Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 003 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE › Division 18 - Office of Skills Development › Rule 003.18.21-004 - Rules and Regulations for Plumbing Apprenticeship Programs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION l.
AUTHORITY
The following regulations are duly adopted and promulgated by
				the Career Education and Workforce Development Board pursuant to the authority
				expressly conferred by the laws of the State of Arkansas in Act 200 of 1951 as
				amended, Act 96 of 1913 as amended, and Act 412 of 1991 as amended. The
				Arkansas Department of Career Education may exercise such powers as are
				reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of Act 200 of 1951 as amended
				Act 96 of 1913 as amended, Act 768 of 1987, Act 412 of 1991 and ACT 140 of 2015
				and ACT 971 of 2017 as amended.
SECTION
			 ll.
PURPOSE
The purpose of these rules and regulations is to transfer the
				authority of the apprentice plumber program from the Arkansas Department of
				Health to the Arkansas Department of Career Education. The content of these
				rules and regulations are basically the same as those rules and regulations
				pursuant to Act 768 of 1987.
SECTION
			 lll
DEFINITIONS
(a)
			 The Board means the Career Education and Workforce Development Board.
(b) The Department means the Arkansas
			 Department of Career Education.
(c)
			 Arkansas State Committee of Plumbing Examiners means people designated by the
			 Board of Health to determine the eligibility of applications for various types
			 of plumbing and gas licenses in accordance with Act 200 of 1951 as
			 amended.
(d) Employer means any
			 master plumber representing himself or a company that performs plumbing work in
			 the state of Arkansas.
(e)
			 Apprentice plumber means a person other than a master or journeyman plumber as
			 provided in these regulations of apprenticeship at least sixteen (16) years of
			 age and covered by the required apprenticeship agreements.
(f) Apprenticeship agreement means a written
			 agreement as provided by USDOL/OA and the Department of Health/Plumbing and
			 Natural Gas section signed by the apprentice and (if the apprentice is a minor)
			 the parent or guardian, the local apprenticeship committee and the
			 participating company.
(g) USDOL/OA
			 means the United States Department of Labor, Office of
			 Apprenticeship.
(h) State Plumbing
			 Apprenticeship Committee means people designated by the Board to assist in
			 carrying out the provisions of Act 412 of 1991 as amended.
(i) Local apprenticeship committee means a
			 group composed of master and/or journeyman plumbers who are licensed as
			 prescribed by law to carry out the provision of Act 412 of 1991 as
			 amended.
(j) Master plumber means
			 any person licensed as prescribed by law skilled in the planning,
			 superintending, and the practical installation of plumbing, and who is familiar
			 with Act 412 0f 1991 and Act 200 of 1951 as amended.
(k) Journeyman plumber means any person
			 licensed as prescribed by law, other than a master or apprentice plumber, who
			 is engaged in the practical installation of plumbing.
(l) Local plumbing inspector means the
			 individual authorized by the Department of Health to enforce the provisions of
			 Act 200 of 1951 as amended and Act 412 of 1991 as amended.
(m) Laborer means any person engaged in
			 trenching, transporting supplies, demolition, etc., whose primary function is
			 physical in nature.
(n) Credit time
			 means previous out of state work experience under the supervision of a master
			 plumber in the plumbing trade equivalent to the educational requirements set
			 forth by these regulations or instate work after 1984 while registered with the
			 Department of Health and USDOL/OA as required by Act 412 0f 1991 as
			 amended.
(o) Final year of
			 apprenticeship" means when an apprentice plumber has obtained four hundred
			 eighty (480) hours or more of classroom instruction and completed six thousand
			 (6,000) or more hours of on-the-job work in an approved United States
			 Department of Labor apprenticeship program.