to the PHCC GSA Standards and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards
  • All Students: Signed ETA-671 Apprentice Agreement to train according to the PHCC GSA Standards and US Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship
  • Signed Agreement to meet the following minimum training contributions per apprentice/trainee per month enrolled:
    • Monthly minimum training contributions: $160/PHCC Member and $320/non-member for a 4-week month or $200/PHCC Member and $400/non-member for a 5-week month per apprentice/trainee enrolled. This amount may be a combination of both private and public training contributions.
    • Private contribution rate is currently $1/PHCC Members and $2/non-member per hour worked
    • Public training contribution hourly amounts are paid in accordance to the Director of Industrial relations wage determination sheets for the county where work is performed in
    • All training contributions for journeyman hours worked on a public works job will be made to the PHCC GSA at the rate determined by the county in which the work is performed
  • Annual enrollment fee for all students to be paid prior to students attending the first session of classes, along with purchase of student's first UPC or UMC Book