Section 40. Criteria for apprenticeable occupations

An apprenticeable occupation is one that is specified by industry and has all of the following characteristics:

1. It involves skills customarily learned in a practical way through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job supervised learning.

2. It is clearly identified and commonly recognized throughout an industry.

3. It involves the progressive attainment of manual, mechanical, or technical skills and knowledge that in the industry standard for the occupation would require the completion of at least 2,000 hours of on-the-job learning to attain.

4. It requires related instruction to supplement the on-the-job learning experience.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 31, Issue 01, eff. October 8, 2014.

Statutory Authority

§ 40.1-118 of the Code of Virginia.