Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 839 - BUREAU OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES › Division 11 - APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING COUNCIL › Section 839-011-0070 - Apprenticeship and Training Committees - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Division"
			 means the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau.
(2) "Employee" means any person employed or
			 active in an applicable trade.
(3)
			 "Local Committee" means any registered joint or trades apprenticeship or
			 training committee approved by the Council.
(4) "State minimum guideline standards" means
			 industry/trade benchmarks developed by a Council approved state committee and
			 approved by the Council that represent the fundamental requirements necessary
			 for entry into and completion of specific Council approved apprenticeship or
			 training programs.
(5) "Registered
			 apprenticeship program" means a local committee approved by the Council to
			 operate an apprenticeship or training program in a specific
			 occupation.
(6) "Registration of an
			 Apprenticeship Agreement" means the acceptance and recording of an apprentice
			 or trainee agreement by the Division on behalf of the Council. Registration is
			 evidence of the participation of the apprentice or trainee in a registered
			 program.
(7) "Registration of an
			 apprenticeship program" means the acceptance and recording of such program by
			 the Office of Apprenticeship, or registration and/or approval by a recognized
			 State Apprenticeship Agency, as meeting the basic standards and requirements of
			 the Department for approval of such program for Federal purposes. Approval is
			 evidenced by a Certificate of Registration or other written indicia.
(8) "Standards" means a written agreement
			 submitted by a local committee and approved by the Council, which sets forth a
			 plan containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, employment and
			 training of apprentices or trainees as set forth in ORS chapter 660.126 and
			 660.137.
(9) "Trainee" means any
			 individual registered to a registered training program. For the purposes of
			 these rules, all apprentice requirements apply to trainees unless otherwise
			 noted.
(10) "Training agent" means
			 an employer or organization approved by a local committee to employ and train
			 apprentices and registered with the Division.
(11) "Training program" means any registered
			 program of 2,000 on-the-job training hours or less. For the purposes of these
			 rules, all apprenticeship requirements apply to training programs unless
			 otherwise noted.
(12) "Journey
			 worker" is a fully skilled practitioner who can work independently in a given
			 trade or occupation in accordance with ORS chapter 660.010(4). Generally, a
			 skilled crafts person has a minimum of four years of verifiable trade-specific
			 experience or has completed a state certified apprenticeship program in the
			 applicable trade and holds a license where required. Use of the term may also
			 refer to a mentor, technician, specialist or other skilled worker who has
			 documented sufficient skills and knowledge of an occupation, either through
			 formal apprenticeship or through practical on-the-job experience and formal
			 training.
(13) "Completion rate"
			 means the percentage of an apprenticeship cohort who receives a certificate of
			 apprenticeship completion within 1 year of the projected completion date. An
			 apprenticeship cohort is the group of individual apprentices registered to a
			 specific program during a 1 year time frame, except that a cohort does not
			 include the apprentices whose apprenticeship agreement has been cancelled
			 during the probationary period. The projected completion date is the number of
			 years determined by the greater of the following measures:
(a) The number of required on-the-job
			 training hours needed for completion of the program divided by 2000 and rounded
			 up to the nearest whole number; or
(b) The number of years of required related
			 training prescribed in the applicable standard.