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Apprenticeship Glossary
Acronyms
ATP: Apprenticeship & Training Program
DLI: Department of Labor & Industry
USDOL: United States Department of Labor
ETA: Employment & Training Administration
JATC: Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (Union sponsored programs)
NTO: Non-traditional occupation
OJT: On-the–job training
WSD: Workforce Services Division
APPRENTICE: an individual working in an apprenticeable occupation who is at least 18 years old, has a high school diploma or GED, and has signed the Apprenticeship Agreement.
APPRENTICESHIP AGREEMENT: a written agreement laying out the terms of the Apprenticeship that is signed by the sponsor, Apprentice, and Director of Apprenticeship Standards. The agreement provides for the Apprentice's participation in a definite sequence of job training and for such related and supplemental instruction as may be determined necessary for the Apprentice to qualify as a journeyperson in a particular occupation.
APPRENTICEABLE OCCUPATION: a skilled trade that:
(1) Is typically learned practically through a structured program of supervised on-the-job training
(2) Is clearly identified and commonly recognized through an industry
(3) Involves specialized skills and knowledge that require a minimum number of hours as directed by the representing industry
(4) Requires related instruction to supplement on-the-job training
CANCELLATION: termination of the registration or approval status of a program at the request of the supervisor or sponsor. Cancellation also refers to the termination of an Apprenticeship agreement at the request of the Apprentice, supervisor, or sponsor.
COMPLETION CERTIFICATE: The certificate issued to the apprentice upon successful completion of all phases of their registered apprentices training program.
EEO/AAP: Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action Federal regulations applicable to programs training five (5) or more active apprentices at any one time.
GENDER CLAUSE: Any reference to either the male or female gender is intended to include both genders and is not to be considered as a limitation on either sex. The term journeyman (men) shall be considered a performance level and not a gender term.
JOURNEYMAN: the skill level attained after an Apprentice’s productivity and proficiency have reached the level of skill specified by the work process and has also completed the number of hours required.
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING: training that takes place on-the-job and in the context of an occupation and its commonly performed tasks.
RATE AND RANK: Apprentice applicant entering into a apprenticeship program using a required selection procedure; after potential apprentices have met the minimal program application requirements; been interviewed and completed the aptitude test (if required) they are each given a composite score and placed on the sponsor’s ranking list in descending order beginning with the highest score. As the sponsor becomes eligible for additional apprentice (s) they are taken off the list in descending order.
RATIOS: The allowable number of active apprentices in a program based on the number of regularly employed journeymen
REGISTRATION AGENCY: Means the Apprenticeship and Training Program, Workforce Services Division, Montana Department of Labor and Industry.
RELATED INSTRUCTION: the theoretical component of Apprenticeship training, which may be obtained from classroom instruction, correspondence courses, and distance learning among others. The related instruction is intended to reinforce on-the-job training.
SELECTION PROCEDURE: process for fielding apprenticeship applicants by conducting oral interviews and in some instances written aptitude examinations.
SPONSOR: a firm, association, committee, or organization registered in the Montana Apprenticeship Program that is able and willing to train workers in all aspects of an apprenticeable occupation.
STANDARDS: specifications of the necessary occupational tasks and competencies in an Apprenticeship that are developed with industry input. Standards state the major work processes in a given occupation to be taught, the approximate number of hours that must be spent in each process, and provide a template for the educational component of an Apprenticeship.
TRADE/CRAFT: a line of skilled manual or mechanical work that is pursued as an occupation.
WAGE PROGRESSION SCALE: Periodic wage increases for the apprentice based on the number of on-the-job training hours accrued; related instruction course work completion and job site work performance evaluations.
WORK PROCESS: a list of skills that lays out what the Apprentice is to learn and perform. When the Apprentice’s productivity and proficiency have reached the level of skill specified by the work process and has also completed the number of hours required, the Apprentice will have reached the journeyperson skill level.
