Section 815. Suggested standards for apprenticeship agreements

Suggested
  standards for apprenticeship agreements are as follows:
    1. A statement of the trade or craft to be  taught  and  the  required
  hours for completion of apprenticeship which shall be not less than four
  thousand hours of reasonably continuous employment.
    2.  A  statement  of  the processes in the trade or craft divisions in
  which the apprentice is to be taught and the approximate amount of  time
  to be spent at each process.
    3. A statement of the number of hours to be spent by the apprentice in
  work  and  the  number  of hours to be spent in related and supplemental
  instruction which  instruction  shall  be  not  less  than  one  hundred
  forty-four  hours  per  year  when  available,  such  availability to be
  determined by the commissioner of education.
    4. A statement that apprentices shall be not less than  sixteen  years
  of age.
    5.  Provision  that  apprentices  shall  be  selected  on the basis of
  qualifications alone, as determined by objective criteria  which  permit
  review,  and without any direct or indirect limitation, specification or
  discrimination as to race, creed, color, age, sex or national origin.
    6. A statement of the progressively increasing scale of  wages  to  be
  paid the apprentice.
    7.  Provision  for  a  period of probation during which the industrial
  commissioner shall be directed to terminate an apprenticeship  agreement
  at  the  request in writing of any party thereto. After the probationary
  period the industrial commissioner shall be empowered to  terminate  the
  registration of an apprentice upon agreement of the parties.
    8.  Provision  that the services of the industrial commissioner may be
  utilized  for  consultation  regarding  the  settlement  of  differences
  arising  out  of  the  apprenticeship  agreement  where such differences
  cannot be adjusted locally or in accordance with the  established  trade
  procedure.
    9.  Provision  that if an employer is unable to fulfill his obligation
  under the apprenticeship agreement he may transfer  such  obligation  to
  another employer.
    10.  Such additional standards as may be prescribed in accordance with
  the provisions of this article.