Section DWD 295.001 - Definitions(1) "Apprentice" has the meaning specified in s. 106.001(1), Stats.(2) "Assignment" means the initial placement of an apprentice with an employer. Note: See also the definitions in this section of "reassignment" and "unassignment."
(3) "Cancellation" means the termination of the registration or approval status of a program at the request of the sponsor, or the termination of an apprentice contract at the request of any party to the contract.(4) "Certificate" or "certification" means documentary evidence that: (a) The department has established that an individual is eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice under a registered apprenticeship program.(b) The department has established that an individual is eligible for probationary employment as an apprentice under a registered apprenticeship program [The department has registered an apprenticeship program as evidenced by a certificate of registration]. Note: CR 14-032 amended this paragraph by striking a semicolon and underscoring a period. However, without striking or underscoring any new text, CR 14-032 replaced the previously existing text, which is shown in brackets, with the text not shown in brackets. The text not shown in brackets repeats the language of par. (a). The change of text was unintended by the department and the language of this paragraph will be clarified by future rulemaking
(c) The department has determined that an apprenticeship [apprentice] has successfully met the requirements to receive an interim credential. Note: CR 14-032 amended this paragraph by striking a semicolon and underscoring a period. However, without striking or underscoring any new text, CR 14-032 replaced "apprentice," which is shown in brackets, with "apprenticeship." The change of text was unintended by the department and the language of this provision will be clarified by future rulemaking
(d) The department has determined that an individual has successfully completed apprenticeship.(5) "Competency" means the attainment of manual, mechanical, or technical skills and knowledge, as specified by an occupational standard and demonstrated by an appropriate written and hands-on proficiency measurement.(6) "Completion rate" means the percentage of an apprenticeship cohort who receive a certificate of apprenticeship completion within one year of the projected completion date. An "apprenticeship cohort" is the group of individual apprentices registered to a specific program during a one-year time frame, except that a cohort does not include the apprentices whose apprentice contract has been cancelled during the probationary period or transferred.(7) "Department" means the department of workforce development, which is the state registration agency for the purposes of 29 CFR 29.(8) "Employer" has the same meaning as in s. 106.001(5), Stats.(9) "Electronic media" means media that utilize electronics or electromechanical energy for the end user to access the content; and includes electronic storage media, transmission media, the Internet, extranet, lease lines, dial-up lines, private networks, and the physical movement of removable or transportable electronic media or interactive distance learning.(10) "Federal purposes" includes any federal contract, grant, agreement or arrangement dealing with apprenticeship; and any federal financial or other assistance, benefit, privilege, contribution, allowance, exemption, preference, or right pertaining to apprenticeship.(11) "Interim credential" means a credential issued by the department, upon request of the appropriate sponsor, as certification of competency attainment by an apprentice.(12) "Journeyworker" means a worker who has attained a level of skill, abilities, and competencies recognized within an industry as having mastered the skills and competencies required for the occupation. Note: The use of this term may also refer to a mentor, technician, specialist, or other skilled worker who has documented sufficient skills and knowledge of an occupation, either through formal apprenticeship or through practical on-the-job experience and formal training.
(13) "Local apprenticeship committee" means an apprenticeship committee to which the department has delegate the authority to act under ss. DWD 295.02 and 295.03.(14) "Office of Apprenticeship" means the office designated by the employment and training administration of the U. S. department of labor to administer the national apprenticeship system or its successor organization.(15) "Provisional registration" means the initial approval of a newly registered program that meets the required standards for program registration.(16) "Quality assurance assessment" means a comprehensive review conducted by the department regarding all aspects of an apprenticeship program's performance, including determining if apprentices are receiving on-the-job learning in all phases of the apprenticeable occupation, scheduled wage increases consistent with the registered standards, and related instruction through appropriate curriculum and delivery systems, and that the department is receiving notification of all new registrations, cancellations, and completions as required in this chapter.(17) "Reassignment" means the assignment of an apprentice from one employer to another within the same apprenticeship program.(18) "Registration of an apprentice contract" means the acceptance and recording of an apprentice contract by the department as evidence of the apprentice's participation in a particular registered apprenticeship program.(19) "Registration of an apprenticeship program" means the acceptance and recording of such program by the department as meeting the basic standards and requirements of the department for approval of such program for federal and state purposes, as shown by a certificate of registration.(20) "Related instruction" means an organized and systematic form of instruction designed to provide the apprentice with the knowledge of the theoretical and technical subjects related to the apprentice's occupation. Such instruction may be given in a classroom, through occupational or industrial courses, or by correspondence courses of equivalent value, electronic media, or other forms of self-study approved by the department.(21) "Sponsor" has the meaning given in s. 106.001(8), Stats.(22) "Technical assistance" means guidance provided by department staff in the development, revision, amendment, or processing of a potential or current program sponsor's standards of apprenticeship or apprentice contracts; or advice or consultation with a program sponsor to further compliance with this chapter; or guidance from the department on how to remedy nonconformity with this chapter.(23) "Transfer" means a shift of apprenticeship registration from one program to another, where there is agreement between the apprentice and the affected apprenticeship committees or program sponsors.(24) "Unassignment" means the temporary interruption of an apprentice contract.(25) "Wisconsin apprenticeship advisory council" means the council created by s. 15.227(13), Stats.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Workforce Development DWD 295.001
Cr. Register, May, 1981, No.305, eff. 6-1-81; CR 07-010: r. (3), Register June 2007 No. 618, eff. 7-1-07; CR 10-073: am. (1), r. (4), renum. (2) to be (7) and am., cr. (2) to (6), (8) to (25) Register November 2010 No. 659, eff. 12-1-10.Amended by, CR 14-032: am. (4) (a) to (c), (21) Register May 2015 No. 713, eff.6/1/2015