As used in ths part:
(a) Department shall mean the U.S. Department of Labor.
(b) Secretary shall mean the Secretary of Labor or any person
specifically designated by him.
(c) Bureau shall mean the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training,
Employment and Training Administration.
(d) Administrator shall mean the Administrator of the Bureau of
Apprenticeship and Training, or any person specifically designated by
him.
(e) Apprentice shall mean a worker at least 16 years of age, except
where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is
employed to learn a skilled trade as defined in Sec. 29.4 under
standards of apprenticeship fulfilling the requirements of Sec. 29.5.
(f) Apprenticeship program shall mean a plan containing all terms
and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment
and training of apprentices, including such matters as the requirement
for a written apprenticeship agreement.
(g) Sponsor shall mean any person, association, committee, or
organization operating an apprenticeship program and in whose name the
program is (or is to be) registered or approved.
(h) Employer shall mean any person or organization employing an
apprentice whether or not such person or organization is a party to an
apprenticeship agreement with the apprentice.
(i) Apprenticeship committee shall mean those persons designated by
the sponsor to act for it in the administration of the program. A
committee may be joint, i.e., it is composed of an equal number of
representatives of the employer(s) and of the employees represented by a
bona fide collective bargaining agent(s) and has been established to
conduct, operate, or administer an apprenticeship program and enter into
apprenticeship agreements with apprentices. A committee may be
unilateral or non-joint and shall mean a program sponsor in which a bona
fide collective bargaining agent is not a participant.
(j) Apprenticeship agreement shall mean a written agreement between
an apprentice and either his employer, or an apprenticeship committee
acting as agent for employer(s), which agreement contains the terms and
conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice.
(k) Federal purposes includes any Federal contract, grant, agreement
or arrangement dealing with apprenticeship; and any Federal financial or
other assistance, benefit, privilege, contribution, allowance,
exemption, preference or right pertaining to apprenticeship.
(l) Registration of an apprenticeship program shall mean the
acceptance and recording of such program by the Bureau of Apprenticeship
and Training, 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.
(m) Registration of an apprenticeship agreement shall mean the
acceptance and recording thereof by the Bureau or a recognized State
Apprenticeship Agency as evidence of the participation of the apprentice
in a particular registered apprenticeship program.
(n) Certification shall mean written approval by the Bureau of:
(1) A set of apprenticeship standards developed by a national
committee or organization, joint or unilateral, for policy or guideline
use by local affiliates, as substantially conforming to the standards of
apprenticeship set forth in Sec. 29.5; or
(2) An individual as eligible for probationary employment as an
apprentice under a registered apprenticeship program.
(o) Recognized State Apprenticeship Agency or recognized State
Apprenticeship Council shall mean an organization approved by the Bureau
as an agency or council which has been properly constituted under an
acceptable law or Executive order, and has been approved by the Bureau
as the appropriate body for State registration and/or approval of local
apprenticeship programs and agreements for Federal purposes.
(p) State shall mean any of the 50 States of the United States, the
District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United
States.
(q) Related instruction shall mean an organized and systematic form
of instruction designed to provide the apprenticeship with knowledge of
the theoretical and technical subjects related to his/her trade.
(r) Cancellation shall mean the termination of the registration or
approval status of a program at the request of the sponsor or
termination of an apprenticeship agreement at the request of the
apprentice.
(s) Registration agency shall mean the Bureau or a recognized State
Apprenticeship Agency.
