Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 40 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part IX - Apprenticeship › Chapter 1 - Apprenticeship Laws › Section IX-109 - Powers and Duties of the Director of Apprenticeship

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The director of apprenticeship, under the
				supervision of the executive director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission,
				and with the advice and guidance of the state apprenticeship council, is
				authorized to administer the provisions of the Louisiana Apprenticeship Law
				(R.S. 23:381 et seq.).
				The director of apprenticeship shall perform the following functions:
1. in cooperation with the state
				apprenticeship council, set up conditions and training standards for
				apprenticeship agreements, which shall in no case be lower than those
				prescribed by the Louisiana Apprenticeship Law;
2. act as secretary of the state
				apprenticeship council;
3. approve
				any apprenticeship agreement which meets the standards established for an
				apprenticeship program properly registered with the Louisiana Workforce
				Commission, Apprenticeship Division;
4. terminate or cancel any apprenticeship
				agreement in accordance with the provisions of such agreement or the minimum
				standards for that approved program;
5. keep a record of apprenticeship agreements
				and their disposition;
6. issue
				certificates of completion of apprenticeship;
7. evaluate performance of registered
				apprenticeship programs using tools and factors that include, but are not
				limited to quality assurance assessments, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
				reviews and program completion rates;
8. perform such other duties as are necessary
				to carry out the terms and conditions provided in the State Apprenticeship
				Standards; and
9. when it is the
				opinion of the director of apprenticeship, or in the opinion of the State
				Apprenticeship Council it is needed, the director of apprenticeship may request
				survey information to justify journeyworker wages being paid by employers. This
				information shall include employer's name, address and telephone number,
				journeyworker wage and any other information the director of apprenticeship
				feels is needed. Failure to submit all of such information as requested shall
				constitute a violation of these rules and shall subject the apprenticeship
				program sponsor to deregistration of its apprenticeship program;
a. a complete list of affiliated employers
				shall be updated and submitted to the director of apprenticeship on an annual
				basis for such purposes;
10. provide technical assistance to employers
				who strive to sponsor a registered apprenticeship program with the development
				of their proposed apprenticeship standards; review proposed standards for
				adherence to state and federal requirements; issue preliminary approval of new
				programs, pending concurrence by the State Apprenticeship Council; issue one
				year provisional registration of new programs and certificate of full
				registration pending that said program is found in compliance of its standards
				of apprenticeship after the first year of operation.