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As prescribed in 22.407(a), insert the following clause: <br />Apprentices and Trainees (July 2005) (DEVIATION FEB 2025) <br />(a)Apprentices. <br />(1)An apprentice will be permitted to work at less than the predetermined rate for the <br />work performed when employed- <br />(i)Pursuant to and individually registered in a bona fide apprenticeship program <br />registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, <br />Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer, and Labor Services (OATELS) or with a <br />State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by the OATELS; or <br />(ii)ln the first 90 days of probationary employment as an apprentice in such an <br />apprenticeship program, even though not individually registered in the program, if <br />certified by the OATELS or a State Apprenticeship Agency (where appropriate) to be <br />eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice. <br />(2)The allowable ratio of apprentices to journeymen on the job site in any craft <br />classification shall not be greater than the ratio permitted to the Contractor as to the <br />entire work force under the registered program. <br />(3)Any worker listed on a payroll at an apprentice wage rate, who is not registered or <br />otherwise employed as stated in paragraph (a)(1) of this clause, shall be paid not less <br />than the applicable wage determination for the classification of work actually performed. <br />In addition, any apprentice performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio <br />permitted under the registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage <br />rate on the wage determination for the work actually performed. <br />(4)Where a Contractor is performing construction on a project in a locality other than <br />that in which its program is registered, the ratios and wage rates (expressed in <br />percentages of the journeyman's hourly rate) specified in the Contractor's or <br />subcontractor's registered program shall be observed. Every apprentice must be paid at <br />not less than the rate specified in the registered program for the apprentice's level of <br />progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman hourly rate specified in the <br />applicable wage determination. <br />(5)Apprentices shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the <br />apprenticeship program. If the apprenticeship program does not specify fringe benefits, <br />apprentices must be paid the full amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage <br />determination for the applicable classification. If the Administrator determines that a <br />different practice prevails for the applicable apprentice classification, fringes shall be <br />paid in accordance with that determination. <br />(6)ln the event OATELS, or a State Apprenticeship Agency recognized by OATELS, <br />withdraws approval of an apprenticeship program, the Contractor will no longer be <br />permitted to utilize apprentices at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the <br />work performed until an acceptable program is approved. <br />(b)Trainees. <br />(1)Except as provided in 29 CFR 5.16, trainees will not be permitted to work at less than <br />the predetermined rate for the work performed unless they are employed pursuant to <br />and individually registered in a program which has received prior approval, evidenced <br />