Ohio Rev. Code § 4139.02
There is hereby established in the department of job and family services an apprenticeship council consisting of nine members and selected by the director of job and family services as follows: three of the appointees to such council shall be individuals who, by reason of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classified as representatives of employees; three of the appointees to such council shall be individuals who, by reason of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classified as representatives of employers; and three of the appointees to such council shall be individuals who, by reason of their previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classified as representatives of the public and shall not be directly concerned with any industrial employer or group of employees. The members of the council shall serve at the pleasure of the director, and shall serve without compensation but shall be paid their necessary expenses which are incurred in the discharge of their official duties.
R.C. § 4139.02