CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED!

Posted January 24, 2025

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Brothers and Sisters Happy New Year, there are some required certifications to be dispatched as of January 1st, 2025, for Painters, and there is information on required STAR event classes and pension money information. Knowledge is power so please read the posted information below. 

Have you heard about the new rules about certs you must have next year???

What’s the deal?

Most importantly…. Effective January 1st, 2025, Journeyman Painters MUST have the designated certifications (through STAR) to be dispatched at all. All this information can be found in the Northern California Painters Master Agreement in Article II Section 15. (You can find the specifics here: https://www.dc16iupat.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/N.-CA-Painters-MAster-Agreement-2023-2026.pdf

What certifications?

The certifications will change every year for the remainder of the current contract but below are the classes you must have to be dispatched in 2025:

Section 15. SAFETY TRAINING – Each Journeyperson and above (Painter) shall obtain and maintain the certifications and training outlined in subsections a and b below. Once the required training is complete and up-to-date, Journeypersons and above shall then annually complete a minimum of sixteen (16) hours of painter-trade and/or safety education training courses that are recommended by their Employer. The curriculum for such continuing education shall be established and provided by the Finishing Trades Institute of Northern California and Nevada (“FTI”) and made available through the STAR Program. They shall possess a valid and updated training card and provide documented proof of training to their Employer and the FTI. The Union shall not dispatch any Journeyperson without proof of training.

 (a) Each Journeyperson and above (Commercial Painter) shall successfully complete and maintain the following: 19 1. By January 1, 2025 i. Fall Protection (USACE EM385), including Ladder Safety, and ii. Mobile Elevated Worker Platforms, and iii. Harassment Training or iv. Sixteen (16) hours employer recommended painter trade and/or safety education training, if the above-required training is complete and up to date. If none or only a portion of the above training is complete, the hours to complete the required training above would count towards the minimum sixteen (16) hours. 2. By January 1, 2026 i. OSHA-10 or OSHA-30, and ii. Scaffold Training or iii. Sixteen (16) hours Employer recommended painter trade and/or safety education training, if the above-required training is complete and up to date. If none or only a portion of the above training is complete, the hours to complete the required training above would count towards the minimum sixteen (16) hours

Commercial Painters:

Fall Protection (including Ladder Safety), Mobile Elevated Worker Platforms and Harassment Training, Harassment training can come from any online source if that is all you need. Make sure you take the supervisory version and when you get the completed certificate you can email it to Puanani@dc16.us to add to your file.

Industrial & Bridge Painters:

OSHA 10, Scaffold Training and Harassment Training.

Where can I get the certifications?

This part is easy and FREE! DC 16 STAR provides all of these certifications at no cost to members by simply signing up for them on their website at www.dc16star.org You will need to be in good standing, and have your Member ID# available when signing up. Call our office to get that information if you don’t have it and we’d be happy to help. If classes are full, you can call the local and let us know, we can notify the school to set up more classes and if you are off during the week you can sit in on apprentice classes to get the certs but you wont get the STARS credit. 

What do we get out of it?

Star Event. Taking these classes thru STAR will help you qualify for the STAR event where we all have a great time with the families and win prizes!

Pension Money. By taking 16 hours of training by June 30th you will earn $1.00 (one dollar) from your “Off Benefit” to your Pension the following year on January 1. If you have 25 years or more in the union and you take your 16 hours of training you will earn the $1.00 from your “Off Benefit” to your pension plus the 0.33 multiplier for your pension. Now that you have all of this information HURRY to www.dc16star.org to schedule your classes because there are a lot of painters who are also trying to get their classes. Don’t wait until the last minute.

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