8 AAC 90.900 - Definitions
In this chapter and AS 18.62,
(1) "accredited" means approved by the United
States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship;
(2) "apprentice" means a worker at least 16
years of age who is legally performing work to learn a skilled trade;
(3) "approved program" means a
program consisting of any combination of continuing education workshops, formal
correspondence programs, or individual study programs that meets the
requirements of chapter;
(4)
"commissioner" means the commissioner of labor and workforce development or the
commissioner's designee;
(5) "day"
means a calendar day;
(6)
"department" means the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(7) "director" means the director of the
labor standards and safety division of the department, or the director's
designee;
(8) "direct supervision"
means a certified journeyman is on the same job site, on the same floor and in
close and continual control of the trainee and is responsible for the
competency of the work performed by the trainee while the trainee is legally
performing work subject to the standards established in either
AS
18.60.580 and
8
AAC 70.025 or
AS
18.60.705 and
8
AAC 63.010;
(9) "division" means the labor standards and
safety division of the department;
(10) "electrician journeyman" means a person
who performs work necessary to the installation and construction of electrical
work within buildings and within property lines of any given property,
beginning at the secondary side of the transformer, subject to the
National Electrical Code, but does not include a person
performing linework consisting of poles and towers, including wires or cables
and other apparatus supported by them;
(11) "examination" means a series of prepared
questions administered in writing, orally, or both;
(12) "industry related"
(A) for an electrician journeyman is related
to electrical installation techniques for the electrical journeyman trade as
defined in 8 AAC 90.900;
(B) for a plumber journeyman is related to
plumbing installation techniques for the plumber journeyman trade as defined in
8
AAC 90.900;
(C) does not include management skills or
techniques, such as general construction industry safety, first aid, planning,
scheduling, supervision, designing, estimating, or marketing and
sales;
(13) "inspector"
means an inspector of the labor standards and safety division of the
department, or a designee;
(14)
"plumber journeyman" means a person who performs plumbing work in the
installation, removal, alteration, or repair of plumbing and drainage systems,
within the property lines of the premises; in this paragraph, "plumbing and
drainage systems"
(A) includes all
(i) building supply and distribution piping
for potable water;
(ii) water
treating or utilization equipment;
(iii) plumbing fixtures and traps;
(iv) drainage and vent pipes;
(v) building drains and building
sewers;
(vi) medical gas and medical
vacuum systems;
(vii) liquid and
fuel gas piping;
(viii) swimming
pool, spa, and hot tub piping;
(ix)
joints, connections, devices, receptacles, appurtenances, water heaters, and
vents for items listed in (i) - (viii) of this subparagraph and within the
property lines of the premises; and
(x) harbor distribution piping for potable
water.
(B) does not
include the mains of a public sewer system or a public sewage treatment or
disposal plant;
(15)
"plumber restricted PG" means a person authorized with a certificate of fitness
to install fuel and gas piping within property lines of the premises;
(16) "plumber restricted PU" means a person
authorized with a certificate of fitness to install
(A) water service piping from the street,
right-of-way main, water well, or storage tank to the first stop valve of the
serviced structure or other point of use or distribution on the serviced
property;
(B) building sewer piping
from within two feet of a serviced structure to a public sewer, private sewer,
private sewage disposal system, or other point of disposal; and
(C) building storm drains that receive the
discharge of roof drains, leaders, downspouts, or conductors, if the storm
drains are installed from within two feet of a commercial structure, or from
within two feet of a residential structure of four or more dwelling units, to
the street, the right-of-way main line, or a point of disposal approved by the
federal, state, or local agency having jurisdiction;
(17) "power lineman journeyman" means a
person who performs work necessary to the assembly, installation, or erection
of all electrical apparatus, devices, wires, cables, supports, insulators,
conductors, ducts, and raceways when part of primary distributing systems
outside of buildings, regardless of whether within property lines of any given
property, including outdoor substations and electrical connections up to and
including the setting of transformers and the connecting of busses to
them;
(18) "residential wireman"
means a person who performs work necessary to the installation, construction,
and operation of residential electrical systems, beginning at the point of
attachment of the service drop or the service lateral on the load side of the
meter, and whose work is limited to residential occupancies providing for no
more than four residential units on a common foundation;
(19) "trainee" means an individual who is
legally performing work to learn a skilled trade on the job under the training
and direct supervision of an experienced craft journeyman plumber or
electrician and who, during the training, is given opportunities to develop
progressive skills in that trade.
Notes
For the purposes of 8 AAC 90, the Anchorage office can be contacted at Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Mechanical Inspection, 1251 Muldoon Road, Suite 113, Anchorage, Alaska 99504; phone: (907) 269-4925.
Authority:AS 18.62.060
AS 23.05.060
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