KRS 343.010: Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Apprentice" means a worker at least sixteen (16) years of age, except where a

higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to

learn an apprenticeable occupation as provided in 29 C.F.R. pt. 29;

(2) "Apprenticeship agreement" means a written agreement, complying with 29

C.F.R. pt. 29 between an apprentice and either the apprentice's program

sponsor, or an apprenticeship committee acting as agent for the program

sponsors, which contains the terms and conditions of the employment and

training of the apprentice;

(3) "Commissioner" means commissioner of the Department of Workforce

Development, under the direction and supervision of the secretary of the

Education and Labor Cabinet, or any person authorized to act in his or her

behalf;

(4) "Council" means the Kentucky Apprenticeship Council, which provides advice

and guidance to the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet regarding the

Commonwealth's apprenticeship program;

(5) "Supervisor" means supervisor of apprenticeship;

(6) "Trainee" means a person at least sixteen (16) years of age who has entered

into an on-the-job training agreement with an employer or an association of

employers or an organization of employees in a construction occupation under

a program which has been approved by a federal agency as promoting equal

employment opportunity in conjunction with federal-aid construction projects;

(7) "Apprenticeship program" means a plan containing all terms and conditions for

the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of

apprentices as required under 29 C.F.R. pts. 29 and 30, including such matters

as the requirement for a written apprenticeship agreement;

(8) "On-the-job training program" means a plan containing all terms and conditions

for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of a

trainee, including such matters as the requirement for a written on-the-job

training agreement other than an apprenticeship program; provided, however,

that said program has been approved by a federal agency as promoting equal

employment opportunity in conjunction with federal-aid construction projects;

(9) "Sponsor" means any person, association, committee, or organization in

whose name or title the program is or is to be registered, irrespective of

whether such entity is an employer;

(10) "Employer" means any person or organization employing an apprentice or

trainee whether or not such person or organization is a party to an

apprenticeship or on-the-job training agreement with the apprentice or trainee;

and

(11) "Related instruction" means an organized and systematic form of instruction

designed to provide the apprentice or trainee with knowledge of the theoretical

and technical subjects related to the apprentice's occupation.