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Introduction | Knowledge & Abilities | Special Skills / Minimum Qualifications | Apprentice Exam | Apprentice Training
Apprentice training within the Department of Water Resources is of a highly intensive technical nature and is comprised of the following interrelated elements:
A. On-The-Job-Training
This is the actual day-to-day hands-on work in which the apprentice "learns by doing." Generally 1820 hours of on-the-job experience per year. A hands-on proficiency test is given every six months to check and verify that the apprentice is gaining applicable and measureable experience. These tests must be passed with a minumum score of 70%. Three failures of the same test will result in termination of the Apprentice Agreement.
B. Classroom Training
The Department of Water Resources Joint Apprenticeship Committee has established classroom courses in which a variety of classes are taught during regular working hours at Department facilities. Subject matter ranges from Math Review to the theory of system operation. The number of hours of classroom training required each year is different for each apprentice trade. Usually the classes are 40 hours in duration or one work week. A test is given at the end of each class, they must be passed with a minimum score of 70%. Three failures of the same test will result in termination of the Apprentice Agreement.
C. Home Study
As the name implies, there is a substantial program of study that is to be completed away from the job site at the apprentices home. It will be essential to establish a regular time and place to study and do a certain amount of the related training (home study) - At the completion of each unit of home study a written test is given on the material covered in that particular unit. They must be passed with a minimum score of 70%. Three failures of the same test will result in the termination of the Apprentice Agreement.
Every six months, a closed book final examination is given, all the home study material covered for that particular six month period, will be subject to testing.
Again, these six month closed book final exams must be passed with a minimum score of 70%. Three failures of the same test will result in the termination of the Apprentice Agreement.
All three of these training phases: on-the-job, classroom, and home study; are integrated so that each reinforces the other. Each element is just as important as the other.
2008 Examination Announcements: