Complying with apprentice-journeyman ratios
Under the Regulation Respecting Vocational Training and Qualification of Manpower in the Construction Industry (Act R-20, chap. r.8), the employer may have tasks executed by an apprentice only under the immediate supervision of a journeyman from the same trade. If the tasks are part of more than one trade, the apprentice must be under the immediate supervision of a journeyman from one of these trades. Two concepts need to be explained concerning the journeyman/apprentice ratios, which must be calculated in accordance with Sections 19 and 20 of this regulation:
Journeyman/apprentice book ratio:
For the same working day and all of your job sites, you must ensure that the ratio for a given trade is in compliance with the rules established per sector.
Job site journeyman/apprentice ratio
However, for the same day of work on a job site, the ratio for a given trade may, at a minimum, be 1 journeyman for 1 apprentice.
Ratios in the industry are 1 or 2 journeymen required for 1 apprentice, depending on the trade and the sector in which the activity is carried out: residential, industrial, institutional and commercial and civil engineering and roads.
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Residential
The ratio to be respected for the residential sector is the same for all trades: one journeyman for one apprentice.
Ratio 1-1 Numberofjourneymen Numberof apprentices allowed 1 1 2 2 3 3 Etc. Etc. -
Industrial, institutional and commercial and civil engineering and roadwork sectors
Trade or speciality Journeyman-apprentice ratio Boiler maker 2-1 Bricklayer-mason 2-1 Carpenter-joiner 2-1 Cement finisher 2-1 Crane operatorclass A 1-1 Crane operator2nd man 1-1 Crane operatorclass B 1-1 Electrician 2-1 Elevator mechanic 1-1 Erector mechanic(glazier) 2-1 Fire-protection mechanic 1-1 Heavy equipment mechanic 1-1 Heavy equipment operator class A 2-1 Heavy equipment operator class B 2-1 Insulator 2-1 Interior systems installer 2-1 Ironworker 2-1 Join pointer (painter), new surface 2-1 Join pointer (plasterer), new surface 2-1 Milwright 2-1 Painter 2-1 Parquetry worker-sander 2-1 Pipe fitter (plumber, heating system installer) 2-1 Plasterer 2-1 Refrigeration mechanic 2-1 Reinforcing steel erector 2-1 Resilient flooring layer 2-1 Roofer 2-1 Security systems installer 1-1 Shovel operatorclass A 1-1 Shovel operatorclass B 1-1 Tile setter 2-1 Tinsmith 2-1
Ratio 1-1 Nombre de compagnons Nombre d'apprentis permis 1 1 2 2 3 3 Etc. Etc. Ratio 2-1 Nombre de compagnons Nombre d'apprentis permis 1 ou 2 1 3 ou 4 2 5 ou 6 3 Etc. Etc.