Definitions

As used in this Article:

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(1)Apprentice means an employee of a business participating in the Guam Registered Apprenticeship Program who is at least sixteen

(16)years of age, except when a higher minimum age is otherwise fixed by law, and who is employed to learn a skilled trade.

(2)Pre-apprentice means a person receiving training in preparation to enter an apprenticeship.

(b)Apprenticeship Program or Apprenticeship Training Program means a comprehensive training program designed to teach an apprentice how to perform all duties in a recognized skilled craft or trade at the journeyman level that is described by a plan containing all terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices and a written apprenticeship agreement.

(c)USDOL-OA means the Office of Apprenticeship of the U.S. Department of Labor.

(d)Business means a professional group, association, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust, foundation, or any other individual or organization carrying on any business whether or not operated for profit.

(e)DOL means the Department of Labor of the government of Guam.

(f)Director means the Director of Labor. COL 1/26/2024 CH. 10 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS

(g)Employer means a business employing an apprentice whether or not such business has an apprenticeship agreement with the apprentice.

(h)Institution of higher education means the Guam Community College, the University of Guam, licensed postsecondary institutions, or licensed post-secondary training programs.

(i)Occupational list means a list of occupations prioritizing needed trades that corresponds with a USDOLOA apprenticeship training program that lists the occupational trades approved for apprenticeship training within the Program, also known as Guam Demand Occupation Listing.

(j)Program means the Guam Registered Apprenticeship Program, an occupationally driven apprenticeship training program meeting the standards of the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship, that is recognized and approved as an occupational priority by DOL to which this Article applies.

(k)Program participant means an employer that employs apprentices who receive training through a program provider of a registered apprenticeship program.

(l)Program Provider means a business or institution of higher education that conducts a registered apprenticeship program recognized by the United States Department of Labor (USDOL), Office of Apprenticeship (OA). A business with a registered apprenticeship program may be both a program participant and a program provider.

(m)Tax Commissioner means the Tax Commissioner of Guam, the Director of Revenue and Taxation.

(n)Tax credit means an offset to business privilege tax owed by a business equal in amount to fifty percent (50%) of all eligible costs paid or incurred by a program participant to train an apprentice.

(o)Trade means the skilled practice of an occupation. COL 1/26/2024 CH. 10 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS

(p)USDOL means the United States Department of Labor.

(q)Skilled journeyworker. trainer means a journeyman or