As used in this part:

1. (1) “Apprentice” means an individual:

   1. (A) Enrolled in an apprenticeship training program that is registered by the United States Office of Apprenticeship;
   2. (B) Working within their chosen occupation;
   3. (C) Who has a signed indenture agreement on file with the United States Office of Apprenticeship; and
   4. (D) Has been issued all necessary licenses for their current occupation;
2. (2) “Apprenticeable occupation” means an occupation recognized by the United States Office of Apprenticeship and throughout an industry as a skilled occupation learned through structured on-the-job training requiring at least two thousand (2,000) hours of instruction per year, and supplemented by at least one hundred forty-four (144) hours of technical instruction per year or as approved by the United States Office of Apprenticeship;
3. (3) “Apprenticeship” means a learning approach enabling an individual to become a qualified professional in a skilled occupation which consists of on-the-job training with off-the-job instruction related to the skilled occupation in question;
4. (4) “Apprenticeship coordinator” means the person designated by the program sponsor to be the program’s primary contact and coordinator;
5. (5) “Apprenticeship standards” means the rules that the program sponsor registers with the United States Office of Apprenticeship describing how an apprenticeship training program will be conducted;
6. (6) “Apprenticeship training program” means a training program that provides on-the-job training, preparatory instruction, supplementary instruction, or related instruction in an occupation that has been registered as an apprenticeable occupation by the United States Office of Apprenticeship;
7. (7) “Arkansas Apprenticeship Coordination Steering Committee” means the committee appointed by the Governor representing bargaining agents, employers, educators, the minority and female workforce, and the general public whose purpose is to oversee the operation and funding of apprentice training programs in the State of Arkansas;
8. (8) “ARPAP” means Arkansas Certified Pre-apprenticeship Program;
9. (9) “Contact hour” means a block of sixty (60) minutes during which an apprentice receives instruction in a supervised classroom or laboratory environment;

10. (10)

    1. (A) “Indenture agreement” means a signed agreement between the apprentice and the sponsoring entity, firm, or person.

    2. (B) An indenture agreement must:

       1. (i) Contain the standards for the particular program; and
       2. (ii) Be filed with the United States Office of Apprenticeship;

11. (11) “Journeyman” means an individual who has, where required:

    1. (A) Completed an apprenticeship training program and been released from their indenture agreement;
    2. (B) Been recognized by their peers as having attained journeyman status;
    3. (C) Demonstrated their ability to perform work as a journeyman by examination or other proof of competence; or
    4. (D) Been issued a journeyman license if necessary for their chosen occupation;
12. (12) “Local education agency” means a public community college, technical college, secondary, or postsecondary vocational-technical school, technical institute, university, life-long learning center, adult education center, area vocational center, or a public school system that has an assigned local education agency number recognized or accepted by the United States Department of Education and the Office of Skills Development;
13. (13) “On-the-job training” means work performed by an apprentice at a job or work site that relates to and reinforces the classroom training received by the apprentice, directly supervised by a journeyman or master;
14. (14) “OSD/OA” means the Office of Apprenticeship of the Office of Skills Development, a division of the Department of Commerce;
15. (15) “Preparatory instruction” means a course of instruction lasting six (6) months or less that teaches basic skills required for an individual to enter the workforce;

16. (16)

    1. (A) “Program sponsor” means any person or organization operating a registered apprenticeship program.
    2. (B) A program sponsor may be either an employer or representative of the apprentice;
17. (17) “RAP” means registered apprenticeship program;
18. (18) “Related technical instruction” means organized off-the-job instruction provided by an instructor qualified under 17 CAR § 37-102 and documented by appropriate written or performance tests in subjects required for the completion of an apprenticeship program for a particular apprenticeable occupation;
19. (19) “Supplementary instruction” means a course of instruction designed to provide new skills or upgrade the current skills of fully qualified persons in an apprenticeable occupation; and
20. (20) “USDOL/OA” means the United States Office of Apprenticeship.