NAC610.833. Standards for qualification: High school diploma or equivalent; modification or suspension of requirements.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an apprentice must:

     (a) Have a high school diploma or its equivalent before being accepted into a program; or

     (b) Receive a high school diploma or its equivalent:

          (1) Within 1 year after being indentured as an apprentice; or

          (2) Upon completion of a school to work program or a welfare to work program.

     2. The Council may modify or suspend the requirements set forth in subsection 1 on its own initiative or at the request of a sponsor if the Council determines that the modification or suspension is consistent with the proper supervision, training, safety and continuity of employment of an apprentice and, if applicable, with any provisions of a collective bargaining agreement.

     3. As used in this section:

     (a) “School to work program” means a program approved by the Council that prepares a pupil enrolled in high school to work in a trade.

     (b) “Welfare to work program” means a program approved by the Council that allows a person who receives public assistance or who is otherwise eligible to participate in the program to work in a trade.

     (Added to NAC by Apprenticeship Council, eff. 11-14-97)

Notation

REVISER’S NOTE.

      The regulation of the State Apprenticeship Council filed with the Secretary of State on November 14, 1997 (LCB File No. R092-93), the source of this section (section 8 of this regulation), became effective on that date and contains the following provision not included in NAC:

      “The provisions of section 8 of this regulation [NAC 610.833] do not apply to programs of apprenticeship approved by the Council before October 2, 1997, unless the Council specifically otherwise requires.”