PURPOSE: The State Board of Education has the authority to establish a state approving agency and standards for approval of apprentice courses for the training of veterans under the provisions of PL 90-77 (Reference: 38, United States Code, 1771 and 161.172, RSMo). These standards will serve as a guide for those training establishments desiring to provide apprentice training for veterans and for the state approving agency in the approval of the courses. 5 CSR 20-500

1. (1) Apprentice courses provide training for those occupations commonly known as skilled crafts or trades that require a wide and diverse range of skills and knowledge as well as maturity and independence of judgment. Occupations recognized by the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship are those that customarily have been learned in a practical way through two (2) or more years’ training and work experience on the job and that are clearly identified and commonly recognized throughout industry. Occupations that traditionally have not used apprenticeship are—

   1. (A) Selling, retailing or similar occupations in the distributive field;
   2. (B) Managerial occupations;
   3. (C) Clerical occupations;
   4. (D) Professional and semiprofessional occupations; and
   5. (E) Agricultural occupations.

2. (2) An application will be approved when the training establishment and the apprentice course are found, upon investigation, to have met these standards.

   1. (A) The standards of apprenticeship published by the Secretary of Labor under section 50(a) of Title 29, United States Code. An apprentice course should provide for the following:

      1. 1. The starting age of an apprentice to

be not less than sixteen (16);

1. 2. Full and fair opportunity to apply for

apprenticeship;

1. 3. Selection of apprentices on the basis

of qualifications alone;

1. 4. A schedule of work processes in

which an apprentice is to receive training and experience on the job;

1. 5. Organized instruction designed to

provide the apprentice with knowledge in technical subjects related to his/her trade (a minimum of one hundred forty-four (144) hours per year is normally considered necessary);

1. 6. A progressively increasing schedule

of wages;

1. 7. Proper supervision of on-the-job

training with adequate facilities to train apprentices;

1. 8. Periodic evaluation of the apprentice’s

progress, both in job performance and related instruction and the maintenance of appropriate records;

1. 9. Employee-employer cooperation;
2. 10. Recognition for successful comple-

tions; and

1. 11. Nondiscrimination in all phases of

apprenticeship employment and training.

1. (B) A signed copy of the training agreement for each veteran, making reference to the training program and wage schedule as SECONDARY EDUCATION

approved by the state approving agency, is provided to the veteran and the Veterans Administration and the state approving agency by the employer.

AUTHORITY: section 161.172, RSMo 1986.* This rule previously filed as 5 CSR 60- 900.040. Original rule filed Dec. 23, 1975, effective Jan. 2, 1976. Moved to 5 CSR 20- 500.360, effective Aug. 16, 2011.

*Original authority: 161.172, RSMo 1963.