Every apprenticeship or on-the-job training agreement approved under this chapter shall contain:
(1) The names and signatures of the contracting parties and the signature of a parent or guardian if the apprentice is a minor;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 343.050

  • Apprentice: means a worker at least sixteen (16) years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation as provided in 29 C. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Related instruction: means an organized and systematic form of instruction designed to provide the apprentice or trainee with knowledge of the theoretical and technical subjects related to the apprentice's occupation. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
  • Sponsor: means any person, association, committee, or organization in whose name or title the program is or is to be registered, irrespective of whether such entity is an employer. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
  • Supervisor: means supervisor of apprenticeship. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
  • Trainee: means a person at least sixteen (16) years of age who has entered into an on-the-job training agreement with an employer or an association of employers or an organization of employees in a construction occupation under a program which has been approved by a federal agency as promoting equal employment opportunity in conjunction with federal-aid construction projects. See Kentucky Statutes 343.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(2) The date of birth of the apprentice or trainee;
(3) A statement of the occupation or business which the apprentice or trainee is to be taught and the time at which the apprenticeship or on-the-job training will begin and end;
(4) A statement showing:
(a) 1. The number of hours to be spent by the apprentice or trainee in work on the job in a time-based program; or
2. A description of the skill sets to be attained by completion of a competency-based program, including the on-the-job training component; or
3. The minimum number of hours to be spent by the apprentice and a description of the skill sets to be attained by completion of a hybrid program; and
(b) The number of hours to be spent in related instruction in technical subjects related to the occupation, which shall be not less than one hundred forty-four (144) hours per year;
(5) A statement setting forth a schedule of the processes in the occupation or industry divisions in which the apprentice or trainee is to be taught and the approximate time to be spent at each process;
(6) A statement of the graduating scale of compensation to be paid the apprentice or trainee, and whether the required school time shall be compensated;
(7) A statement providing for a period of probation not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the length of the program or one (1) year, whichever is shorter, during which the apprenticeship or on-the-job training agreement may be canceled by either party to the agreement upon written notice to the registration agency, without adverse impact on the sponsor; and
(8) A provision that all controversies or differences concerning the apprenticeship or on-the-job training agreement which cannot be adjusted by the parties shall be submitted to the supervisor for determination as provided in KRS § 343.070.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 8, sec. 4, effective July 15, 2014. — Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 5. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1599c-35.