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Eligible Expenses |
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The expenses that are eligible to be claimed through the
Training Fund are outlined in the Collective Agreement. A
summary of the Collective Agreement provisions are provided here
for your convenience. In the case of any discrepancy between the
Collective Agreement and this web site, the wording of the
Collective Agreement shall prevail.
Eligible expenses vary by region:
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Pacific Region
Prairie Region
Central Region
Quebec Region
Atlantic Region
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Pacific Region:
- CGSB and CWB renewal fees.
- CEDO (Certified Exposure Device Operator)
examination fees.
- CGSB and CWB Application Examination
Certificate Fees, upon successful completion of both written and practical
exams.
- Upon prior approval of the Trustees, training
and upgrading to qualify for the CGSB and CWB examinations.
- Three cents (3¢) per hour will be directed
to the trustees of the B.C. Construction Industry Rehabilitation Fund.
- Any other expense approved by the Trustees as
set out in the Trust Agreement.
- Training fund to pay out of pocket travel
costs for travelling to attend approved courses, the local Business Representative to
pre-approve.
- Where the Employer requires the employee to
take a CGSB test the Employer will
pay the employee's reasonable expenses in connection therewith
and will reimburse the employee for the straight time
wages necessarily lost in order to write the test.
Where an employee is
not requested to take a CGSB exam and travels on his own time and pays his own
expenses and successfully completes this exam or exams he shall be paid by
the employer, for all time lost and out-of-pocket expenses providing the
exams are in the Province of B.C.
Lost wages to apply only if employees were
employed and lost time.
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Prairie Region:
- All employees' renewal fees.
- CGSB Application and Examination Fees and CWB Certification Fees.
- Training and upgrading to qualify for the CGSB and CWB examinations.
- Any other expenses approved by the Trustees as set out in the Trust
Agreement.
- Where the Employer requires the employee to take a CGSB test the Employer will pay
the employee's reasonable expenses in connection therewith and will reimburse the
employee for the straight time wages necessarily lost in order to write the test.
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Central Region:
- CEDO Application and Examination Fees, CWB Certification Fees and renewal fees.
- Training and upgrading to qualify for the CEDO and CWB examinations.
- Any other expense approved by the Trustees as set out in the Trust Agreement.
- Where the Employer requires the employee to take a CGSB test the Employer will pay
the employee's reasonable expenses in connection therewith and will reimburse the
employee for the straight time wages necessarily lost in order to write the test.
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Quebec Region:
- Renewal fees.
- CGSB Application and Examination Fees and CWB Certification Fees.
- Training and upgrading to qualify for the CGSB and CWB examinations.
- Any other expense approved by the Trustees as set out in the Trust Agreement.
- Where the Employer requires the employee to take a CGSB test the Employer will pay
the employee's reasonable expenses in connection therewith and will reimburse the
employee for the straight time wages necessarily lost in order to write the test.
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Atlantic Region:
- Renewal fees.
- CGSB Application and Examination Fees and CWB Certification Fees.
- CEDO Application and Examination Fees.
- Training and upgrading to qualify for the CGSB, CEDO and CWB examinations.
- Any other expense approved by the Trustees as set out in the Trust Agreement.
- Where the Employer requires the employee to take a CGSB test the Employer will pay
the employee's reasonable expenses in connection therewith and will reimburse the
employee for the straight time wages necessarily lost in order to write the test.
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