I went through an apprenticeship with a lineman union which was 7000 hours of on the job training as well as 3 years of book training....I recorded 6294 hours and completed all but one last test in the book training....I reapplied after about 10 years and with the same local union and was denied any previous hours of work and also no credit for the book training and tests...I think that I have the right to credit