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( 1 ) Except as provided in 29 CFR 5 . 16 , trainees will not be pennitted to work at less than <br /> the predetermined rate for the work performed unless they are employed pursuant to and individually <br /> registered in a program which has received pnor approval, evidenced by formal certification by the DOL, <br /> Employment and Training Administration . <br /> (2) The ratio of trainees to journeyman -level employees on the job site shall not be greater <br /> than permitted under the plan approved by the Employment and Training Administration . Any employee <br /> listed on the payroll at a trainee rate who is not registered and participating in a training plan approved by <br /> the Employment and Training Administration shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the <br /> wage determination for the classification of work actually performed. In addition , any trainee performing <br /> work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the registered program shall be paid not less than <br /> the applicable wage rate on the wage determination for the work actually performed . <br /> (3 ) Every trainee must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the approved program <br /> for his/her level of progress , expressed as a percentage of the journeyman-level hourly rate specified in the <br /> applicable wage determination . Trainees shall be paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of <br /> the trainee program. If the trainee program does not mention fringe benefits , trainees shall be paid the full <br /> amount of fringe benefits listed on the wage determination unless the Administrator of the Wage and Hour <br /> Division determines that there is an apprenticeship program associated with the corresponding <br /> journeyman-level wage rate on the wage determination which provides for less than full fringe benefits for <br /> apprentices , in which case such trainees shall receive the same fringe benefits as apprentices . <br /> (4) In the event the Employment and Training Administration withdraws approval <br /> of a training program, the Contractor or subcontractor will no longer be permitted to utilize <br /> trainees at less than the applicable predetermined rate for the work performed until an acceptable <br /> program is approved . <br /> c . Helpers : <br /> Helpers will be permitted to work on a project if the helper classification is <br /> specified and defined on the applicable wage determination or is approved pursuant to the <br /> conformance procedure set forth in Section N . 2 . Any worker listed on a payroll at a helper wage <br /> rate , who is not a helper under an approved definition, shall be paid not less than the applicable <br /> wage rate on the wage determination for the classification of work actually performed . <br /> 5 . Apprentices and Trainees (Programs of the U . S . DOT) : <br /> Apprentices and trainees working under apprenticeship and skill training programs which have <br /> been certified by the Secretary of Transportation as promoting EEO in connection with Federal-aid <br /> highway construction programs are not subject to the requirements of paragraph 4 of this Section IV . The <br /> straight time hourly wage rates for apprentices and trainees under such programs will be established by the <br /> particular programs . The ratio of apprentices and trainees to journeymen shall not be greater than permitted <br /> by the terms of the particular program . <br /> 6 . Withholding : <br /> The SHA shall upon its own action or upon written request of an authorized representative of the <br /> DOL withhold, or cause to be withheld, from the Contractor or subcontractor under this Contract or any <br /> other Federal Contract with the same Prime Contractor, or any other Federally- assisted Contract subject to <br /> Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements which is held by the same Prime Contractor, as much of the <br /> accrued payments or advances as may be considered necessary to pay laborers and mechanics , including <br />