Code of Maine Rules › 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › 181 - MAINE STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPRENTICESHIP › Chapter 3 - RULES RELATING TO LABOR STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION OF PRE-APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS › Section 181-3-1.2 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
As used in this regulation:
A. "Bureau" means the Bureau of Employment
				Services within the Department.
B.
				"Certification of a Pre-Apprenticeship Program" means the acceptance and
				recording of such program by the Maine Apprenticeship Program as meeting the
				basic standards and requirements of the Maine Apprenticeship Program for
				approval of such program. Approval is evidenced by a certificate of
				registration or other written indicia.
C. "Certified Pre-Apprenticeship Training
				Program" means a program that has been submitted to and approved by the Maine
				Apprenticeship Program for certification.
D. "Council" means the Maine Apprenticeship
				Council established to assist, advise, and guide the Maine Apprenticeship
				Program in the operation of the State's registered apprenticeship
				program.
E. "Education Provider"
				means an organization that provides education, either as a main or ancillary
				objective. This can be a public educational institution as well as a private
				enterprise, non-governmental organization, joint apprentice training committee
				or non-educational public body.
F.
				"Job shadowing" is the opportunity to observe an employee performing their
				daily work routine in their work environment. It allows individuals to explore
				specific careers and to get a realistic picture of the tasks performed for that
				job. This experience is observational only (no work tasks performed), is time
				limited, and has no expectation of pay.
G. "On-the-job learning" means tasks learned
				on-the-job in which the pre-apprentice must become proficient before a
				completion certificate is awarded. The learning must be through structured,
				supervised work experience.
H.
				"Pre-Apprentice" means an adult, or minor at least 16 years of age who enters
				into a written pre-apprenticeship agreement to receive detailed on the job
				instruction and/or classroom training in a pre-apprenticeable occupation in
				accordance with this Rule.
I.
				"Pre-Apprenticeship Memorandum of Agreement" means an agreement between the
				Maine Apprenticeship Program and a sponsor, which may also include an education
				provider and/or a sponsoring employer, that defines the scope and purpose of
				the certified pre-apprenticeship program and communicates the mutually accepted
				expectations of the sponsor(s), education provider(s), and/or employer.
J. "Pre-Apprenticeship Sponsor"
				means any person, association, committee, or organization operating a
				registered apprenticeship program and is collaborating with an education
				provider and/or employer in operation a certified pre-apprenticeship program.
K. "Program" means the Maine
				Apprenticeship Program established in 26 M.R.S. §
									3209
L. "Registration of a Pre-Apprentice" means
				the acceptance and recording thereof by the Maine Apprenticeship Program as
				evidence of the participation of the pre-apprentice in a particular certified
				pre-apprenticeship program.
M.
				"Related Instruction" means a systematic form of instruction in a high school,
				Career and Technical Education high school, Community College, or other
				training program designed to provide the pre-apprentice with knowledge of the
				theoretical and technical subjects related to his/her trade.