1. (a) On-the-job training is a core activity as defined in §811.25(a)(1).

2. (b) A Board shall ensure that a determination is made on a case-by-case basis whether to authorize, arrange, or refer a Choices participant for subsidized, time-limited training activities, to assist the Choices participant with obtaining knowledge and skills that are essential to the workplace while in a job setting. On-the-job training is training by an employer that is provided to a Choices participant while engaged in productive work in a job that:

   1. (1) provides knowledge or skills essential to the full and adequate performance of the job;
   2. (2) provides reimbursement to the employer of a percent of the wage rate of the Choices participant for the extraordinary costs of providing the training and additional supervision related to the training;
   3. (3) is limited in duration as appropriate to the occupation for which the Choices participant is being trained, taking into account the content of the training, the prior work experience of the Choices participant , and the service strategy of the Choices participant, as appropriate; and
   4. (4) includes training specified by the employer.
3. (c) Unsubsidized employment after satisfactory completion of the training is expected. A Board shall not contract with employers who have previously exhibited a pattern of failing to provide Choices participants in on-the-job training with continued long-term employment, which provides wages, benefits, and working conditions that are equal to those that are provided to regular employees who have worked a similar length of time and are doing a similar type of work.
4. (d) A Board shall ensure Choices participants enrolled in on-the-job training are supervised daily.
5. (e) A Board shall ensure on-the-job training is documented in TWIST at least every two weeks.

Source Note:The provisions of this §811.44 adopted to be effective November 18, 2003, 28 TexReg 10261; amended to be effective February 26, 2007, 32 TexReg 906.