Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 31 - Labor › 51d - Commissioner of Labor's Work Training Standards for Apprenticeship and Training Programs › Section 31-51d-2 - Apprenticeship definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Commissioner"
			 means the Commissioner of Labor for the State of Connecticut.
(b) "Department" means the Connecticut Labor
			 Department, Office of Job Training and Skill Development which is the
			 registration agency for all programs.
(c) "Director" means the administrator of the
			 Office of Job Training and Skill Development.
(d) "Council" means the Connecticut State
			 Apprenticeship Council which recommends policy concerning apprenticeship to the
			 Commissioner.
(e) "Apprentice"
			 means a person employed with a sponsor receiving skill training under a written
			 agreement which provides specific terms of apprenticeship and employment
			 including but not limited to wage progression; specific hours of job training
			 processes; hours and courses of school instruction which satisfactory
			 completion thereof provides recognition as a qualified professional, technical,
			 craft or trade worker.
(f)
			 "Pre-apprentice" means a person, student or minor employed under a written
			 agreement with an apprenticeship program sponsor for a term of training and
			 employment not exceeding 2,000 hours or 24 months. During this period
			 pre-apprentices may be paid less than the apprentice starting rate but not less
			 than the minimum wage.
(g)
			 "Trainee" means a person employed with a sponsor receiving on the job training
			 under a written agreement which provides for specific terms of employment and
			 training including but not limited to wage progression; specific hours of job
			 training processes; hours and courses of school instruction which satisfactory
			 completion thereof provides recognition of attaining a specific occupational
			 objective which is not recognized as a full craft skill. All requirements of
			 this regulations pertaining to apprentices and apprenticeship programs apply to
			 trainees and training programs.
(h)
			 "Journeyperson" means any person who has completed an apprenticeship or is
			 recognized/classified as a skilled person and possesses a valid journeyperson
			 card of occupational license when required.
(i) "Apprentice Agreement" means a written
			 agreement entered into by an apprentice or, in case of a minor 16 and 17 years
			 of age only, on his behalf by his parent or guardian with an employer or with
			 an association of employees and an organization of employers acting as a joint
			 apprenticeship committee which agreement provides for not less than (2) two
			 thousand hours of work experience in approved trade training consistent with
			 recognized requirements established by industry or joint labor-industry
			 practice and for the number of hours of related and supplemental instructions
			 prescribed by the Council or which agreement meets requirements of the federal
			 government for on the job training schedules which are essential in the opinion
			 of the Labor Commissioner for the development of man power in Connecticut
			 industries.
(j) "Apprenticeship
			 Program" shall mean a plan containing all terms and training of apprentices
			 including such matters as the requirements for a written agreement.
(k) "Sponsor" shall mean any duly established
			 firm, association, committee, organization or corporation permanently located
			 within the State of Connecticut with recognized capability to operate an
			 apprenticeship program and in whose name the program is approved and
			 registered.
(l) "Employer" shall
			 mean any establishment which is party to an apprenticeship program employing an
			 apprentice whether or not such establishment is a party to an apprenticeship
			 agreement with the apprentice.
(m)
			 "Apprenticeship Committee" means those persons designated by the sponsor to act
			 for it in the administration of the program. A committee may be "joint" i.e. it
			 is composed of an equal number of representatives of the employer(s) and of the
			 employees represented by a bona fide collective bargaining agent(s) and has
			 been established to conduct, operate, or administer an apprenticeship program
			 and enter into apprenticeship agreements with apprentices. A committee may be
			 "unilateral" or "non-joint" and shall mean a program sponsor in which a bona
			 fide collective bargaining agent is nonexistent or has waived
			 participation.
(n) "Related
			 Instruction" means an organized and systematic form of instruction designed to
			 provide the apprentice with knowledge of the theoretical and technical subjects
			 related to his/her trade.
(o)
			 "Registration of an apprentice program" means the acceptance and recording of
			 such a program by the department as meeting the basic standards and
			 requirements of the Commissioner for approval of such program where required
			 for federal and state purpose. Approval is evidenced by formal notice in
			 writing from the Office of the Commissioner.
(p) "Registration of an apprentice" means the
			 acceptance and recording of a duly executed apprenticeship agreement by the
			 Commissioner as evidence of participation in a particular bona fide registered
			 apprenticeship program as required for state or federal purposes.
(q) "Bona fide apprentice" means an
			 apprentice training and registered under standards recognized by the Secretary
			 of Labor or a state apprenticeship agency.