Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-05 - Apprenticeship rules › Section 296-05-417 - Selection of apprentices for approved apprenticeship programs

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
In addition to development of a written equal employment
				opportunity plan, the sponsor must submit a written plan for the selection of
				apprentices. The selection plan must ensure that minorities and women have an
				equal opportunity to be selected as apprentices and that full utilization and
				equal opportunity in apprenticeship is achieved promptly. The selection
				procedures must use one of the methods specified in this section.
(1) A sponsor may not implement any selection
			 method until the WSATC approves the program's equal employment opportunity
			 plan. In the equal employment opportunity plan, the sponsor must identify the
			 approved selection method it has adopted. The WSATC allows the following
			 selection methods to be used:
(a)
Selection on basis of rank from pool of eligible applicants.
With
			 this method, a sponsor selects apprentices from a pool of eligible applicants
			 based upon a rank ordering of applicant qualifying standard scores. A sponsor
			 adopting this method must create a pool of eligible candidates who have either
			 reached the minimum legal working age and meet the sponsor's minimum physical
			 requirements or who have reached the minimum legal working age and meet the
			 sponsor's qualification standards.
(b)
Random selection from pool of
			 eligible applicants.
A pool of eligible applicants must be created from
			 persons who have either reached the minimum legal working age and meet the
			 sponsor's minimum physical requirements
or
who have reached the
			 minimum legal working age and meet the sponsor's qualification standards. With
			 WSATC approval, a sponsor may randomly select apprentices from a pool of
			 eligible applicants. This method must be supervised by an impartial person(s)
			 not associated with the administration of the apprenticeship program. The time
			 and place of the selection, and the number of apprentices to be selected, must
			 be publicly announced before the selection takes place. The selection process
			 must be open to all applicants and the public. The names of apprentices drawn
			 by this method shall be posted immediately following the selection at the
			 program sponsor's place of business.
(c)
Selection from pool of current
			 employees.
A sponsor may select apprentices from an eligibility pool of
			 program employees. The actual selection process may be prescribed by a
			 collective bargaining agreement where one exists, or by the sponsor's
			 established promotion policy.
(d)
Alternative selection methods.
In addition to the above specified
			 methods, the WSATC allows a sponsor to select apprentices by alternative
			 methods, including its present selection method. However, the sponsor who
			 adopts an alternative method of selection must submit the following information
			 to the apprenticeship supervisor:
(i) A
			 detailed discussion of the selection method it proposes to use;
(ii) A copy of its equal employment
			 opportunity plan;
(iii) A copy of
			 its enrollment deficiency analysis; and
(iv) If necessary, its goals and timetables
			 for increasing the number of minority and female applicants and apprentices in
			 the program.
The sponsor may not implement any such alternative method until
				the WSATC has approved the method and the equal employment opportunity program
				(including its goals and timetables).
When an alternative selection method is used and the training
				agent selects the apprentices, the employer must sign an agreement with the
				WSATC, agreeing to comply with the equal employment opportunity requirements of
				these rules and  29 C.F.R. Part 30.