Section 21-19A-3 - Definitions.
21-19A-3. Definitions.
As used in the Apprenticeship Assistance Act [21-19A-1 NMSA 1978]:
A. "advisory committee" means the apprenticeship and training advisory committee to the division;
B. "apprentice" means a person at least sixteen years old who is approved by the council and is covered by a written agreement with an employer, or with an association of employers or employees acting as agent for an employer, which apprentice agreement provides for reasonably continuous employment not less than two thousand hours required for any given trade for that person for his participation in an approved schedule of work experience through employment, and for at least one hundred forty-four hours per year of related supplemental instruction;
C. "apprenticeship committee" means the sponsoring committee of each apprenticeable craft that is responsible for that particular apprenticeship program;
D. "apprenticeship related instruction" means skills taught off the job that are required by the particular apprenticeable craft and that the apprentice needs to complete his apprenticeship as required by the council and the bureau;
E. "bureau" means the bureau of apprenticeship and training of the United States department of labor;
F. "council" means the state apprenticeship council;
G. "division" means the vocational education division of the state department of public education;
H. "related instruction" means organized, off-the-job instruction in theoretical or technical subjects required for the completion of an apprenticeship for a particular apprenticeable trade; and
I. "supplementary" means new or upgrading skill training for those already employed as journeymen craftsmen.