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OR Rev Stat § 660.110 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.110 - State Apprenticeship and Training Council; members; confirmation; compensation and expenses.

(1) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council shall consist of nine members, including the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries and eight members appointed by the Governor as follows: (a) Four members from apprenticeable building and construction crafts or trades that have programs approved and registered with the council, including two members representing employers and two members representing employees; (b) Two members from other apprenticeable occupations that have programs approved and registered with the council, including one member representing employers and one member representing employees; and (c) Two members representing the public. (2) To qualify to be a member of the council, an individual shall provide the Governor with documentation showing that the individual meets at least one of the following requirements: (a) Active participation on an apprenticeship governing body for a minimum of four years; or (b) A minimum of four years of experience in workforce development or investment activities, vocational training or education, apprenticeship program administration or a related discipline. (3)(a) Each member shall be appointed for a term of four years and shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and has qualified. When the term of a member expires, the Governor shall appoint a successor within 90 days after the term expiration date. A member may not automatically be removed from the council in midterm should the member’s industry withdraw from the program for economic reasons. (b) Any vacancy occurring among the appointed members shall be filled by appointment, as provided in this section, for the unexpired portion of the term. (c) All appointments of members of the council by the Governor are subject to confirmation by the Senate pursuant to section 4, Article III, Oregon Constitution. (4) The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall serve as the chairperson of the council with the power to cast the deciding vote in case of a tie. The council shall choose from among its members a vice chairperson to preside at meetings and perform other functions of the chairperson when the commissioner is absent. (5) Each member of the council is entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495. [Amended by 1955 c.719 §6; 1967 c.6 §10; 1969 c.314 §71; 1973 c.792 §31; 1981 c.764 §5; 1983 c.318 §1; 1985 c.98 §3; 2007 c.620 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 660.135 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.135 - Local joint committees; members; meetings; authority of individual employed to assist committees.

(1) In each locality where apprentices are employed, the State Apprenticeship and Training Council may approve as many local joint committees as are necessary to serve the needs of the various apprenticeable occupations. Local joint committees in building and construction trades occupations may be approved by the council only as group programs serving multiple employers. (2) Each local joint committee shall have no more than eight principal members, all actively participating in apprenticeship programs, and shall consist of an equal number of representatives of employers and employees. One alternate member may be selected for each principal committee member. Committee members and the alternate members shall be selected pursuant to procedures established by the council. The alternate members may attend all committee meetings, participate in discussions and perform such duties as may be delegated to them by the committee, but may not vote at committee meetings except when actually substituting for an absent principal committee member for their respective employer or employee. (3) To qualify as a local joint committee member representing employees, a prospective employee representative must be a member of the collective bargaining unit if a collective bargaining agreement exists for the trade or occupation that is the subject of the apprenticeship or training program administered by the committee. If no collective bargaining agreement exists, the prospective employee representative must be, or have been, a skilled practitioner of the particular trade or occupation that is the subject of the apprenticeship or training program administered by the committee. (4) Each local joint committee shall select a chairperson and a secretary, for such terms and with such powers and duties necessary for the performance of the functions of those offices as the committee determines. A quorum for the transaction of committee business consists of two representatives of employers and two representatives of employees. Each local joint committee shall meet as often as is necessary to transact business. Meetings may be called by the chairperson or at the request of the majority of the members of the committee. (5) When an individual is employed by a joint industry group, association or trust to assist local joint apprenticeship or training committees, trade committees or state joint committees in the performance of their statutory duties, the individual is authorized to perform any clerical, ministerial or other functions as the committees may direct. [1967 c.6 §19; 1977 c.490 §3; 1981 c.764 §11; 1985 c.98 §1; 2007 c.620 §7]
OR Rev Stat § 660.139 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.139 - Applicant indentured to family business or current employer.

(1) Unless the State Apprenticeship and Training Council determines there is an adverse impact on apprenticeship opportunities based on an individual’s race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or ethnic group, an applicant who is otherwise eligible for selection as an apprentice under the selection method used by the local joint committee may, with the consent of the applicant, be indentured to a family business or the applicant’s current employer without regard to whether another employer would otherwise be entitled to indenture the apprentice under the selection method used by the local joint committee. (2) As used in this section: (a) "Current employer" means the employer with whom the applicant has been a full-time, regular employee for at least six months before the applicant is selected into the apprenticeship program. (b) "Family business" means a business owned in whole or in part by a parent or grandparent of the applicant. [1999 c.755 §2; 2007 c.100 §30; 2021 c.367 §47]
OR Rev Stat § 660.142 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.142 - Pay rates for apprentices and journeyworkers; exception.

(1) A training agent may not pay an apprentice at a rate less than that obtained by applying the schedule, set forth in the applicable standards, at the apprentice’s level of apprenticeship, to the journeyworker hourly rate of wage currently in effect for journeyworkers in the occupation for which the apprentice is being trained, as determined by the appropriate local joint committee. (2) The journeyworker hourly wage rate shall be the average hourly wage currently being paid by the training agents participating in a program to their skilled workers, that is, to those employees with demonstrated knowledge, experience and proficiency in that trade or occupation who are currently performing the type of work for which the apprentice is to be trained. Upon receipt of a committee’s determination of its current journeyworker hourly rate of wage, the State Director of Apprenticeship and Training shall cause notice of the determination to be promptly mailed to all apprentices and training agents participating in the program. The determination shall be in effect from the date set forth in the determination or, lacking such date, from the first of the month following the mailing of the determination. However, neither the wage determination nor the effective date alters the terms or effect of an existing collective bargaining agreement. (3) If a higher journeyworker hourly wage rate is prescribed by federal or state law for work on a particular project, the higher rate is controlling for purposes of determining apprentice wages applicable to that particular project. (4) Nothing stated in ORS 660.002 to 660.210 shall be construed to supersede the minimum wage or overtime provisions of ORS chapters 652 and 653, or the rules adopted under ORS chapter 652 or 653. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the entry wage (that wage derived by applying the lowest percentage on the schedule to the current journeyworker hourly wage rate) may not be less than the federal or state minimum wage rate, whichever is higher. (5) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council may make such exceptions to the apprentice wage schedule or journeyworker hourly wage rate, and to the minimum numeric ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices, as it deems necessary or advisable to further the operation of apprenticeship and training programs in Department of Corrections and Oregon Youth Authority institutions. [1981 c.764 §10; 1987 c.320 §243; 2007 c.620 §9; 2011 c.140 §8; 2015 c.172 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 660.145 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.145 - Trade apprenticeship and training committees.

In an area where it is not practicable to establish a local joint apprenticeship committee or a local joint training committee, a trade committee for apprenticeship and training may be formed to administer the standards of various separate programs approved by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council. Members shall consist of one training agent and one employee representing each occupation affected, who shall be selected pursuant to the procedures established by the council. A trade committee for apprenticeship or training shall function in the manner prescribed for a local joint committee as to all occupations affected, except that recommendations to the council for amendments or modifications to the standards of a particular occupation may be made only by the members from that occupation. [1967 c.6 §21; 1981 c.764 §14; 2007 c.620 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 660.147 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.147 - Registered apprentice required; exceptions.

(1) Every local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee must have at least one registered apprentice. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee is not required to have at least one registered apprentice during the period from: (a) The date the standards for the program are registered and the date the first apprentice is registered under those standards or one year from the date the standards are registered, whichever period is shorter; or (b) The date the committee graduates an apprentice under a set of standards and the date the next apprentice is registered under those standards or one year from the date the committee graduates an apprentice under a set of standards, whichever period is shorter. [2011 c.140 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 660.149 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.149 - Evaluation of registered apprenticeship programs.

(1) The Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall evaluate the performance of registered apprenticeship programs. (2) Factors to be used when conducting the evaluation required by subsection (1) of this section must include, but are not limited to: (a) Quality assurance assessments; (b) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission compliance reviews; and (c) Completion rates. (3) Any additional factors used by the division in the evaluation of program performance must adhere to the goals and policies of the United States Department of Labor specified in 29 C.F.R. 29 and with guidance issued by the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship. (4) To evaluate completion rates under this section, the division shall compare the completion rate of the program under review with the national average for completion rates. Based on the completion rate review, the division shall provide technical assistance to promote higher completion rates to programs with a completion rate lower than the national average. (5) Cancellation of an apprenticeship agreement during the probationary period shall not have an impact on the completion rate of the program. [2011 c.140 §14]
OR Rev Stat § 660.155 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.155 - State joint committees; rules.

(1) State joint apprenticeship committees may be formed in each apprenticeable occupation for the purpose of promoting and coordinating the apprenticeship goals of that occupation and of developing statewide standards and related instructional material for a course of study in that occupation. If only one joint committee exists for a particular occupation, that local joint committee has the same duties and powers as a state joint committee formed pursuant to this section. This subsection does not apply to training programs. (2) State joint committees shall be composed of one member representing training agents and one member representing employees from each local joint committee for that occupation. Training agent members of a local joint committee shall choose the training agent representative to the state joint committee, and employee members shall choose the employee representative. The training agent and employee members of trade committees shall be members of the state joint committee for their respective occupations, but shall be counted in determining a quorum for the state joint committee only if present. An alternate member for each principal member from a local joint committee shall also be selected in the same manner as the principal members are selected. Each alternate member has full authority to exercise the powers of the principal member for whom the alternate was selected when that principal member is unable to perform as a committee member. (3) Each state joint committee shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson, one of whom shall represent training agents, the other of whom shall represent employees. The committee may also elect such other officers as it determines appropriate. All officers elected pursuant to this subsection shall serve such terms and have such duties and powers as the committee determines appropriate for the performance of their functions. (4) Meetings may be called by the chairperson or at the request of the majority of the members of the committee. Each state joint committee may also formulate such rules as it deems necessary for the time, place and orderly conduct of its meetings. Each committee shall transmit to the State Apprenticeship and Training Council a written record of each such meeting. [1967 c.6 §22; 1971 c.271 §4; 1977 c.490 §4; 1981 c.764 §15; 2007 c.71 §216; 2007 c.620 §11]
OR Rev Stat § 660.157 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.157 - Standard courses of study for apprentices and trainees.

(1) Each state joint committee, with the prior approval of the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, shall prescribe a standard course of study, developed from a trade analysis, for the trade, craft or industrial occupation over which the committee exercises jurisdiction. Each such course of study shall include instructional objectives and an outline of course content for related instruction and manipulative instruction in the classroom. The prescribed course shall also provide for evaluation procedures and instruments for measuring performance. For all programs in apprenticeable occupations a minimum of 144 hours of related instruction per year is recommended. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no course of study for the instruction of apprentices or trainees that has not been prescribed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may be implemented under ORS 660.002 to 660.210. (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, any course of study for the instruction of apprentices or trainees may be implemented under ORS 660.002 to 660.210 where such course of study: (a) Involves instruction in any trades or crafts where the industry will provide the facilities for training; (b) Prepares apprentices and trainees in any trades or crafts; (c) Requires expert instructors to meet the level of skill and training required by the industry; (d) Is substantially equivalent to the standard course prescribed under subsection (1) of this section; and (e) Is supervised by a local joint committee or by a joint industry trust fund committee. (4) Where a course of study meets the requirements of subsection (3) of this section, such course shall be approved: (a) By the state joint committee; (b) By the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for apprenticeship training credit; and (c) By the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for community college associate degrees. (5) Operation of a course of study under subsection (3) of this section shall be the responsibility of the recognized local apprenticeship committee or local industry trust fund or recognized local employee organization. Such local committee, trust or organization may prescribe criteria for enrollment into the course of study. [1971 c.271 §7; 1973 c.648 §1; 1979 c.808 §1; 1981 c.764 §16; 2013 c.747 §191; 2017 c.66 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 660.158 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.158 - Interstate agreements regarding courses of study.

(1) If there is an interstate agreement regarding apprenticeship courses of study between the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and an agency with similar functions in another state: (a) Any course of study prescribed pursuant to ORS 660.157 is subject to the provisions of the interstate agreement. (b) Each local joint committee of an occupation that is subject to the interstate agreement shall submit requests for changes in courses of study directly to the council. (2) Reciprocal approval for federal purposes shall be accorded to apprentices, apprenticeship programs and standards that are registered by the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship, or by the registration agency or council of any other state that has been recognized by the United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship, if reciprocal approval is requested by the program sponsor, even if the programs and their standards depart in some respects from the criteria of ORS 660.126 and from the other provisions set forth in ORS 660.002 to 660.210. (3) Program sponsors seeking reciprocal approval must meet state wage and hour provisions, local wage provisions, apprenticeship ratio standards and licensing requirements. [1971 c.271 §8; 1979 c.831 §2; 1981 c.764 §17; 2011 c.140 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 660.160 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.160 - Coordination of schooling for apprentices and trainees.

All district school boards shall cooperate with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the Department of Education, and the local joint committees or trade committees in providing the necessary related instruction classes to meet the objectives of courses of study prescribed pursuant to ORS 660.157 (1) for apprentices and trainees. The coordination of related instruction offered in these classes with job instruction, and the carrying out of the other details shall be the responsibility of the recognized local or state agency for professional education. The apprentice or trainee shall attend such classes, either within or without the usual working hours. [Amended by 1955 c.719 §11; 1967 c.6 §23; 1971 c.271 §5; 1973 c.648 §2; 1995 c.343 §59]
OR Rev Stat § 660.162 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.162 - Adoption of policies, standards and programs by Higher Education Coordinating Commission; rules.

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in cooperation with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and the appropriate state joint committee, by rule shall adopt policies, standards and programs to carry out the provisions of ORS 660.002. Such policies, standards or programs may involve any of the following matters: (1) Development of courses of study for apprentices and trainees in the trade, craft or industrial occupation over which the committee exercises jurisdiction. (2) Operation of related instruction classes by district school boards and in courses implemented under ORS 660.157 (3). (3) Development of uniform standards covering occupational qualifications and teacher training requirements for instructors. (4) Preservice and inservice training for instructors. (5) Evaluation procedures for determining credit for apprenticeship training toward community college associate degrees. (6) Defining procedures for granting credit for work experience to instructors, skilled craftsmen or journeyworkers toward the requirements of a community college associate degree. [1971 c.271 §9; 1973 c.648 §3; 1977 c.490 §5; 1989 c.491 §65; 2011 c.140 §10; 2017 c.66 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 660.167 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 16 - Trade Practices, Labor and Employment|Chapter 660 - Apprenticeship and Training; Workforce Development; Volunteerism|Section 660.167 - Adoption of policies by council.

The State Apprenticeship and Training Council, in cooperation with the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, shall adopt policies regarding: (1) Evaluation procedures relating to the determination of apprenticeship credit for work experience, education and training. (2) Procedures for demonstrating the level of achievement required in any area of related instruction, including but not limited to taking a qualifying examination of the course content. [1971 c.271 §10; 2017 c.66 §5]