Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part IV - Apprenticeship and Training Council › Chapter 83 - WELFARE OF APPRENTICES › Section 83.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
Act
-The Pennsylvania Apprenticeship and
				  Training Act (43 P.S. §§
										90.1-90.10).
Apprentice
-A worker at least 16 years of age
				  who is engaged in learning a recognized skilled trade, as defined in this
				  chapter, under standards of apprenticeship fulfilling the requirements of
				  §
									83.5 (relating to standards of
				  apprenticeship), including persons in the building construction industry using
				  the tools of the trade except journeypersons.
Apprenticeship agreement
-A written agreement
				  between an apprentice and either his employer or an apprenticeship committee
				  acting as agent for the employer, which agreement contains the terms and
				  conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice.
Apprenticeship program
-A written plan
				  containing terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection,
				  employment and training of apprentices, including such matters as the
				  requirement for a written apprenticeship agreement.
Cancellation
-Either the deregistration by
				  the Council of an apprenticeship program at the request of the program sponsor,
				  the termination of an apprenticeship agreement at the request of an apprentice
				  or formal deregistration proceedings by the Council resulting in the
				  termination of an apprenticeship agreement or program.
Council
-The Pennsylvania, Apprenticeship and
				  Training Council.
Director
-The Director of the Pennsylvania
				  Apprenticeship and Training Council.
Employer
-A person or organization located or
				  doing business in this Commonwealth that employs an apprentice on a work site,
				  whether or not such a person or organization is a party to an apprenticeship
				  agreement or program.
Joint apprenticeship committee
-A committee
				  composed of an equal number of representatives of employers and employes, which
				  has been established by an employer or group of employers and a bona fide
				  collective bargaining agent or agents to conduct, operate or administer an
				  apprenticeship program and enter into apprenticeship agreements with
				  apprentices selected for employment under the particular program.
Non-joint apprenticeship sponsor
-An
				  apprenticeship program sponsor in which a bona fide collective bargaining agent
				  does not participate or a union sponsored program in which the employer does
				  not participate; it includes an individual non-agent, an apprenticeship program
				  sponsored by one employer without the participation of a union; and a group
				  non-joint sponsor, an apprenticeship program sponsored by two or more employers
				  without the participation of a union.
Registration of an apprenticeship
				  agreement
-The acceptance and recording thereof by the Council as
				  evidence of the participation of the apprentice in a particular registered
				  apprenticeship program.
Registration of an apprenticeship
				  program
-The acceptance and recording of such program by the
				  Pennsylvania Apprenticeship and Training Council as meeting the basic standards
				  and requirements of the Council for approval of such program. Approval is
				  evidenced by a Certificate of Registration.
Related instruction
-An organized and
				  systematic form of instruction designed to provide the apprentice with
				  knowledge of the theoretical and technical subjects related to his or her
				  trade.
Resumption
-The reinstatement of an
				  apprentice to active status following suspension.
Sponsor
-A person, association, committee or
				  organization in whose name or title the apprenticeship program is or is to be
				  registered, irrespective of whether such entity is an employer.
Suspension
-Layoff of an apprentice due to
				  lack of work, military leave or extended sick leave.