Use the Request form below to request dispatch of WECA apprentices. 

Changes to Regulation 230.1 have been posted by DAS and affect projects bid after June 30, 2009.  These changes impact contractors doing public works projects because they modify the existing requirement to request dispatch of apprentices to work on public works projects.

Below is a summary of the changes:

• The change will affect projects bid after June 30, 2009. Projects bid on or before June 30, 2009 will still be subject to the requirements as stated in the previous version of 230.1 .

•  The change requires all contractors that are not already employing apprentices at or above the required 1:5 hour ratio to request dispatch, either consecutively or simultaneously, from all approved apprenticeship programs in the geographical area of the project to exhaust all efforts to meet the required ratio.

• The change also requires that contractors that employ apprentices but are not meeting the required ratio for their craft must request dispatch from any other programs in their craft that exist in the geographical area of the project

• The change also requires contractors to give the approved apprenticeship programs written notice of the request for dispatch at least 72 hours in advance of the date the apprentice is needed. Previously, only 48 hours advance notice was required and the notice was not required in writing.

What do these changes mean to WECA Members?

All WECA Members that do not currently employ enough apprentices per project to meet the required ratio of one hour of apprentice work for every five hours of journeyman work by the end of the project must request additional apprentices from WECA.  If WECA is not able to provide the number of apprentices requested, the member contractor must then request dispatch from all other apprenticeship programs that are approved to provide apprentices to the area of the Public Works Project – this would include requesting from ABC and even the IBEW.

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