California · California Apprenticeship Council (default)
For California, trade or program is California Apprenticeship Council (default); initial ratio is one apprentice hour for every five journeyman hours; thereafter ratio is one apprentice hour for every five journeyman hours; scope is public works; computation basis is hourly, recorded from its source on 2026-10-06.
- State
- California verified
- Trade or program
- California Apprenticeship Council (default) our reading
- Initial ratio
- one apprentice hour for every five journeyman hours verified
- Thereafter ratio
- one apprentice hour for every five journeyman hours verified
- Scope
- public works our reading
- Computation basis
- hourly our reading
- Statute citation
- Labor Code 1777.5 (g) verified
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What the source says
Initial ratio and Thereafter ratio
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If you agree to be governed by the regulations set forth by the California Apprenticeship Council, then the minimum and maximum ratio is the same: a total of one apprentice hour for every five journeyman hours for the project as a whole.
— dir.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Where each value comes from
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Computation basis and Statute citation
The minimum apprentice hourly ratio of five journeymen hours per one apprentice hour as required by Labor Code 1777.5 (g) is per craft and only includes straight time hours, not overtime. At the end of the project, straight time apprentice hours must equal one hour for every five straight time journeyman hours for each craft. For example, if you have a total of 100 journeyman hours at the end of the project in a craft, you would need 20 apprentice hours in that same craft.
— all from dir.ca.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Source
- dir.ca.govhttps://www.dir.ca.gov/das/RatioExemption.htm