These national standards are designed to guide local joint apprenticeship and training committees in establishing local apprenticeship programs to train individuals seeking to become skilled in the cement masonry, asphalt, and composition trade. Covered in the individual sections are the following topics: provisions of the apprenticeship standards (definitions, duties of the local joint committee, qualifications for apprenticeship, terms of apprenticeship and related instruction, apprenticeship agreements, ratios of apprentices to journeymen, apprentice wages, credit for previous experience, apprentice coordinators, employer responsibilities to apprentices, responsibilities of apprentices, hours of work, accident prevention, adjusting differences, and certificates of completion); joint training funds; and federal laws and regulations affecting the employment of apprentices. Appendixes to the guide contain a work experience and training schedule, sources of related instructional materials, forms for use in apprenticeship recordkeeping, sample apprenticeship agreements, addresses of regional offices of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, and a list of state and territorial apprenticeship agencies. (MN)