It is the policy of the State of Oregon: (1) To encourage the development of an apprenticeship and training system through the voluntary cooperation of management, labor and interested state agencies, and in cooperation with other states and the federal government. (2) To provide for the establishment and promotion of standards of apprenticeship and training […]
(1) ORS 660.002 to 660.210 shall apply to persons, political subdivisions, employer associations, and organizations of employees that agree to conform to its provisions. (2) Nothing in ORS 660.002 to 660.210 is intended to supersede the civil service or merit systems applicable to state agencies and political subdivisions. Employees of state agencies and political subdivisions […]
As used in ORS 660.002 to 660.210, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) “Apprentice” means a worker who is at least 16 years of age, except when a higher minimum age is otherwise required by law, and who is employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation under standards of apprenticeship approved by the State Apprenticeship and […]
Local joint committees formed under ORS 660.135, trade committees for apprenticeship and training formed under ORS 660.145 and state joint committees formed under ORS 660.155 shall not be considered state agencies for any purpose. [1997 c.31 §2]
(1) Every apprentice and either the apprentice’s program sponsor or the local joint committee shall sign a written apprenticeship agreement on a form approved by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council or on a form to which the council chairperson may grant interim approval. The agreement shall be signed and registered with the council as […]
To be registered with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, every apprenticeship or training agreement shall contain: (1) The names and signatures of the apprentice or trainee and of a parent or guardian if the apprentice or trainee is a minor; (2) The names and addresses of the appropriate local joint committee and of the […]
(1) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council shall consist of nine members, including the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries and eight members appointed by the Governor as follows: (a) Four members from apprenticeable building and construction crafts or trades that have programs approved and registered with the council, including two members representing […]
(1) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council, under the direction of the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, shall enforce the provisions of ORS 660.002 to 660.210 in order to carry out the intent and purposes of those provisions. The State Director of Apprenticeship and Training, the division and the […]
(1) Apprenticeship standards shall contain statements of: (a) The apprenticeable occupation to be taught and a designation of the geographical area or areas in which the standards will apply; (b) The qualifications required of apprentice applicants and the minimum eligible starting age, which is at least 16 years unless a higher age is required by […]
(1) In each locality where apprentices are employed, the State Apprenticeship and Training Council may approve as many local joint committees as are necessary to serve the needs of the various apprenticeable occupations. Local joint committees in building and construction trades occupations may be approved by the council only as group programs serving multiple employers. […]
Every local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee, or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee, shall: (1) Propose to the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries standards for the local program that are in substantial […]
(1) Unless the State Apprenticeship and Training Council determines there is an adverse impact on apprenticeship opportunities based on an individual’s race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or ethnic group, an applicant who is otherwise eligible for selection as an apprentice under the selection method used by the local joint committee may, with the consent […]
(1) A training agent may not pay an apprentice at a rate less than that obtained by applying the schedule, set forth in the applicable standards, at the apprentice’s level of apprenticeship, to the journeyworker hourly rate of wage currently in effect for journeyworkers in the occupation for which the apprentice is being trained, as […]
In an area where it is not practicable to establish a local joint apprenticeship committee or a local joint training committee, a trade committee for apprenticeship and training may be formed to administer the standards of various separate programs approved by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council. Members shall consist of one training agent and […]
(1) Every local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee must have at least one registered apprentice. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee or by a trade committee […]
(1) The Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall evaluate the performance of registered apprenticeship programs. (2) Factors to be used when conducting the evaluation required by subsection (1) of this section must include, but are not limited to: (a) Quality assurance assessments; (b) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission compliance reviews; […]
(1) State joint apprenticeship committees may be formed in each apprenticeable occupation for the purpose of promoting and coordinating the apprenticeship goals of that occupation and of developing statewide standards and related instructional material for a course of study in that occupation. If only one joint committee exists for a particular occupation, that local joint […]
(1) Each state joint committee, with the prior approval of the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, shall prescribe a standard course of study, developed from a trade analysis, for the trade, craft or industrial occupation over which the committee exercises jurisdiction. Each such course of study shall include instructional objectives and an outline of course […]
(1) If there is an interstate agreement regarding apprenticeship courses of study between the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and an agency with similar functions in another state: (a) Any course of study prescribed pursuant to ORS 660.157 is subject to the provisions of the interstate agreement. (b) Each local joint committee of an occupation […]
All district school boards shall cooperate with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the Department of Education, and the local joint committees or trade committees in providing the necessary related instruction classes to meet the objectives of courses of study prescribed pursuant to ORS 660.157 (1) for apprentices and trainees. The coordination of related instruction […]
