N.M. Admin. Code § 6.33.3.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Apprentice" means a person at least 16 years old who is covered by a written agreement with an employer, or with an association of employers or employees acting as agent for an employer, and approved by the apprenticeship council, which apprentice agreement provides for not less than 2,000 hours required for any given trade by reasonably continuous employment for such person, for his or her participation in an approved schedule of work experience through employment and for at least 144 hours per year of related supplemental instruction.

B. "Apprenticeable trade or profession" means those on the United States department of labor (USDOL) list of officially recognized apprenticeable occupations that meet the standards of apprenticeship. A skilled trade that possesses the following characteristics:

(1) customarily learned in a practical way through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised training;

(2) clearly identified and commonly recognized throughout an industry;

(3) involves manual, mechanical or technical skills and knowledge that require a minimum of two thousand hours of on-the-job work experience; and

(4) requires related instruction to supplement on-the-job training.

C. "Apprenticeship" means a formal educational method for training a person in a skilled trade that combines supervised employment with classroom study.

D. "Apprenticeship council" means New Mexico state apprenticeship council, the registering authority in New Mexico.

E. "Career-technical courses" means a course with content that provides technical knowledge, and skills, and competency-based applied learning, and that aligns with the regulations for educational standards and student expectations for all New Mexico students who attend schools as defined in the scope of 6.29.1 NMAC.

F. "Course of instruction" means an organized and systematic program of study designed to provide the pre-apprentice with knowledge of the theoretical subjects related to one or more specific apprenticeable trades and that meets apprenticeship-related instruction requirements; provided that "course of instruction" may include hands-on training but does not include on-the-job training.

G. "Department" means public education department.

H. "Final next-step plan" means a next-step plan that shows that the student has committed or intends to commit in the near future to a four-year college or university, a two-year college, a trade or vocational program, an internship or apprenticeship, military service or a job.

I. "Industry instructor" means a person who is:

(1) working or has worked in an apprenticeable trade or profession for the minimum number of years required by the established industry practices of that particular trade to be an industry-recognized expert; or

(2) a career-technical faculty member at a public post-secondary educational institution.

J. "Interim next-step plan" means an annual next-step plan in which the student specifies post-high-school goals and sets forth the coursework that will allow the student to achieve those goals.

K. "Local school district" means the school board of a local school district or the governing body of a charter school or state supported school.

L. "Nationally recognized trade organization" means an industry trade group, founded and funded to operate in a specific industry that is registered with the state apprenticeship council.

M. "Next-step plan" means an annual personal written plan of studies developed by a student in a public school or other state-supported school or institution in consultation with the student's parent and school counselor or other school official charged with coursework planning for the student that includes one or more of the following:

(1) advanced placement or honors courses;

(2) dual-credit courses offered in cooperation with an institution of higher education;

(3) distance learning courses;

(4) career-technical courses; and

(5) pre-apprenticeship programs.

N. "Pre-apprentice" means a public school student who is enrolled in a pre-apprenticeship program.

O. "Pre-apprenticeship program" means a local school board-approved course of instruction offered through a provider that results, upon satisfactory completion of the program, in a certificate of completion that is acceptable to an apprenticeship training program registered with the apprenticeship council.

P. "Provider" means an industry employer of an apprenticeable trade, a union, a trade association, or a post-secondary educational institution that provides a pre-apprenticeship program. The local school board shall only approve providers and pre-apprenticeship programs, including courses of instruction and industry instructors, that meet registered apprenticeship requirements of the apprenticeship council or the apprenticeship requirements of an appropriate nationally recognized trade organization.

Q. "Qualified high school student" means a student who is at least 16 years of age; is in the eleventh or twelfth grade; has available to schedule at least the number of electives required for the pre-apprenticeship program and commits those electives to the program; maintains compliance with the district attendance policy and code of conduct; and meets other local prerequisites outlined in memorandum of agreement between the provider and the local education agency.

R. "Registered apprenticeship program" means a program registered with the New Mexico state apprenticeship council.

Notes

N.M. Admin. Code § 6.33.3.7

6.33.3.7 NMAC - N, 5/14/2010