Admission of Members

Sec. 1. Qualification and admission of members shall be in accordance with Articles XIX and XX of the IBEW Constitution.

Sec. 2. Apprentices may be accepted into membership at any time; however, after having worked one (1) year under the supervision or jurisdiction of this Local Union, they shall be admitted to membership in accordance with Article XV of the IBEW Constitution.

Sec. 3. (a) Instruction of apprentices shall be under the supervision of the apprenticeship committee, and apprentices shall attend such classes as directed by the committee.

(b) The above provision shall not apply to apprentices where the Local is a party to a Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) when provided for in an agreement with the employer. The decision(s) of such joint committee shall be accepted by the Local Union.

(c) An apprentice having been certified by the JATC as having successfully completed the prescribed apprenticeship program shall be immediately classified as a journeyman without further examination by the Local Union.

Sec. 4 (a) A Residential Wireman or Residential Trainee and Voice-Data-Video Technicians shall be admitted into the Union under these classifications after thirty (30) days of employment. Residential classifications shall work on residential wiring only. Voice-Data-Video classifications shall work on Voice-Data-Video work only.

(b) A Residential Wireman or a Voice-Data-Video Technician may request to take the prescribed course of study to be eligible to become a Journeyman Wireman. Upon satisfactory completion of the prescribed course of study and the payment of the difference in admission fees prevailing at the time he/she became a Residential Wireman or a Voice-Data-Video Technician, the member shall have his/her classification changed to Journeyman Wireman without further examination by the Local Union.

(c) Residential Trainees shall be so classified and shall be registered and under the instruction and supervision of the Training Committee as provided for in an agreement with the employer.

(d) The Residential Wireman, Residential Trainee, and Voice-Data-Video Technician shall be made aware of and agree to these provisions prior to admission into the Union.