As used in this article 15.7, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) Apprentice means an individual who is sixteen years of age or older,
except when a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, and who is
employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation under the standards of
apprenticeship established by this article 15.7.
(2) Apprenticeable occupation means an occupation specified by an
industry that involves the progressive attainment of skills, competencies, and
knowledge that are:
(a) Clearly identified and commonly recognized throughout the relevant
industry or occupation;
(b) Customarily learned or enhanced in a practical way through a structured,
systematic program of on-the-job, supervised learning and related instruction to
supplement the learning; and
(c) Offered through a time-based, competency-based, or hybrid model that
the director has determined meets the requirements of this article 15.7 and
conforms with federal regulations.
(3) Apprenticeship agreement means a written agreement between an
apprentice and a sponsor or an apprenticeship committee acting as agent for the
sponsor, in conformity with federal regulations.
(4) Apprenticeship program means a plan containing all terms and
conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of
apprentices that meets the requirements of this article 15.7 and conforms with
federal regulations, including the requirement for a written apprenticeship
agreement.
(5) Certificate of completion means a certificate awarded to an apprentice
in recognition of the successful completion of an apprenticeship program.
(6) Certificate of registration means documentation that a registration
agency has registered an apprenticeship program pursuant to this article 15.7 and
in conformity with federal regulations, as evidenced by a certificate of registration
or other written documentation.
(6.3) Committee for apprenticeship in new and emerging industries or
CANEI means the committee for apprenticeship in new and emerging industries
created in section 8-15.7-104.
(6.5) Committee for apprenticeship in the building and construction trades
or CABCT means the committee for apprenticeship in the building and
construction trades created in section 8-15.7-103.
(7) Department means the department of labor and employment.
(8) Director means the director of the SAA.
(9) Executive director means the executive director of the department.
(9.5) Federal regulations means the regulations promulgated by the United
States secretary of labor under the National Apprenticeship Act, 29 U.S.C. sec.
50.
(10) Repealed.
(11) Qualified intermediary means an entity that demonstrates expertise in
connecting employers or apprenticeship program participants to registered
apprenticeship programs or in convening stakeholders to develop registered
apprenticeship programs and serves employers and apprenticeship program
participants by:
(a) Connecting employers to programs under the national apprenticeship
system;
(b) Assisting in the design and implementation of apprenticeship programs,
including curriculum development and delivery for related instruction;
(c) Supporting entities, sponsors, or apprenticeship program administrators
in meeting and reporting the requirements of this article 15.7;
(d) Providing professional development activities, such as training to
mentors;
(e) Supporting the recruitment, retention, and apprenticeship program
completion of potential apprenticeship program participants, including
nontraditional participants and apprenticeship populations and individuals with
barriers to employment;
(f) Developing and providing personalized apprenticeship program
participant supports, including partnering with organizations to provide access to or
referrals for supportive services and financial advising;
(g) Providing services, resources, and supports for the development,
delivery, expansion, or improvement of apprenticeship programs under the national
apprenticeship system; or
(h) Serving as an apprenticeship program sponsor.
(12) Quality assurance assessment means a comprehensive review
conducted by the SAA regarding all aspects of an apprenticeship program's
performance, including determining whether:
(a) The apprentices are receiving on-the-job training consistent with the
schedule outlined in the registered apprenticeship program standards;
(b) Scheduled wage increases are consistent with the registered
apprenticeship program standards;
(c) Related instruction through the appropriate curriculum and delivery
systems is compliant with federal and state standards; and
(d) The SAA is receiving notification of all new apprentices in a registered
apprenticeship program, apprentices who leave a registered apprenticeship
program, and apprentices who complete a registered apprenticeship program.
(12.5) Recognized state apprenticeship agency means the state
apprenticeship agency, if recognized by the United States department of labor, or
any other state apprenticeship agency recognized by the United States department
of labor as the apprenticeship agency for the state.
(13) Registered apprenticeship program means an apprenticeship program
that is registered by the SAA pursuant to this article 15.7.
(13.5) Registration agency means the United States department of labor's
office of apprenticeship or a recognized state apprenticeship agency.
(14) Registration of apprenticeship programs means the acceptance and
recording of an apprenticeship program by the United States department of labor's
office of apprenticeship or registration or approval of an apprenticeship program by
a state apprenticeship agency that is recognized by the United States department
of labor's office of apprenticeship in conformity with federal regulations. Approval
is evidenced by a certificate of registration or other written documentation.
(15) Sponsor means:
(a) Any person, association, committee, or organization operating an
apprenticeship program and in whose name the program is registered or approved;
or
(b) Any person, association, committee, or organization that is operating an
apprenticeship program and is applying to have the apprenticeship program
registered or approved in its name.
(16) State apprenticeship agency or SAA means the state apprenticeship
agency created in section 8-15.7-102.
(17) State apprenticeship council or SAC means the state apprenticeship
council established pursuant to section 8-15.7-105.
(18) State-approved program means a high school career and technical
education program established by a state-level advisory board described in section
8-15.7-201 (2).