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b. Trainees: <br /> 1. Except as provided in 29 CFR 5.16, trainees will not be permitted to work at less <br /> than the predetermined rate for the work performed unless they are employed <br /> pursuant to and individually registered in a program which has received prior <br /> approval, evidenced by formal certification by the DOL, Employment and Training <br /> Administration. <br /> 2. The ratio of trainees to journeyman-level employees on the job site shall not be <br /> greater than permitted under the plan approved by the Employment and Training <br /> Administration. Any employee listed on the payroll at a trainee rate who is not <br /> registered and participating in a training plan approved by the Employment and <br /> 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 <br /> trainee performing work on the job site in excess of the ratio permitted under the <br /> registered program shall be paid not less than the applicable wage rate on the wage <br /> determination for the work actually performed. <br /> 3. Every trainee must be paid at not less than the rate specified in the approved <br /> program for his/her level of progress, expressed as a percentage of the journeyman- <br /> level hourly rate specified in the applicable wage determination. Trainees shall be <br /> paid fringe benefits in accordance with the provisions of the trainee program. If the <br /> 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 <br /> of the Wage and Hour Division determines that there is an apprenticeship program <br /> associated with the corresponding journeyman-level wage rate on the wage <br /> determination which provides for less than full fringe benefits for apprentices, in <br /> which case such trainees shall receive the same fringe benefits as apprentices. <br /> 4. In the event the Employment and Training Administration withdraws approval of a <br /> 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 <br /> an acceptable program is approved. <br /> 10 <br />