If no apprenticeship program in the craft and county dispatches apprentices when requested by a public works contractor, the contractor must:
Explanation
8 CCR §230.1(a) requires the contractor to request dispatch of apprentices from the applicable committee on a DAS-142 at least 72 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, before apprentices are needed on the job; a committee that then fails to dispatch leaves the contractor covered by its documented request. No statute imposes a double journeyman wage for an unfilled slot. Waivers under §1777.5 come from the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, not the CSLB Registrar. And paying anyone the apprentice rate who is not a registered apprentice is itself a prevailing wage violation.
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