(a) Eligibility for various Federal purposes is conditioned upon a
program's conformity with apprenticeship program standards published by
the Secretary of Labor in this part. For a program to be determined by
the Secretary of Labor as being in conformity with these published
standards the program must be registered with the Bureau or registered
with and/or approved by a State Apprenticeship Agency or Council
recognized by the Bureau. Such determination by the Secretary is made
only by such registration.
(b) No apprenticeship program or agreement shall be eligible for
Bureau registration unless (1) it is in conformity with the requirements
of this part and the training is in an apprenticeable occupation having
the characteristics set forth in Sec. 29.4 herein, and (2) it is in
conformity with the requirements of the Department's regulation on
``Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship and Training'' set
forth in 29 CFR part 30, as amended.
(c) Except as provided under paragraph (d) of this section,
apprentices must be individually registered under a registered program.
Such registration may be effected:
(1) By filing copies of each apprenticeship agreement; or
(2) Subject to prior Bureau approval, by filing a master copy of
such agreement followed by a listing of the name, and other required
data, of each individual when apprenticed.
(d) The names of persons in their first 90 days of probationary
employment as an apprentice under an apprenticeship program registered
by the Bureau or a recognized State Apprenticeship Agency, if not
individually registered under such program, shall be submitted
immediately after employment to the Bureau or State Apprenticeship
Agency for certification to establish the apprentice as eligible for
such probationary employment.
(e) The appropriate registration office must be promptly notified of
the cancellation, suspension, or termination of any apprenticeship
agreement, with cause for same, and of apprenticeship completions.
(f) Operating apprenticeship programs when approved by the Bureau
shall be accorded registration evidenced by a Certificate of
Registration. Programs approved by recognized State Apprenticeship
Agencies shall be accorded registration and/or approval evidenced by a
similar certificate or other written indicia. When approved by the
Bureau, national apprenticeship standards for policy or guideline use
shall be accorded certification, evidenced by a certificate attesting to
the Bureau's approval.
(g) Any modification(s) or change(s) to registered or certified
programs shall be promptly submitted to the registration office and, if
approved, shall be recorded and acknowledged as an amendment to such
program.
(h) Under a program proposed for registration by an employer or
employers' association, where the standards, collective bargaining
agreement or other instrument, provides for participation by a union in
any manner in the operation of the substantive matters of the
apprenticeship program, and such participation is exercised, written
acknowledgement of union agreement or no objection to the registration
is required. Where no such participation is evidenced and practiced, the
employer or employers' association shall simultaneously furnish to the
union, if any, which is the collective bargaining agent of the employees
to be trained, a copy of its appplication for registration and of the
apprenticeship program. The registration agency shall provide a
reasonable time period of not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days
for receipt of union comments, if any, before final action on the
application for registration and/or approval.
(i) Where the employees to be trained have no collective bargaining
agent, an apprenticeship program may be proposed for registration by an
employer or group of employers.
(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number
1205-0223)
[42 FR 10139, Feb. 18, 1977; 42 FR 30836, June 17, 1977, as amended at
49 FR 18295, Apr. 30, 1984]
