Code of Maine Rules
12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
181 - MAINE STANDING COMMITTEE ON APPRENTICESHIP
Chapter 3 - RULES RELATING TO LABOR STANDARDS FOR CERTIFICATION OF PRE-APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS
Section 181-3-1.2 - Definitions

A. "Bureau" means the Bureau of Employment Services within the Department.

B. "Certification of a Pre-Apprenticeship Program" means the acceptance and recording of such program by the Maine Apprenticeship Program as meeting the basic standards and requirements of the Maine Apprenticeship Program for approval of such program. Approval is evidenced by a certificate of registration or other written indicia.

C. "Certified Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program" means a program that has been submitted to and approved by the Maine Apprenticeship Program for certification.

D. "Council" means the Maine Apprenticeship Council established to assist, advise, and guide the Maine Apprenticeship Program in the operation of the State's registered apprenticeship program.

E. "Education Provider" means an organization that provides education, either as a main or ancillary objective. This can be a public educational institution as well as a private enterprise, non-governmental organization, joint apprentice training committee or non-educational public body.

F. "Job shadowing" is the opportunity to observe an employee performing their daily work routine in their work environment. It allows individuals to explore specific careers and to get a realistic picture of the tasks performed for that job. This experience is observational only (no work tasks performed), is time limited, and has no expectation of pay.

G. "On-the-job learning" means tasks learned on-the-job in which the pre-apprentice must become proficient before a completion certificate is awarded. The learning must be through structured, supervised work experience.

H. "Pre-Apprentice" means an adult, or minor at least 16 years of age who enters into a written pre-apprenticeship agreement to receive detailed on the job instruction and/or classroom training in a pre-apprenticeable occupation in accordance with this Rule.

I. "Pre-Apprenticeship Memorandum of Agreement" means an agreement between the Maine Apprenticeship Program and a sponsor, which may also include an education provider and/or a sponsoring employer, that defines the scope and purpose of the certified pre-apprenticeship program and communicates the mutually accepted expectations of the sponsor(s), education provider(s), and/or employer.

J. "Pre-Apprenticeship Sponsor" means any person, association, committee, or organization operating a registered apprenticeship program and is collaborating with an education provider and/or employer in operation a certified pre-apprenticeship program.

K. "Program" means the Maine Apprenticeship Program established in 26 M.R.S. §3209

L. "Registration of a Pre-Apprentice" means the acceptance and recording thereof by the Maine Apprenticeship Program as evidence of the participation of the pre-apprentice in a particular certified pre-apprenticeship program.

M. "Related Instruction" means a systematic form of instruction in a high school, Career and Technical Education high school, Community College, or other training program designed to provide the pre-apprentice with knowledge of the theoretical and technical subjects related to his/her trade.