1. Article V Safety and Technical TrainingThe Association and the Union, both recognize the importance of providing trained and qualifiedjourneyworkers available for employment. It is hereby agreed that each member of the UBC, ascovered by this Agreement, shall receive, as a minimum, eight (8) hours of Safety Training, asper the Journey-Level Upgrade Committee Guidelines, and eight (8) hours of Technical Trainingper year. This training shall be as administered and conducted by the Union and it shall beunderstood that this training is mandatory for each member of the UBC that works under thejurisdiction of this Agreement.In order to provide support for the Union pursuant to this required training, an advisorycommittee shall be established, consisting of two (2) members from the Association and two (2)members from the Union. As a minimum, this sub-committee will assist the Union in:recommending particular Safety Training to the representative of the Journey-Level UpgradeCommittee and particular recommendations regarding Technical Training; scheduling of suchtraining; establishment of minimum training certificates required for Carpenters and Millwrights;as well as other items that may be necessary in order to assist the Union. This advisorycommittee will make all recommendations to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee as outlined inArticle XI.Section 1. SAFETY TRAININGIn order to promote a safer working environment, each employee and UBC member covered bythis Agreement shall, as a condition of employment, have completed the OSHA-10 hour safetytraining course, provided that the individual has had reasonable opportunity to do so at theUnions expense. Otherwise, the individual must complete the OSHA-10 hour safety trainingcourse, at the Unions expense, within the first 60 days of their membership in the UBC. All affected employees and UBC members shall also, as a condition of employment, complete aminimum of eight (8) hours of additional safety training per contract year that this Agreement isin force, under the Guidelines of the Journey-Level Upgrade Committee. It shall be the Unionssole responsibility to police and to enforce this training requirement, as per these Guidelines.The Union shall give written notice no less than thirty (30) days before the compliance deadlineto any member of the UBC who has not at that time satisfied the safety training requirements,specifying the training needed. The Employer shall not be required to discharge any member ofthe UBC for failure to satisfy the requirements of this section unless the Employer has receivedwritten notice of such failure and unless the Union has provided a qualified replacement, ifrequested by the Employer. If the Union requests the discharge of any employee for failure tosatisfy the foregoing safety training requirements, the Union agrees to defend, indemnify andhold harmless the employer against any liability or claims arising from termination of theemployees employment in compliance with the request of the Union.Each Employer shall have the right to design and adopt a safety program for the purpose ofpreventing injury to employees and other persons, damage to property and lost time resulting

2. from jobsite accidents. An Employers safety program may include rules and policies designedto promote safety on the job.The Employer shall have the right to discharge, without warning or other lesser discipline, anyemployee who is reported to have failed to satisfy the safety training requirements established orpermitted by this Agreement.Section 2. TECHNICAL TRAININGIn order to promote a more technically competent employee or member covered by thisAgreement, each shall, as a condition of yearly wage increases, have completed a minimum ofeight (8) hours additional technical training each contract year this Agreement is in force. Thetechnical training obtained by the employee shall be such that will promote and advance his/herworking skills and/or technical competence. This requirement is in addition to the requirementsset forth under Section 1-Safety Training, of this Agreement.Any individual, who may be delinquent in this training requirement, as stated above, will forfeitthe total yearly wage increase until such time as this training requirement has been fulfilled; inthat event, the Employer will contribute the current fringe benefit package amount, however thetotal yearly fringe benefit increase will be subtracted from the employees hourly wage. Inextreme situations, this could include multiple yearly wage increases. In addition, there will beno retro activity as related to the monies forfeited by the individual(s) due to their not fulfillingthis requirement.It is agreed that some training offerings are as much a technical related area as a safety relatedarea and as such, may satisfy either Section 1-Safety Training and/or Section 2-TechnicalTraining, as long as a minimum of 16 hours is accomplished each contract year. These classesare hereby listed below: UBC Powered Industrial Truck Operator (Forklift-8-hour Class) UBC Rough Terrain Powered Industrial Truck Operator (Lull-8-hour Class) UBC Scaffolding Erector Qualification (32-Hour or 40-Hour Class) UBC Rigging & Signaling Qualification (40-Hour Class)It is also agreed that American Welding Society (AWS) Welding Certifications are indeed atechnical competence but in order for any welding certification to count towards this mandatedminimum 8-hour requirement the certification must be obtained by the employee enrolling andattending a welder training class, which will count towards this requirement, sponsored by atraining center under the jurisdiction of the Carpenters District Council of Greater St. Louis andVicinity (CDC) of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Themaintenance of each AWS Welding Certification, to keep the certification current, is theresponsibility of the member. The Union, recognizing the importance of these AWS WeldingCertifications, will also monitor and assist the members in keeping these certifications current asa necessary service to the Employers.It shall be a condition of this Agreement that no class can be duplicated (including refreshers)within the timeframe of this Agreement. It shall also be a condition of this Agreement that a

3. minimum of 8 hours of training is mandatory each contract year from May 1 through April 30and no class hours can be rolled towards a second year, a minimum of 8 hours of training ismandatory each year this Agreement is in force.As stated previously, this 8-hour minimum technical training requirement is due by close ofbusiness on April 30 of the first year of this Agreement in order for the employee to receive thenext years wage increase (also including the fringe benefit increase as described above). Thiscondition shall apply to all working members under the jurisdiction of this Agreement.A member that does not complete this requirement by close of business on April 30, but doescomplete this requirement after April 30, the Contractor shall increase said members wages tothe current wages and fringes beginning with the next pay period, once the member proves thathe or she has attained the required training.If a signatory Contractor of this Agreement employs a member from a jurisdiction outside thecoverage area of this Agreement, that member shall be paid the current wage as set forth by thisAgreement. If that member or employee is employed for said Contractors for more than 700work hours in any year of this Agreement, said employee shall be liable for this trainingrequirement.All technical training courses available shall be entered and maintained within the CDCsProfessional Resources Online (UPRO) computer system. Any signatory Contractor will havethe availability of this online resource in order to validate their employees accomplishment ofthis requirement. If, by the close of business on April 30 of each year of this Agreement, anyemployee of a signatory Contractor that has not met this requirement, they will not be due thewage increase as set forth by this Agreement; and the current fringe increases will be due andpayable, by the member, as set forth in this Agreement. Each signatory contractor shall allow forspot audits performed by the CDC, as necessary, to ensure the compliance with the terms andconditions stated above.