Chapter 4139: APPRENTICESHIP COUNCIL

As used in sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the Revised Code:

(A) “Apprentice” means a person at least sixteen years of age who is covered by an apprenticeship agreement.

(B) “Apprenticeship agreement” means a written agreement, registered with the Ohio state apprenticeship council, providing for not less than two thousand hours of reasonably continuous employment, and for participation in an approved schedule of work experience through employment, which shall be supplemented by a minimum of one hundred forty-four hours per year of related and supplemental instructions.

Effective Date: 07-01-2000

See 129th General Assembly File No. 39, SB 171, §4.

There is hereby established in the department of job and family services an apprenticeship council consisting of nine members and selected by the director of job and family services as follows: three of the appointees to such council shall be individuals who, by reason of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classified as representatives of employees; three of the appointees to such council shall be individuals who, by reason of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classified as representatives of employers; and three of the appointees to such council shall be individuals who, by reason of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classified as representatives of the public and shall not be directly concerned with any industrial employer or group of employees. The members of the council shall serve at the pleasure of the director, and shall serve without compensation but shall be paid their necessary expenses which are incurred in the discharge of their official duties.

Effective Date: 07-01-2000

The apprenticeship council may establish minimum standards for apprenticeship programs and may formulate policies and issue rules as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the Revised Code. The council shall determine the date and place of its meetings and shall prescribe its own rules of procedure.

Effective Date: 07-01-2000

The director of job and family services shall appoint the executive secretary of the apprenticeship council, which appointment shall be subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the council. The director shall appoint such additional personnel as may be necessary, subject to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 07-01-2000

The executive secretary of the apprenticeship council has the following duties:

(A) Encourage the voluntary participation of employers and employees in the furtherance of the objective of sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the Revised Code;

(B) Register any apprenticeship programs and agreements that meet the minimum standards established by the council;

(C) Terminate or cancel on the authority of the council any registered apprenticeship programs and agreements not in accordance with the provisions of such standards;

(D) Keep a record of apprenticeship programs and their disposition;

(E) Issue certificate of completion of apprenticeship in accordance with the council’s standards;

(F) Devise all necessary procedures and records;

(G) Prepare statistical reports regarding apprenticeship training;

(H) Issue information related to apprenticeship;

(I) Perform such other duties as the council may direct.

Effective Date: 07-01-2000

Participation in apprenticeship programs by persons, firms, political subdivisions, corporations, employer associations, or organizations of employees shall be entirely on a voluntary basis and apply only to those who elect to subscribe to the standards and procedure established under sections 4139.01 to 4139.06 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 07-01-2000