; (ii) is compatible with the skills of the worker; (iii) includes a curriculum through which the worker will gain the knowledge or skills to become proficient in the job for which the worker is being trained; and (iv) can be measured by benchmarks that indicate that the worker is gaining such knowledge or skills; and (C) the State determines that the on-the-job training program meets the requirements of clauses (iii) and (iv) of subparagraph (B). (2) Monthly payments The Commission shall pay the costs of on-the-job training approved under paragraph (1) in monthly installments. (3) Contracts for on-the-job training The Commission shall ensure, in entering into a contract with an employer to provide on-the-job training to a worker under this subsection, that the skill requirements of the job for which the worker is being trained, the academic and occupational skill level of the worker, and the work experience of the worker are taken into consideration. Training under any such contract shall be limited to the period of time required for the worker receiving on-the-job training to become proficient in the job for which the worker is being trained, but may not exceed 104 weeks in any case. (4) Exclusion of certain employers The Commission shall not enter into a contract for on-the-job training with an employer that exhibits a pattern of failing to provide workers receiving on-the-job training from the employer with— (A) continued, long-term employment as regular employees