§ 521.2 - Definitions.

As used in this part:

(a) Apprentice means a worker at least sixteen 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 § 521.4, and in conformity with or substantial conformity with the standards of apprenticeship as set forth in § 521.3.

(b) Apprenticeship agreement means a written agreement between an apprentice and either his employer or a joint apprenticeship committee, which contains the terms and conditions of the employment and training of the apprentice, and which conforms or substantially conforms with the standards of apprenticeship set forth in § 521.3.

(c) Apprenticeship program means a complete plan of terms and conditions for the employment and training of apprentices which conforms or substantially conforms with the standards of apprenticeship, as set forth in § 521.3.

(d) Joint apprenticeship committee means a local committee, equally representative of employers and employees, which has been established by a group of employers and a bona fide bargaining agent or agents, to direct the training of apprentices with whom it has made agreements. This term does not include a joint apprenticeship committee established for an individual plant.

(e) Recognized apprenticeship agency means either (1) A state apprenticeship agency recognized by the Bureau of Apprenticeship, United States Department of Labor, or (2) if no such apprenticeship agency exists in the state, the Bureau of Apprenticeship, United States Department of Labor.

(f) Registration means the approval by a recognized apprenticeship agency of an apprenticeship program or agreement as meeting the basic standards adopted by the Bureau of Apprenticeship, United States Department of Labor, upon the recommendation of the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship.

(g) State means any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or any territory or possession of the United States.