(a) A messenger is a worker who is primarily engaged in delivering
letters and messages for a firm whose principal business is the delivery
of such letters and messages.
(b) A learner is a worker who is being trained for an occupation,
which is not customarily recognized as an apprenticeable trade, for
which skill, dexterity and judgment must be learned and who, when
initially employed, produces little or nothing of value. Except in
extraordinary circumstances, an employee cannot be considered a
``learner'' once he/she has acquired a total of 240 hours of job-related
and/or vocational training with the same or other employer(s) or
training facility(ies) during the past three years. An individual
qualifying as a ``learner'' may only be trained in two qualifying
occupations.
(c) A student-learner is a student who is at least sixteen years of
age, or at least eighteen years of age if employed in an occupation
which the Secretary has declared to be particularly hazardous, who is
receiving instruction in an accredited school, college or university and
who is employed on a part-time basis, pursuant to a ``bona fide
vocational training program'' as defined in subpart C of this part.
(d) An apprentice is a worker, at least sixteen years of age unless
a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed
to learn a skilled trade through a registered apprenticeship program.
Training is provided through structured on-the-job training combined
with supplemental related theoretical and technical instruction. This
term excludes pre-apprentices, trainees, learners, and student-learners.
The terms learner and student-learner are defined in subpart C of this
part. Standards governing the registration of apprenticeship programs
are established and administered by the U.S. Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training (BAT) and are found in Regulations, 29 CFR Part 29.
(e) Additional terms used in this part are defined in subpart C of
this part.
