N.J. Admin. Code § 12:58-1.2 - Apprentice and student learner in cooperative vocational education program

(a) This chapter shall not apply to apprentices and student learners that are in a cooperative vocational education program.

(b) "Apprentice" means a person:

1. Employed in a craft recognized as an apprenticeable trade;

2. Whose work in particularly hazardous occupations is incidental to the training;

3. Whose work is intermittent and of short duration and under the direct and close supervision of a craftsperson; and

4. Registered by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training of the U.S. Department of Labor as employed in accordance with the standards established by that Bureau or is registered by a State agency as employed in accordance with the State apprenticeship agency recognized by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, or is employed under a written apprenticeship agreement and conditions which are found by the Secretary of Labor to conform substantially with such Federal and State standards.

(c) "Cooperative vocational education program" means a program of vocational education approved by the State Department of Education for persons who, through written cooperative arrangements between the school and the employer, receives instruction, including required academic courses and related vocational instruction by alternation of study in school with a job in any occupational field, but these two experiences are planned and supervised by the school and employer so that each contributes to the education and employability of the student.

(d) "Student learner" means a person:

1. Enrolled in a course of study and training in a cooperative vocational training program under a recognized State or local educational authority or in a course of study in a substantially similar program conducted by a private school;

2. Between the ages of 16 years and 18 years of age;

3. Employed under a written agreement which provides that:

i. Work in a particularly hazardous occupation is incidental to the minor's training;

ii. Work is intermittent and of short duration, and under the direct and close supervision of a qualified and experienced person; and

iii. Safety instruction is given by the school and correlated by the employer with on-the-job training.

4. For whom an individualized training plan of organized and progressive training to be "performed on-the-job" and related school instruction has been developed. Each training plan will contain:

i. Tasks to be performed by the student learner on the job;

ii. A progression of in-school learning experiences that relate to the on-the-job training; and

iii. An outline that identifies safety instruction and occupational competencies to be learned at the training site and in school;

5. For whom training site supervision must be conducted by the school coordinator at intervals not to exceed once every two weeks, to ensure that the student learner is free from exploitation and that a safe training environment is maintained;

6. Who may perform certain permitted hazardous occupations only at those sites registered with the Department of Education/Vocational Division prior to the placement of student learners and on whose employment certificate will be placed the registration number of the site to identify the student as a cooperative education student learner; and

7. For whom training site experiences may not exceed five hours on any day that school is in session nor may the combination of school and work exceed eight hours on any day that school is in session.

Notes

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:58-1.2

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 12:58-1.4 by R.1990 d.522, effective 11/5/1990.
See: 22 New Jersey Register 2241(a), 22 New Jersey Register 3383(a).
Amended by R.1993 d.183, effective 5/3/1993.
See: 25 New Jersey Register 889(a), 25 New Jersey Register 1881(a).
Revised (d).