Safety, a wide variety of skill areas, working under time limits, and during shut downs are required.
Apprentices attend day school for eight hours every other week.
Hours of labor shall be the same as established for other skilled employees in the trade. The apprentice shall attend the assigned technical college for related instruction classes four hours per week or the equivalent, and satisfactorily complete the prescribed course material for a minimum of 576 hours, unless otherwise approved by the department. The employer must pay for related instruction hours at the same rate per hour as for services performed. In order to obtain well-rounded training and thereby qualifying as a skilled worker in the trade, the apprentice shall have experience and training in the following areas. This instruction and experience shall include the following operations but not necessarily in the sequence given.