Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title III - Community Colleges › Chapter 21 - Community Colleges › Rule 281-21.73 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purpose of Division IX, the following definitions
				  shall apply:
"Apprentice"
shall mean a worker at least 16
				  years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by
				  law, who is employed to learn a skilled trade or occupation under the standards
				  of apprenticeship.
"Apprenticeable occupation "
is a skilled
				  trade which possesses all of the following characteristics:
1. It is customarily learned in a practical
				way through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job, supervised
				training.
2. It is clearly
				identified and commonly recognized throughout an industry.
3. It involves manual, mechanical or
				technical skills and knowledge which require a minimum of 2,000 hours of
				on-the-job work experience.
4. It
				requires related instruction to supplement on-the-job training.
"Apprenticeship agreement"
shall mean a
				  written agreement between an apprentice and the apprentice's employer, or an
				  apprenticeship committee acting as the agent for the employer(s). The agreement
				  contains the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the
				  apprentice.
"Apprenticeship committee "
shall mean those
				  persons designated by the sponsor to act for it in the administration of the
				  program. A committee may be "joint," i.e., 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 is established to conduct, operate, or
				  administer an apprenticeship program and enter into apprenticeship agreements
				  with apprentices. A committee may be "unilateral" or "nonjoint" and shall mean
				  a program sponsor in which a bona fide collective bargaining agent is not a
				  participant.
"Apprenticeship instructor "
shall mean an
				  instructor who delivers related and technical instruction in apprenticeship
				  programs and who must meet the department's requirements for career and
				  technical instructors or be recognized as a subject matter expert. It is
				  recommended that all apprenticeship instructors have training in teaching
				  techniques and adult learning styles.
"Apprenticeship program"
shall mean a plan
				  containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment,
				  selection, employment and training of apprentices, including such matters as
				  required under 29 CFR Parts 29 and 30, including the requirement for a written
				  apprenticeship agreement.
"Cancellation "
shall mean the termination
				  of the registration or approval status of a program at the request of the
				  sponsor or termination of an apprenticeship agreement at the request of the
				  apprentice.
"Certification"
or
"certificate"
shall mean documentary evidence that at least
				  one of the following has been met:
1.
				The Office of Apprenticeship has approved a set of National Guidelines for
				Apprenticeship Standards developed by a national committee or organization,
				joint or unilateral, or policy or guideline used by local affiliates, as
				conforming to the standards of apprenticeship set forth in 29 CFR Section
				29.5;
2. A registration agency has
				established that an individual is eligible for probationary employment as an
				apprentice under a registered apprenticeship program.
3. A registration agency has registered an
				apprenticeship program as evidenced by a certificate of registration or other
				written indicia;
4. A registration
				agency has determined that an apprenticeship has successfully met the
				requirements to receive an interim credential; or
5. A registration agency has determined that
				an individual has successfully completed an apprenticeship.
"Competency "
shall mean the attainment of
				  manual or technical skill and knowledge as specified by an occupational
				  standard.
"Employer "
shall mean any person or
				  organization employing an apprentice whether or not such person or organization
				  is a party to an apprenticeship agreement with the apprentice.
"Journeyworker "
shall mean a worker who has
				  attained a level of skill and competency recognized within an industry as
				  having mastered the skills and competencies required for the occupation.
"Office of Apprenticeship"
shall mean the
				  office designated by the Employment and Training Administration to administer
				  the National Apprenticeship System or its successor organization.
"Registration agency"
shall mean the Office
				  of Apprenticeship.
"Registration of an apprenticeship
				  agreement"
shall mean the acceptance and recording of an
				  apprenticeship agreement by the Office of Apprenticeship as evidence of the
				  apprentice's participation in a particular registered apprenticeship
				  program.
"Related instruction "
or
"related
				  technical instruction "
shall mean an organized and systematic form of
				  instruction designed to provide the apprentice with the core knowledge of the
				  theoretical and technical subjects related to the apprentice's occupation. Such
				  instruction may be given in a classroom through occupational or industrial
				  courses, by correspondence courses of equivalent value, by electronic media, or
				  by other forms of self-study approved by the registration agency.
"Sponsor"
shall mean any person,
				  association, committee or organization operating an apprenticeship program and
				  in whose name the program is (or is to be) registered or approved.
"Supplemental instruction "
shall mean
				  instruction in non-core-related requirements; for example, job site management,
				  leadership, communications, first aid/CPR, field trips, and new
				  technologies.