29 C.F.R. § 29.2 Definitions.
Title 29 - Labor
As used in ths part: (a) Department shall mean the U.S. Department of Labor. (b) Secretary shall mean the Secretary of Labor or any person specifically designated by him. (c) Bureau shall mean the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, Employment and Training Administration. (d) Administrator shall mean the Administrator of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, or any person specifically designated by him. (e) Apprentice shall mean a worker at least 16 years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to learn a skilled trade as defined in §29.4 under standards of apprenticeship fulfilling the requirements of §29.5. (f) Apprenticeship program shall mean a plan containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment and training of apprentices, including such matters as the requirement for a written apprenticeship agreement. (g) Sponsor shall mean any person, association, committee, or organization operating an apprenticeship program and in whose name the program is (or is to be) registered or approved. (h) Employer shall mean any person or organization employing an apprentice whether or not such person or organization is a party to an apprenticeship agreement with the apprentice. (i) Apprenticeship committee shall mean those persons designated by the sponsor to act for it in the administration of the program. A committee may be joint, i.e., it is composed of an equal number of representatives of the employer(s) and of the employees represented by a bona fide collective bargaining agent(s) and has been established to conduct, operate, or administer an apprenticeship program and enter into apprenticeship agreements with apprentices. A committee may be unilateral or non-joint and shall mean a program sponsor in which a bona fide collective bargaining agent is not a participant. (j) Apprenticeship agreement shall mean a written agreement between an apprentice and either his employer, or an apprenticeship committee acting as agent for employer(s), which agreement contains the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice. (k) Federal purposes includes 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. (l) Registration of an apprenticeship program shall mean the acceptance and recording of such program by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, or registration and/or approval by a recognized State Apprenticeship Agency, as meeting the basic standards and requirements of the Department for approval of such program for Federal purposes. Approval is evidenced by a Certificate of Registration or other written indicia. (m) Registration of an apprenticeship agreement shall mean the acceptance and recording thereof by the Bureau or a recognized State Apprenticeship Agency as evidence of the participation of the apprentice in a particular registered apprenticeship program. (n) Certification shall mean written approval by the Bureau of: (1) A set of apprenticeship standards developed by a national committee or organization, joint or unilateral, for policy or guideline use by local affiliates, as substantially conforming to the standards of apprenticeship set forth in §29.5; or (2) An individual as eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice under a registered apprenticeship program. (o) Recognized State Apprenticeship Agency or recognized State Apprenticeship Council shall mean an organization approved by the Bureau as an agency or council which has been properly constituted under an acceptable law or Executive order, and has been approved by the Bureau as the appropriate body for State registration and/or approval of local apprenticeship programs and agreements for Federal purposes. (p) State shall mean any of the 50 States of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States. (q) Related instruction shall mean an organized and systematic form of instruction designed to provide the apprenticeship with knowledge of the theoretical and technical subjects related to his/her trade. (r) Cancellation shall mean the termination of the registration or approval status of a program at the request of the sponsor or termination of an apprenticeship agreement at the request of the apprentice. (s) Registration agency shall mean the Bureau or a recognized State Apprenticeship Agency.
Title 29: Labor
PART 29—LABOR STANDARDS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS
§ 29.2 Definitions.
