Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The department of workforce solutions
("the department") is the state apprenticeship agency (SAA). By delegation, the
apprenticeship director is the department's operating head and administrator
for all apprenticeship related functions and activities.
B. General: To help achieve, through
cooperative effort, the training of apprentices in apprenticeable occupations
to meet current and future needs for skilled journey workers. To help insure
that this training stays abreast of technological developments and needs for
national security, and to increase the job opportunities, earning ability, and
security of the apprentices. In order to provide equal opportunities for all
qualified applicants for apprenticeship, hereafter all apprentices shall be
selected in accordance with a plan which assures equality of opportunity and
which is acceptable to the state apprenticeship council and approved by the
department of workforce solutions.
C. Specific:
(1) to develop and improve techniques which
will more accurately measure future apprenticeship requirements on a national,
industrial, and community basis;
(2) to promote more widespread use of
effective techniques which will assist in the selection and employment of
apprentices;
(3) to make available
to potential users, information relating to prospective apprenticeship
requirements, occupational outlook, counseling techniques, and procedures which
will aid:
(a) educational institutions in
planning curricula;
(b) management
and labor in planning apprenticeship programs;
(c) parents, teachers, and counselors in
advising youth; and
(d) individuals
in their occupational planning.
(4) to encourage communities to survey their
apprenticeship needs in order to have a sound basis for providing adequate
educational facilities, vocational guidance, selective placement services, and
to assist in the development of sound educational and training opportunities
for all individuals;
(5) to
encourage those responsible for apprenticeship development in all industries to
determine their future apprenticeship requirements in order to have a sound
basis for action;
(6) To promote
effective apprenticeship training by:
(a)
studying the quantity and quality of apprenticeship training in
industry;
(b) organizing and
promoting research on effective apprenticeship training practices;
(c) encouraging the use of methods which have
proven to be effective in apprenticeship training;
(d) developing and promoting services to
assist management and labor in determining apprenticeship training needs;
and
(e) developing, organizing, and
offering technical assistance to apprenticeship training programs.
(7) to assist other agencies to
develop and provide services for apprenticeship programs which are flexible and
acceptable to labor and management; and
(8) to stimulate national, state, and local
organizations and groups to give active support to effective apprenticeship
training programs so that a greater proportion of journey workers in
apprenticeable occupations will have achieved their skill through
apprenticeship programs.
