ARTICLE 1

In the application of seniority for appointments under article 10.07, group seniority shall apply for positions scheduled in clause 32.02 with the exception of group ‘C’ and ‘G’ positions. Employees shall access service seniority for appointments and group seniority for substitution.

(a) An Officer shall accrue group seniority from the date of appointment as a regular employee to a position within the group lists defined in clause 32.02.

(b) Group C and G employees shall commence accruing group seniority from the date they become regular and make their certificate available to the Company.

(c) When an employee is demoted, his/her group seniority shall include all time in the higher group, in addition to his/her original group seniority in the lower group.

(d) Upon reinstatement to the higher group, the employee shall be credited with all previous seniority in that group.

(e) An Officer on general leave without pay for the purpose of seatime accrual shall accrue group and service seniority as applicable for the period of the leave.

(f) Where a tie in group seniority occurs, service seniority shall be the deciding factor.

II. Seniority in Excluded Positions

(a) An employee accepting a position which is of a permanent nature outside of the bargaining unit shall retain the right to return to his/her former position within 120 working days from the date of his/her appointment.

(b) An employee temporarily substituting into an excluded position shall continue to accrue seniority.

(c) An employee returning to the bargaining unit from an excluded position shall have that time counted for seniority purposes if the employee was previously a member of the bargaining unit.

32.02 – Group Seniority Schedule

1. DECK

Group A: Masters

Chief Officer/Relief Master

ASTO Mate/Relief Master

Group B: Mates (Intermediate Vessel)

Mates (Minor Vessel)

Chief Officers (“S” Class & Large Vessel)

Second Officer/Relief/Chief Officer

Second and Third Officers (“S” Class Vessel)

Second, Third and Fourth Officers (Large Vessel)

Group C: Deckhand with W/K Mate Certificates or higher

2. ENGINEERING

Group D: Senior Chief Engineers (“S” Class Vessel)

Senior Chief Engineers (Large Vessel)

Senior Chief Engineers (Intermediate Vessel)

Chief Engineers (“S” Class Vessel)

Chief Engineers (Large Vessel)

Group E: Senior Chief Engineers (Minor Vessel)

Chief Engineers (Intermediate Vessel)

Chief Engineers (Minor Vessel)

First Engineers / Relief Chief Engineers

First Engineers (“S” Class Vessel)

First Engineers (Large Vessel)

Second Engineers (Northern Vessel)

Group F: Third Engineers (“S” Class Vessel)

Third Engineers (Large Vessel)

Third Engineers (Intermediate Vessel)

Third Engineers (Minor Vessel)

Group G: Engine Room Assistants holding Fourth Class Motor Certificates or higher

3. SHIPS’ OFFICERS TECHNICAL

Group H: Deck Engineer

Ship’s Electrician

4. CATERING

Group I: Senior Chief Steward

Chief Steward

32.03 - Substitution

(a) Ships Officer Positions which are to be filled by substitution shall be filled in the

following order:

1. the senior qualified employee within the affected work unit(s);

2. the senior qualified employee within the point of assembly, provided that this does not result in additional cost to the Employer;

3. through casual recall

(b) For purposes of Ships Officer position substitution, Seniority means the following:

i) Group Seniority, for those covered by the Group Seniority Schedule under clause 32.02,

ii) Group C seniority, for Deckhands with Watchkeeping Mate Certificates or higher, from the date of availability of the certificate to the Employer,

iii) Group G seniority, for Engine Room Assistants with Fourth Class Motor Certificates or higher, from the date of availability of the certificate to the Company.

(c) For purposes of substitution, employees temporarily assigned to a watch or shift shall be considered part of that watch or shift.

(d) Employees shall have the right to refuse substitution, except as defined in their job descriptions. Employees who have accepted training and/or education at the Company’s expense shall be required to substitute into positions they are capable of performing.

(e) When an employee declines substitution for any assignment, s/he shall not be entitled to claim substitution for that assignment until that assignment is completed. Substitution cannot be claimed if the employee is not available when the substitution is required on a daily basis.

(f) It is understood that substitution shall not be required when there is a Staffing Pool/ASTO Relief employee of the appropriate classification available.

32.04 - Pay

(a) Chief Officer substituting as Master on a Large Vessel shall be paid at the salary rate of Master, Large Vessel, as outlined in Appendix “C”.

(b) All Licensed rates of pay contained in appendix ‘C’ shall form part of article 32.

32.05 - Certificate Allowance

An allowance of $100.00 per month shall be paid to all Officers, not inclusive of Group ‘C’ or Group ‘G’ employees, who have a certificate(s) of competency superior to existing minimum job specification requirements for their appointed positions, and to all Chief Officers. This is the maximum allowance per month payable under this clause regardless of the level and/or number of certificate(s) of competency. The certificate(s) shall be available to the Company.

32.06 – Change to Certificate Requirements

(a) A regular employee who has his/her certificate requirements changed as a result of a change of a vessel shall have his/her position protected by recognition of the appropriate regulatory authority's approved lesser certificate(s) for the new vessel.

(b) Existing regular employees who hold their present position as a result of recognition of a lesser certificate than the Company requirement found in the selection criteria shall continue to have these lesser certificate(s) recognized for their current positions.

32.07 – Lateral Transfer - Ships’ Officers’

(a) Applicants for lateral transfer must have worked in their present location for not less than one year.

(b) Transfer expenses shall be paid by the Company upon promotion.

(c) Lateral transfer expenses shall be paid by the Company for employees holding positions listed on the Group Seniority Schedule (other than Group "C" and "G") who have worked at their present location for not less than two years.

32.08 – Clearance to Sail

(a) On completion of the annual refit of any vessel, no vessel shall be required to sail until the on-watch Chief Engineer and Master of the vessel give indication that they are satisfied with the condition of the vessel.

(b) Scheduled refit periods shall include a suitable period of time for adequate checking and clean-up of the vessel. The Senior Chief Engineer on the refit shall have the authority to supervise any work done by outside contractors during the refit. Such work shall not be cleared until the Superintendent or his/her designate is satisfied that the job is suitably completed.

32.09 - Hours of Work – Ships Officers

I. Ships’ Officers – Seven Day Operations

(a) The standard daily hours, inclusive of meal and rest periods, shall be as follows:

1. eight hours for all Deck and Catering personnel and Chief Engineers and Senior Chief Engineers.

2. seven and one-half hours for all other employees, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

(b) The shift schedule shall be on the basis of two days on and one day off.

(d) Regular employees covered under clause 16.01(a) 1 shall, on January 1 of each year, be credited with 17 days of paid time off for working an eight hour day.

(e) Regular employees receiving temporary appointments to eight hour positions or from eight hour positions covered by this clause shall have their 17 day entitlement recalculated on a monthly basis.

(f) Employees appointed to positions covered by clause 16.01(a)1. shall have 17 days of paid time off credited on the basis of 1.42 days for each month remaining in the calendar year. These employees shall receive 1.42 days provided they work ten days in those positions in the first month. Overtime shall apply if they work less than ten days. The reverse is the

case for employees leaving positions covered by clause 16.01(a)1

(g) The options outlined under clause 18.14 and clause 18.15 will apply to clause 16.01(d) and clause 16.01(f).

II. Ships Officers – Seven Day Operations (Northern Islands)

The work schedules outlined in Table "A" and the following provisions shall apply to the Northern Gulf Island routes that were amalgamated with the British Columbia Ferry Corporation on October 1, 1985.

(a) Watch schedules shall be on a 12 month basis.

(b) Where employees are required to remain on the vessel or at the terminal during the meal period, the meal period shall be included in the scheduled work day.

(c) 1. Where the length of the scheduled work day and/or shift pattern vary during the year, the Scheduled Surplus Differential (SSD) shall be based on the scheduled work day length which is in effect for each day worked.

2. Annual Scheduled Time Off (ASTO) shall be scheduled on an annual basis, taking into account expected annual variation in the length of the scheduled work day.

3. The length of the scheduled work day used in calculating the SSD shall be the average of the day, afternoon and night shift scheduled work days.

4. The SSD shall be based on the employee's basic pay and paid monthly. Any necessary adjustments shall be calculated once per year with Dec. 31 as the cut-off date.

5. Employees on educational leave or in receipt of Short Term Illness and Injury Plan benefits for a period in excess of one full watch or its equivalent shall not be entitled to SSD.

6. Adjustments to SSD payments shall be made twice per year based on the difference between SSD paid and SSD due for actual hours worked for regulars who are employed on ASTO relief.

(d) Where unexpected changes in the length of the scheduled work day within the year require adjustment to be made to the ASTO entitlement, such adjustment shall be made once per year with extra credits being compensated for in cash and debits being forgiven.

(e) On the 2:1 pattern, the minimum scheduled work day shall be seven hours; the maximum scheduled work day shall be nine and one-half hours. The minimum average scheduled work day shall be seven and one-half hours.

(f) 1. ASTO shall be calculated and scheduled on a calendar year basis and except as provided in 2. below; scheduled on a seniority-based employee preference scheme to ensure full-time employment of all regularly appointed ASTO relief employees. No employee shall exercise his/her seniority for more than one continuous period of ASTO per year.

2. Where the Company can demonstrate that the ASTO scheduled on a yearly basis does not meet the requirements of ensuring full-time employment as in 1. above, the following scheduling system shall be utilized:

i) Each employee shall indicate on the incomplete block time-off schedule, at least eight weeks prior to the start of the scheduling, his/her preference.

ii) Where more than one employee of the same classification has scheduled ASTO at the same time and the employees cannot resolve it between them, the senior employee may exercise his/her seniority rights.

iii) No employee shall be permitted to exercise his/her seniority in more than one block per year and more than once in that block.

iv) The Company reserves the right to schedule ASTO on a reverse seniority basis where no employee chooses ASTO pursuant to this paragraph.

v) No employee shall be forced to take more than one-half of his/her ASTO entitlement in any one block.

vi) The number of blocks shall be decided by mutual agreement at the local level. There shall be a minimum of two blocks and a maximum of four blocks.

3. For each vessel, no more than one employee from each department (Deck, Engineering etc.) shall be scheduled off at any one time other than by mutual agreement or when operational requirements permit. Every attempt shall be made to

accommodate the employee's ASTO choice.

4. An employee may advise the Company in writing once a year that s/he wishes to take additional shift blocks of annual surplus time off. Such election shall be made before November 30. This additional time off shall be debited against the Annual Excess Days Worked (AEDW). Where this option is exercised by an employee, the SSD shall be revised on the basis of the remaining AEDW, if any.

i) Incomplete block time off schedules shall be circulated at least eight weeks prior to the commencement of each scheduling period.

ii) Completed block time off schedules shall be posted at least four weeks prior to the commencement of each scheduling period.

6. An employee who voluntarily transfers to another work location where the ASTO schedule has already been completed shall not be entitled to exercise his/her seniority rights with respect to that ASTO schedule in that block. However, every effort shall be made to grant ASTO at the time of the transferred employee's choice, providing that this does not result in a shortfall of hours in the regular ASTO employee's hours of work. Notwithstanding clause 16.04(h), the transferred employee shall be able to take all his/her ASTO in the calendar year.

(g) Overtime compensation may be taken in cash or compensatory time off. Compensatory time off may be elected twice per calendar year and taken on the following basis:

1. Compensatory time off taken must be not less than a full watch cycle unless by mutual agreement.

2. Vacation entitlement not accounted for in SSD may be added to compensatory time off and taken as per 1. above.

3. Time taken under 1. and 2 above shall not exceed 15 work days per year except by mutual agreement.

4. Time not taken under 1. and 2 above shall be paid in cash or accounted for under paragraph 16.04(h).

5. Time off to be taken under 1. and 2 above may be scheduled by the Company in the final quarter of the year if no preference has been given by the employee by that time, or the employee may opt to be paid his/her outstanding balance in cash.

(h) The accumulation of all time (including ASTO vacation not accounted for in Table A and compensatory time off) that an employee may wish to carry over from one calendar year to the next calendar year may not exceed 15 days. This time can be combined with other time off in the next calendar year and may be taken off in half shift blocks where the working days of the shift pattern are 10 days or more. Where the working days of the shift pattern are less than 10 days, such time shall be taken in full shift blocks. Notwithstanding the above, employees shall be entitled to take time off by shift length day provided no cost accrues to the Company.

(i) 1. Casual employees shall work days as required within the month.

2. Define “watch month” for casual employees as whichever of 27, 28 or 30 days is a multiple of the watch period, i.e. for a 10:5 watch period, watch month is 30 days; for a 6:3 watch period, watch is 27 days.

3. Casual employees shall be paid overtime rates for all hours worked in excess of scheduled hours for the shift on which they work.

4. Casual employees shall be paid double the straight-time rate for all scheduled hours worked in excess of 152.25 hours in the appropriate "watch month" as worked by the regular watch.

5. Casual employees who work more than 1827 hours at straight-time rates in a calendar year shall be paid the applicable overtime rates for all hours worked in excess of the 1827 hours.

6. Casual employees who complete a full shift pattern are entitled to the rest period appropriate to the particular shift pattern pursuant to Table A. Work performed on such rest days shall be considered overtime pursuant to paragraph 18.02(c)2.

7. Casual employees do not qualify for recall pursuant to Article 12 during their days of rest.

8. No employee shall start a new watch month until his/her previous watch month has ended.

(j) 1. The length of the scheduled shift (work day) and the shift pattern (watch) may vary

within the year to meet operational requirements.

2. Shift changes for employees required to be with a vessel during annual refit shall be made to make scheduled work days coincide with refit work days which are based on the hours of work at the applicable shipyard.

3. Employees required to deliver a vessel to and from refit shall be paid applicable overtime rates for hours worked in excess of their regularly scheduled work day. Where the return delivery job abuts a refit work day, then the length of that refit work day shall be used as the length of the work day.

4. Shipyard hours shall commence on the first work day at the shipyard and conclude on the last day at the shipyard.

5. Employees required to be with the vessel at refit shall work their regular shift up to the commencement of refit. Such employees shall resume their regular shift upon the completion of refit.

6. The actual hours worked during refit shall be measured against those hours which would have been worked had the employee remained on his/her regular work schedule. The period used for such comparison shall commence on the first day of the last full watch period prior to refit and end on the last day of the first watch period after refit. Any shortfall resulting from such comparison shall be forgiven. Any surplus resulting from such comparison may be compensated in cash or time off in accordance with (g).

7. Employees shall be provided with reasonable, shared transportation between the shipyard and their provided residence during the period of refit.

III. Ships’ Officers – Ten Hour Vessels

(a) The standard daily hours, inclusive of the meal and rest periods, shall be ten hours for all Deck, Catering and Chief Engineer and Senior Chief Engineer personnel.

(b) The shift schedule shall be on the basis of one day on and one day off.

(d) Where an employee is granted vacation pursuant to Article 20 of this Agreement, the minimum annual vacation entitlement shall be 15 ten hour days. Where a regular employee is entitled to more than the minimum vacation entitlement, the difference between his/her vacation entitlement and the minimum vacation entitlement may be taken as leave at a later date by mutual agreement.

(e) Employees working a ten hour shift shall receive a differential of 5% in addition to their basic pay.

IV. Ships’ Officer – Twelve Hour Vessels

(a) The work day shall be one of the following:

1. Watchkeepers of "A", "B", "C" or "D" Watch may collectively choose any arrangement of:

i) 6 hours on, 6 hours off;

ii) 8 hours on, 4 hours off, 4 hours on, 8 hours off;

iii) 9 hours on, 3 hours off, 3 hours on/9 hours off;

iv) 12 hours on, 12 hours off.

Chief Engineers shall relieve for meals where the above arrangement changes present procedure in the Engineering department.

2. Twelve hours in a spread of 15 hours with a break of no less than three consecutive hours.

3. Twelve hour shifts.

(b) All hours worked in excess of the above shall be paid at the overtime rate.

(c) Employees shall not have the right to refuse overtime required for the completion of the regularly scheduled number of trips or for emergency runs.

(d) Regular and Casual employees working on a 14-on 14-off schedule shall receive a differential of 27 % in addition to his/her basic pay; an employee working on a 4-on 4-off schedule shall receive a differential of 25 % in addition to his/her basic pay. An employee who substitutes in another classification shall receive the basic pay and differential for that classification or his/her regular pay and differential, whichever is greater. These schedules are inclusive of the allowance for designated paid holidays.

32.10 - Work Schedules Staffing Pool

Ships’ Officers Staffing Pool employees shall be scheduled on the same basic ratio of work days and days off as is common to their individual classification. Work schedules for Staffing Pool employees shall be given for either 36 days in the case of 12-on-6-off employees, or 30 days for all other employees. Schedules shall be provided in writing seven days in advance. Where it is necessary that the schedule of an individual employee be altered to meet operational requirements, the employee shall be entitled to the penalty pays which accrue under clauses 17.03, 17.05.

32.11 - Continued Proficiency Certificates

When the Company or a regulatory authority requires a Ships’ Officer to be in possession of a Continued Proficiency Certificate, the employee shall be granted leave with regular pay. The Company shall bear the full cost of obtaining and renewing the certificate including tuition fees, entrance or registration fees, laboratory fees, course required books, examination fees and subsistence expenses. Fees are to be paid by the Company when due. Where the same courses are provided by the Company, employees shall avail themselves of such courses in preference to other facilities.

32.12 - Career Development

The purpose of this clause is to provide Ships’ Officers with the opportunity to obtain the necessary prerequisites to advance within their classification, and to ensure that the Company has qualified employees to fill vacancies as they arise.

(a) Term Certain Staffing Pool positions will be made available as career development opportunities so that senior qualified employees at that point of assembly can accrue the watchkeeping time necessary to sit for their next higher certificate examination.

(b) Career development opportunity positions will be in the following classifications: Third Engineer, First Engineer, and Second Officer.

(c) Employees shall be offered career development opportunities as a temporary appointment at their point of assembly. Once having earned the necessary watchkeeping time, they will revert to their former position in order that the career development opportunity may be offered to another designated employee.

(d) Once selected and having obtained the necessary watchkeeping time, the employee will be considered for an opportunity to obtain the next higher certificate under the Education Leave Program.

32.13 – Development Opportunities

(a) The Company may identify local or Fleet-wide training opportunities for anticipated operational needs or development opportunities. Such opportunities shall be posted to allow interested employees to apply.

(b) Employees shall be selected for training opportunities based on meeting the qualifications, availability, ability, and suitability requirements as determined by the Company, in order of seniority.

32.14 - General Leave to Accrue Seatime

Notwithstanding clause 26.10(b) of the Collective Agreement, the parties hereby agree that an employee may request a general leave of absence without pay for the purpose of working for another Company, not including any competitors of BC Ferries, to accrue seatime.

Such general leave of absence without pay is intended to assist the employee to obtain a certificate or to upgrade to a higher marine certification and is subject to the following:

(a) An employee may be granted leave of absence without pay to accrue seatime subject to operational requirements and provided that qualified relief is available.

(b) The maximum period that an employee may be on such leave of absence without pay shall be one year.

(c) As part of the necessary information for the leave of absence without pay the employee must provide the following information:

1. a clearly documented career development plan,

2. a demonstrated need for seatime,

3. prior to the commencement of the general leave, the employee will provide proof of employment, and

4. verification from Transport Canada of the applicability of the seatime.

(d) An employee on general leave without pay, in accordance with this clause, shall accrue group and/or service seniority as applicable for the period of the leave.

(e) Where two or more employees from the same point of assembly and same job classification are requesting approval for a leave of absence which would occur at the same time, and all requests cannot be accommodated, then the available leave(s) shall be granted to the employee(s) with the greatest group or service seniority, as applicable.

32.15 - No Painting

All Officers shall have the right to refuse to polish bright work, or chip, scale or paint, and shall not be subject to disciplinary action for refusing.

32.16 - Third Party at Grievance Steps 2 and 3

The Employer agrees that, should a grievance arise involving a licensed and unlicensed employee requiring Union representation for both members, a third party may be called in by the Ships’ Officers Component at Steps 2 and 3 to present said grievance.

32.17 – Personnel File

The Human Resources Division shall, upon receipt of written authorization by the employee, supply the President of the Ships’ Officers Component or his/her designate with all documentation from the employee's personnel file relating to a grievance in order to facilitate an investigation.

32.18 – Footwear – Ships’ Officers

The Company will continue to provide footwear to all regular employees appointed to licensed positions.

32.19 – Refits – Ships’ Officers

(a) Where practical, refits shall be carried out by ships personnel in order to provide

continuity of employment.

(b) When an Officer is asked to work on a vessel which is not in operation due to

breakdown or overhaul, or on a vessel which is under construction, the Officer shall work his/her regular standard daily hours on such schedules as may be mutually agreed to from time to time. For work performed in these hours he/she shall be paid at his/her regular pay.

32.20 – Technological Change – Retraining

Regular employees who are assigned by the Company to work with new technology shall receive a reasonable period of training. Employees involved in training and familiarization under this clause shall receive their basic pay for the period of training and familiarization. Where the employee cannot meet the job requirements upon completion of the training and familiarization period, the employee shall be offered the options under clause 13.04.

32.21 - Medical Examinations

Other than a medical examination required under the Short Term Illness and Injury Plan, where the Company requires a Regular employee to submit to a medical examination or medical interview, or where a medical examination is required by a regulation made pursuant to a statute, it shall be at the Company's expense and on the Company's time.

32.22 - Education Leave

(a) The purpose of this clause is to provide employees with the opportunity for sustained study and upgrading to higher standard certificates or other pertinent qualifications.

(b) Education leave with basic pay to take formal training and study, for the purpose of securing a certificate or diploma or other qualification, may be approved, to a maximum of five months, by the Company provided that:

1. Selection is on the basis of an acceptable performance record.

2. The employee has completed a service record of one continuous year.

3. It is in the interest of the Company that the employee secure the certificate.

4. On the basis of 1. to 3. above, group shall prevail.

5. So far as possible, leave with basic pay shall be granted during the period of reduced service, i.e., winter period.

6. Upon successful completion of the course and required examination, the Company shall pay tuition fees, cost of required textbooks and first examination fee. The Company shall pay travelling expenses for one return trip from the employee's home to the school and pay $100 per week toward the out-of-pocket subsistence expenses of the employee, provided that the employee's home is more than 100 kilometres or three hours' travelling time from the nearest school offering the course being taken. Such employees who must also travel by ferry shall be provided with assured loading privileges.

7. The employee provides proof of attending the course in a form specified by the Company.

8. Prior to leave of absence with pay, the employee undertakes a certification to remain in the service for a period equal to three times the leave period and, should s/he resign before the period expires, s/he shall refund the proportion of all costs paid during his/her leave, including salary, in direct relation to the unexpired period and the period required.

9. If, after being granted appropriate leave with basic pay, the employee fails to obtain the appropriate certificate or upgrading, further leave shall be without pay and all further costs specified in 6. above shall be borne by the employee.

10. Commensurate with the demands of the Company, leave of absence with basic pay shall be granted to an appropriate number of employees.

11. The Company reserves the right to limit the period of leave with basic pay or without pay as well as to establish the minimum academic standard employees should attain before leave with basic pay is granted.

12. The Company may require employees requesting education leave to write a qualifying examination set by an independent authority to determine the employee's capability to take the course requested.

(c) Leave with basic pay to write examinations for a certificate or other qualification may be approved to a maximum of five working days.

(d) Employees granted education leave with basic pay, accumulate vacation and sick leave credits while attending the course.

(e) The Union recognizes that the Company shall not wish to grant leave with basic pay for attending a course in cases where there are already sufficient qualified personnel. In this event the Company shall not unreasonably withhold leave without pay at the request of an employee wishing to take an approved course.

1. Where leave without pay is granted, the employee shall retain seniority rights.

2. Upon return, the employee shall be placed in his/her former position or in a position of equal rank and salary at the same point of assembly.

3. If the employee maintains coverage for medical, extended health, dental, and group life, the Company agrees to pay the Company's share of those premiums. If the employee fails to return to work at the prearranged date, the Company shall recover money paid under this clause.

4. Prior to taking unpaid leave under this clause, the employee shall undertake to remain in service after return for a period equivalent to the leave granted, or shall refund any financial assistance granted under this clause on a prorated basis.

(f) In the event that an individual receives outside support, such as a scholarship, fellowship, or bursary, the total of outside support plus salary support shall not exceed the individual's basic salary for the period of study leave. In the event of such combined support exceeding the basic salary, the excess amount shall be deducted from the employee’s salary. It is the responsibility of the employee to report all additional sources of support to the Company.

32.23 - Leave for Writing Examinations

Leave of absence with basic pay shall be granted to allow Officers time to write examinations approved by the Company. A minimum of 12 hours shall be allowed between the end of a shift and the commencement of an examination.

32.24 Professional Standards Committee

(a) There shall be a Professional Standards Committee comprising not less than three Engineer Officers and three Deck Officers from various geographic areas appointed by the Union and such representatives as are appointed by the Company.

(b) The Committee shall meet, under clause 2.11 of the Collective Agreement, not less than three times annually, and shall consider and make recommendations on all aspects of professional standards.

(c) The Professional Standards Committee may also discuss and make recommendations regarding the number and location of career development positions and training requirements for Deck and Engineer Officers, and shall discuss the introduction of a cadet program, including the design options and the applicable terms and conditions, in order to meet the Company’s future operational needs.