Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 6A-23.002 - Definitions
As used in Rules 6A-23.002, 6A-23.003, 6A-23.004, 6A-23.005, 6A-23.006, 6A-23.008, 6A-23.009, 6A-23.010 and 6A-23.011:
(1) "Administrator " means the Administrator
of the Florida Department of Education's (Department ) Office of Apprenticeship,
or any person specifically designated by the Administrator .
(2) "Apprentice " means a person at least
sixteen (16) years of age and who has entered into an apprenticeship agreement
with a registered apprenticeship program sponsor and who is engaged in learning
an apprenticeable occupation through actual work experience under the
supervision of journeyworkers. The apprentice must be a paid employee of the
sponsor or participating employer .
(3) "Apprenticeship Agreement " means a
written agreement between an apprentice and a participating employer or an
apprenticeship committee acting as agent for the participating employer , which
contains the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the
apprentice . Requirements for the Apprenticeship Agreement are outlined in Rule
6A-23.005, F.A.C.
(4) "Apprenticeship Committee " means those
persons designated by the sponsor to administer the program. A committee may be
either joint or non-joint, as follows:
(a)
"Joint Apprenticeship Committee " means a committee composed of an equal number
of representatives of employers and employees, which has been established by an
employer or group of employers and a bona fide collective bargaining agent or
agents to conduct, operate, or administer an apprenticeship program and enter
into apprenticeship agreements with apprentices selected for employment under
the particular program.
(b)
"Non-Joint Apprenticeship Committee " means a committee which may also be known
as an individual or unilateral or group non-joint (which may include employees)
committee, has employer representatives, but does not have a bona fide
collective bargaining agreement as a participant.
(5) "Apprenticeship Program " means a plan
containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment,
selection, employment, and training of apprentices, including the requirement
for a written apprenticeship agreement .
(6) "Apprenticeship Training Representative "
means an individual representative of the Department properly authorized to act
on behalf of the Department in matters concerning registered apprenticeship and
preapprenticeship.
(7)
"Cancellation " means the termination of the registration or approval status of
a program at the request of the sponsor , or the termination of an
Apprenticeship Agreement at the request of the apprentice .
(8) "Certificate " means documentary evidence
that:
(a) The Department has approved a set of
standards developed by an organization, joint or non-joint, for policy or
guideline use as conforming to the Standards of Apprenticeship ;
(b) The Department has registered an
apprenticeship program as evidenced by a Certificate of Registration;
or
(c) The Department has
determined that an individual has successfully completed apprenticeship
training as verified by the program sponsor .
(9) "Competency " means the attainment of
manual, mechanical, or technical skills, and knowledge as specified by an
occupational standard and demonstrated by a written and hands-on proficiency
measurement.
(10) "Completion Rate "
means the percentage of an apprenticeship cohort that receive a certificate of
apprenticeship completion within one (1) year of the projected completion date.
An apprenticeship cohort is the group of individual apprentices registered to a
specific program during a one-year time frame, except that a cohort does not
include apprentices whose apprenticeship agreements have been canceled during
the probationary period.
(11)
"Department " means the Florida Department of Education, which is the
Registration Agency for federal apprenticeship purposes.
(12) "Electronic Media " means media that
utilizes electronics or electromechanical energy for the end user to access the
content and includes, but is not limited to, electronic storage media,
transmission media, the Internet, extranet, lease lines, dial-up lines, private
networks, and the physical movement of removable or transportable electronic
media or interactive distance learning.
(13) "Established Industry Practices " means
the length of training required by the majority of registered program standards
for the particular apprenticeable occupation.
(14) "Established Journeyworker Hourly Rate "
means the average of the hourly rates paid to journeyworkers within the same
apprenticeable occupation by participating employers in an apprenticeship
program .
(15) "Federal Purposes "
means 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.
(16) "Interim
Credential " means a credential or certificate issued to the apprentice by the
program sponsor , employer, or third-party credentialing entity.
(17) "Journeyworker " means a person working
in an apprenticeable occupation who has successfully completed a registered and
state-approved apprenticeship program or who has worked the number of years
required by established industry practices for the occupation and, if required
for the specific industry, has passed the appropriate state-approved industry
test. Use of the term may also refer to a mentor, technician, specialist, or
other skilled worker who has documented sufficient skills and knowledge of an
occupation through practical on-the-job experience and formal
training.
(18) "On-the-Job
Training " (OJT) means the process by which an apprentice or pre-apprentice
acquires knowledge and skills under the supervision and tutelage of an
experienced journeyworker within an apprenticeable occupation registered with
the Department . On-the-Job Training is the monitoring and training
responsibility of the sponsor or participating employer .
(19) "Participating Employer " means a
business entity which:
(a) Is actively engaged
by and through its own employees in the actual work of the occupation being
apprenticed;
(b) Employs, hires,
and pays the wages of the apprentice and the journeyworker training the
apprentice ;
(c) Evaluates the
apprentice ; and
(d) Is signatory to
a collective bargaining agreement or signatory to a participating employer
agreement with the program sponsor which is registered with the
Department .
(20)
"Provisional Registration " means the 1-year initial provisional approval of
newly registered programs that meet the required standards for program
registration, after which program approval may be made permanent, continued as
provisional, or rescinded following a review by the Department , as provided for
in the criteria described in subsection
6A-23.003(6),
F.A.C.
(21) "Quality Assurance
Assessment " means a comprehensive review conducted by the Department regarding
all aspects of an apprenticeship program 's performance. The review will also
determine whether the Department is receiving notification of all new
registrations, cancellations, and completions as required.
(22) "Registration Agency " means a recognized
State Apprenticeship Agency that has responsibility for registering
apprenticeship programs and apprentices; providing technical assistance ; and
conducting reviews for compliance and quality assurance assessments for federal
purposes .
(23) "Registration of an
Apprenticeship Agreement " means the acceptance and recording of an agreement by
the Department as evidence of the participation of the apprentice in a
particular registered apprenticeship program .
(24) "Registration of an Apprenticeship
Program " means the acceptance and recording of a program by the Department as
meeting the basic standards and requirements for approval of a program for
federal purposes . Approval is evidenced by a Certificate of
Registration.
(25) "Related
Technical Instruction " means an organized and systematic form of instruction
designed to provide the apprentice with knowledge of the theoretical and
technical subjects related to the apprentice 's occupation. Such instruction may
be given in a classroom, through occupational or industrial courses,
correspondence courses, electronic media , or other forms of self-study approved
by the Department .
(26) "Sponsor "
means any committee, group of employers, employer, group of employees,
educational institution, local workforce board, community or faith-based
organization, association, or any combination thereof operating an
apprenticeship program and in whose name the program is registered or
approved.
(27) "Standards of
Apprenticeship " means the minimum requirements established for each
apprenticeable occupation under which an apprenticeship program is
administered.
(28) "State
Apprenticeship Advisory Council " means an entity established to assist the
Department and provide advice and guidance on the operation of the state's
apprenticeship system.
(29) "State
Apprenticeship Agency " means an agency of a state government that has
responsibility and accountability for apprenticeship within the state to
register and oversee apprenticeship programs and agreements for federal
purposes .
(30) "Technical
Assistance " means guidance provided by the Department staff in the development,
revision, amendment, or processing of a potential or current program sponsor 's
Standards of Apprenticeship , Apprenticeship Agreements, or advice or
consultation with a program sponsor to further comply with state and federal
apprenticeship laws or guidance from the Department on how to remedy
nonconformity.
(31) "Transfer "
means a shift of apprenticeship registration from one program to another or
from one employer within a program to another employer within the same program
where there is an agreement between the apprentice and the affected
apprenticeship committees or program sponsors.
(32) "Work Processes " means an outline of
journeyworker supervised work experience and OJT with the allocation of
approximate hours to be spent in each activity.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 446.032(1), 446.041(13), 1001.01(1), (2)(n) FS. Law Implemented 446.021 FS.
New 6-9-81, Formerly 38C-16.02, Amended 5-29-90, Formerly 38C-16.002, Amended 9-4-97, Formerly 38H-16.002, Amended 3-29-11, 6-25-19, 2-20-24.
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