N.M. Admin. Code § 11.2.3.6

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024

Section 11.2.3.6 - NEW MEXICO STATE APPRENTICESHIP OBJECTIVES

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.

N.M. Admin. Code § 11.2.3.6

6-7-77, 4-30-97; 11.2.3.6 NMAC - Rn, 11 NMAC 2.3.6, 12-30-02; A, 1-31-13, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 02, January 30, 2018, eff. 1/30/2018