New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 11 - LABOR AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION › Chapter 2 - JOB TRAINING › Part 31 - APPRENTICESHIP ASSISTANCE › Section 11.2.31.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Advisory
				committee"
means the apprenticeship and training advisory committee to
				the division.
B.
"Applicant"
means an entity desiring to file for Apprenticeship
				Assistance Act funding.
C.
"Apprentice"
means a person at least 16 years old who is approved
				by the department of workforce solutions and is covered by a written
				apprenticeship agreement with a registered apprenticeship program in any trade
				or occupation.
D.
"Apprenticeable trades or occupations"
mean those trades or
				occupations officially recognized by the department of workforce
				solutions.
E.
"Apprenticeship"
means a formal educational method for training a
				person in a skilled trade or occupation that combines supervised employment
				with related instruction.
F.
"Apprenticeship agreement"
means a written agreement between an
				apprentice and a registered apprenticeship program, which agreement contains
				the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice
				identified in
				21-19A-5.C
				NMSA 1978.
G.
"Apprenticeship
				committee"
means the sponsoring committee of each apprenticeable craft
				or occupation that is responsible for that particular apprenticeship
				program.
H.
"Apprenticeship
				standards"
means those standards that are registered and approved by the
				department of workforce solutions or the United States department of labor,
				office of apprenticeship.
I.
"Chair"
means the director for apprenticeship of the department of
				workforce solutions who shall chair the apprenticeship training and advisory
				committee (ATAC) meetings.
J.
"Department"
means the department of workforce
				solutions.
K.
"Director"
means the director for apprenticeship of the department
				of workforce solutions.
L.
"Division"
means the labor relations division of the department of
				workforce solutions.
M.
"Journey worker"
means an individual who has documented sufficient
				skills and knowledge of a trade, craft or occupation, either through formal
				apprenticeship or through practical on-the-job experience, and formal training.
				This individual is recognized by the state or his/her employer, as being fully
				qualified to perform the work of the trade, craft or occupation.
N.
"Procedures manual"
means the
				manual maintained by the department of workforce solutions that contains the
				administrative procedures, forms formulas, reports and other requirements
				necessary for approval and distribution of funds provided by the Apprenticeship
				Assistance Act.
O.
"Office of
				apprenticeship"
means the office designated by the employment and
				training administration, United States department of labor to administer the
				national apprenticeship system or its successor organization.
P.
"Registered apprenticeship program"
means a program registered by the department of workforce solutions or
				the office of apprenticeship.
Q.
"Related instruction"
means the organized, off-the-job instruction
				in theoretical or technical subjects required for the completion of an
				apprenticeship for a particular apprenticeable trade or occupation.
R.
"Reserved funds"
mean funds
				not obligated on March 1 of the current fiscal year.
S.
"Secretary"
means the
				secretary of the department of workforce solutions.
T.
"Supplementary instruction"
means new or upgraded skill training for those already employed as journey
				workers.