Section 278:3 Duties.
The council shall meet quarterly and as often as may be necessary, and in cooperation with the OA and state departments of education and labor, establish, maintain, and review and recommend approval of consistent standards for on-the-job training programs to be coordinated with related course instruction and included in apprenticeship programs and agreements established in trade or industry by employee organizations, joint employee-employer committees, employers or employer groups; and may request the services of any state or federal agency or department which may be of assistance in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. In addition to the foregoing, the council shall:
I. Encourage and promote the development of apprenticeship programs and the making of apprenticeship agreements;
II. Assist the OA in bringing about the settlement of differences arising out of an apprenticeship agreement when such differences cannot be adjusted locally or in accordance with established trade procedure;
III. Supervise the execution of agreements and maintenance of standards;
IV. Recommend to the OA the registration of apprenticeship programs and agreements which provide equal opportunity for training and employment without regard to race, color, creed or national origin and which incorporate standards consistent with those already established and approved by the council and the OA, or terminate or cancel the registration of apprenticeship programs and agreements when said programs or agreements fail to meet or maintain said registration qualifications;
V. Issue certificates of completion of apprenticeship as shall be authorized by the council;
VI. Keep a record of apprenticeship programs and apprentice agreements and their disposition;
VII. Cooperate with the state department of education and the local school authorities in the organization and establishment of classes of related and supplemental instruction for apprentices employed under approved agreements;
VIII. Render such assistance and submit such information and data as may be requested by employers, employees and joint apprenticeship committees engaged in the formulation and operation of programs of apprenticeship, particularly in regard to work schedules, wages, conditions of employment, apprenticeship records and number of apprentices; and
IX. Review and assist the OA in the adoption of rules and regulations to insure nondiscrimination in all phases of apprenticeship and employment during apprenticeship.
Source. 1947, 166:1 par. 3. RSA 278:3. 1965, 66:1. 1969, 168:1, 2, eff. July 23, 1969. 2007, 241:3, 4, eff. Aug. 24, 2007.