Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A.
Minimum activities required:
Where a sponsor has found underutilization and established a utilization goal
for a specific group or groups pursuant to
11.2.2.11
NMAC or where a sponsor has determined pursuant to Subsection F of
11.2.2.12 NMAC
that there are problem areas resulting in impediments to equal employment
opportunity, the sponsor must undertake targeted outreach, recruitment, and
retention activities that are likely to generate an increase in applications
for apprenticeship and improve retention of apprentices from the targeted group
or groups or from individuals with disabilities, as appropriate. In furtherance
of this requirement, the sponsor must:
(1) Set
forth in its written affirmative action plan the specific targeted outreach,
recruitment, and retention activities it plans to take for the upcoming program
year. Such activities must include at a minimum:
(a) Dissemination of information to
organizations serving the underutilized group regarding the nature of
apprenticeship, requirements for selection for apprenticeship, availability of
apprenticeship opportunities, and the equal opportunity pledge of the sponsor.
These organizations may include: Community-based organizations, local high
schools, local community colleges, local vocational, career and technical
schools, and local workforce system partners including One Stop Career
Centers;
(b) Advertising openings
for apprenticeship opportunities by publishing advertisements in appropriate
media which have wide circulation in the relevant recruitment areas;
(c) Cooperation with local school boards and
vocational education systems to develop or establish relationships with
pre-apprenticeship programs targeting students from the underutilized group to
prepare them to meet the standards and criteria required to qualify for entry
into apprenticeship programs; and
(d) Establishment of linkage agreements or
partnerships enlisting the assistance and support of pre-apprenticeship
programs, community-based organizations, advocacy organizations, or other
appropriate organizations, in recruiting qualified individuals for
apprenticeship;
(2)
Evaluate and document after every selection cycle for registering apprentices
the overall effectiveness of such activities;
(3) Refine its targeted outreach,
recruitment, and retention activities as needed; and
(4) Maintain records of its targeted
outreach, recruitment, and retention activities and records related to its
evaluation of these activities.
B. Other activities. In addition to the
activities set forth in Subsection A of this section, as a matter of best
practice, sponsors are encouraged but not required to consider other outreach,
recruitment, and retention activities that may assist sponsors in addressing
any barriers to equal opportunity in apprenticeship. Such activities include
but are not limited to:
(1) Enlisting the use
of journeyworkers from the underutilized group or groups to assist in the
implementation of the sponsor's affirmative action program;
(2) Enlisting the use of journeyworkers from
the underutilized group or groups to mentor apprentices and to assist with the
sponsor's targeted outreach and recruitment activities; and
(3) Conducting exit interviews of each
apprentice who leaves the sponsor's apprenticeship program prior to receiving a
certificate of completion to understand better why the apprentice is leaving
the program and to help shape the sponsor's retention activities.
