OHIO OPERATING ENGINEERS APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMAPPRENTICE APPLICATION INFORMATION FACT SHEETWHO IS AN OPERATING ENGINEER?Operating Engineers build roads, bridges, and dams, and assist in construction of large buildings and other structures. The work of an Operating Engineer is divided into two general classifications: OPERATING EQUIPMENT used in construction such as dozers, graders, backhoes, pavers, and cranes, and REPAIRING THE EARTH-MOVING EQUIPMENT used in the building of roads, bridges, dams, and large buildings. ADVANTAGES TO BECOMING AN OPERATING ENGINEERWorking as an Operating Engineer is an excellent career for men and women who want to acquire diverse skills, work outdoors, and be creative; operating engineers can do all this while earning a decent wage. REQUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING AN OPERATING ENGINEERTo become an Operating Engineer, a person must complete four (4) years of apprenticeship training which includes a minimum of 640 hours of classroom and related instruction, a minimum of 4,000 hours of employment and successfull completion of the written and machine performance tests. FACTS ABOUT THE OPERATING ENGINEERS' TRAINING PROGRAMThe Ohio Operating Engineers Training Program is an INDUSTRY-SPONSORED AND FUNDED registered Apprenticeship Training Program. The sponsors are the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18, the Ohio Contractors Association, and the Ohio Building Chapter of the Associated General Contractors. The Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, United States Department of Labor provides assistance and regulation. Apprentices attend 160 hours of related instruction per year on their own time, for which they are not paid. Classes are given in the following manner: weekly blocks of forty (40) hours in the fall, winter, and spring. The related instruction includes classroom instruction along with equipment operation, maintenance, and repair. Apprentices are required to work a minimum of 4,000 hours during the four-year period. This employment is considered an on-the-job training program where the apprentices are employed by union contractors on construction projects and are paid wages and benefits. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES AND RATES OF PAY FOR APPRENTICESApprentices are employed through the union hiring hall and are dispatched to work in accordance with the union-referral system. The Journeyperson Class A pay rate as of May 1, 2008 is $28.54 to $30.03 hourly. The apprentice pay scale is based on the Class A rate for the area in which an apprentice works and is as follows:
There will be a 10% increase for the apprentices in addition to the percentages listed above, provided the apprentices are operating mobile equipment. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF APPLICANTS
APPLICANT SELECTION PROCESSThe Ohio Operating Engineers Apprenticeship & Training Program will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship, and will operate its Apprenticeship Program as required under Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 30, and Equal Employment Opportunity Regulations of the State of Ohio. The number of actual apprentice openings will vary for each district. During the spring of 2008, 80 to 140 new Ohio Operating Engineer Apprentices will be indentured. Owens Community College located at Tracy Road, P.O. Box 10000, Toledo, Ohio 43699-1947 will assist the Ohio Operating Engineers Apprenticeship and Training Fund in conducting outreach, administering and scoring tests, and ranking applicants' test scores. Following are the qualifying points available for award during the first testing in the application process:
NOTE: Applicants who have applied in the previous year and completed all required application processes for entry into the Apprenticeship Program but were not indentured, will be awarded ten (10) bonus points for each consecutive year they have applied, not to exceed thirty (30) points. The people who will be interviewed will be selected from those applicants who have, during the first tests in the application process, accumulated the most qualifying points above 70% of the possible score. This program will interview three candidates for each apprentice opening. Following are the qualifying points available for award during the second test in the application process:
PRE-APPRENTICE ORIENTATIONPeople who accumulated the most qualifying points during the first two application processes from within the three selection categories will be eligible for the 120-hour Pre-Apprentice Program; selections will be made from this pool of applicants. The Pre-Apprentice Orientation Program will introduce prospective apprentices to the Ohio Operating Engineers work functions, What it takes to be an Operating Engineer. The Program will provide classroom instruction, in-the-seat training of heavy equipment operation, safe work practices, along with proper maintenance and repair of equipment. The participants will be evaluated on their attendance, attitude toward the subject matter, productivity, initiative, workmanship, and punctuality. They must also maintain at least a 70% grade level during the 120-hour course in order to be indentured. The participants may be compensated $7.50 per hour for every hour they attend. The pre-apprentice orientation will be given prior to indenture and will offer the participants a more realistic insight into what it takes to be an Operating Engineer. Those who successfully complete the Pre-Apprentice Program will be indentured. APPLICATION MATERIALS NEEDED
APPLICATION LOCATIONSApplications must be completed at one of the union halls or training centers listed below. A ten-dollar ($10.00) cash, non-refundable application fee is required at the time of application. The dates and times applications will be taken are as follows:
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