Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:11 - Apprenticeship Council › Chapter 5101:11-3 - Eligibility - Selection › Section 5101:11-3-02 - Program requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
To be eligible for initial and, where applicable, continued
				registration, each apprenticeship program shall conform to the following
				requirements, applying them to each occupation course where there is more than
				one, and shall demonstrate conformity via respective provisions in the
				standards.
(A) Program content
(1)
									The standards
			 will specifically define the operating area of the program (i.e., the
			 geographic area in which program activities are expected to take place), as
			 well as the program's recruitment area (the geographic area from which the
			 program will recruit applicants for apprenticeship). The recruitment area will
			 comprise one or more labor market area(s) as defined by the US bureau of labor
			 statistics. The sponsor will not select operating or recruitment area
			 boundaries that in effect would exclude or limit applications from female,
			 minority, or Hispanic populations. The standards will include a brief rationale
			 for selection of the particular areas designated for operations and for
			 recruitment. Any change in the geographic scope of operations and/or
			 recruitment, will be reflected in a modification to standards, and is
			 contingent on council office approval.
(2) Every apprentice
			 of the program shall be employed and shall receive both on-the-job training
			 (OJT) and related instruction (RI) for the purpose of completing an occupation
			 course.
(3) Every occupation course shall provide for each
			 apprentice to receive at least two thousand hours of OJT, under the terms of a
			 work process schedule, included in the standards, that lists the major work
			 processes to be experienced and the approximate number of hours to be spent
			 learning each process.
(4) For every two
			 thousand hours of OJT, the apprentice shall receive at least one hundred
			 forty-four hours of RI, i.e., organized instruction of demonstrated value in
			 technical subjects concerning the apprentice's occupation. RI may be given
			 through classroom courses, correspondence courses, electronic media,
			 self-study, or other format(s), subject to council office approval. The sponsor
			 shall provide an outline of RI courses or topics and the general number of
			 hours to be spent in each, with titles and/or descriptions that clearly
			 distinguish the subject matter.
RI shall be designed and/or provided in conjunction with the
				university system of Ohio (USO).
(5) For each
			 occupation course, the program shall set criteria for the apprentice's
			 completion of training and for progression steps toward completion, in terms
			 ofRI and OJT instructional goals that are consistent with industry norms for
			 the occupation and are formulated according to one of three instructional
			 models:
(a) With the time-based model, the
			 goals shall specify which portions of the work process schedule and RI outline
			 an apprentice must finish for, respectively, achieving each progression step
			 and the completion of training.
(b)
			 With the competency-based model, the goals shall specify what competencies must
			 be acquired for completion and for attaining each progression step. A program
			 that prepares the apprentice for an interim attainment, shall also identify the
			 attainment in terms of the associated competency or competencies.
The standards shall define each competency in terms of specific
				levels of specific knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform an
				occupational function at the level normally expected in employment, and shall
				do so using the "KSA" terminology (details of which are found on line at
http://www.onetonline.org
).
The sponsor shall determine the methods by which apprentices
				will attain each competency, and shall describe these in the standards,
				including an explanation of how each component of the work process schedule and
				RI outline will contribute to the identified competencies.
(c) With the hybrid model, the criteria for
			 each progression step and for completion may comprise a combination of goals
			 that are competency-based and those that are time-based in nature as defined in
			 paragraphs (A) (5)(a) and (A)(5)(b) of this
			 rule; and the standards shall specify how each goal contributes to a
			 progression step and to completion of training.
(6)
			 The program shall adopt specific methods for verifying and recording each
			 apprentice's completion of training and each achievement of a progression step.
			 These methods shall be fair and consistent, and conform to all criteria for the
			 respective instructional model, as stated here:
(a) With the time-based model, the sponsor
			 shall stipulate, relative to completion and each progression step, what level
			 of performance is required in each RI and OJT component, and how the program
			 will assess performance and the hours spent by the apprentice in each
			 component.
(b) With the
			 competency-based model, the standards shall, in regard to completion, each
			 progression step, and where applicable each interim attainment; stipulate the
			 specific tests for assessing the relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities; and state the specific
			 levels of test performance that are required.
In a program that prepares the apprentice for an interim
				credential, the sponsor shall evaluate and assess the associated attainment,
				and the council office shall award the credential if appropriate.
(c) With the hybrid model, the
			 program shall confirm achievement of each progression step and of training
			 completion according to both the time-based and competency-based criteria
			 defined for the respective models in paragraphs (A)(5)(a) and (A)(5)(b) of this
			 rule.
(7) For each occupation course, the program shall
			 determine a specific term of training required for completion that conforms to
			 the following criteria:
(a) With the
			 time-based model, the program shall require a certain number of hours of OJT,
			 which shall be at least ninety per cent of the number recommended by the United
			 States office of apprenticeship for the relevant occupation course.
(b) With the competency-based model, the
			 sponsor shall define the term by minimum and maximum periods allowed for
			 participation in the overall occupation course, that ensure adequate time to
			 obtain the occupational competencies identified in the work process schedule
			 and the RI outline.
(c) With the
			 hybrid model, the program shall stipulate both hourly requirements for total
			 OJT and total RI, and a time-table defined by minimum and maximum periods for
			 participation in the overall occupation course.
(8)
			 If an occupation course allows the apprentice to obtain one or more interim
			 credential(s), the program shall provide this opportunity on a fair and
			 consistent basis.
(9) For all instructors of RI, the sponsor shall
			 require documented compliance with minimum qualifications, including but not
			 necessarily limited to the following:
(a)
			 Currently receiving or having completed training in teaching techniques and
			 adult learning styles; and
(b)
			 Either:
(i) Meeting the requirements of the
			 university system of Ohio institution with which the program, pursuant to these
			 rules, collaborates in the design and/or delivery of RI; or
(ii) Being recognized within an industry as
			 having expertise that qualifies them as subject matter experts in their
			 occupation(s).