Chapter 660 — Chapter 660
114 sections in this chapter.
ORS 660.002 Declaration of policy. It is the policy of the State of Oregon
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(1) To encourage the development of an apprenticeship and training system through the voluntary cooperation of management, labor and interested state agencies, and in cooperation with other states and the federal government. (2) To provide for the establishment and promotion of s…
ORS 660.006 Application. (1) ORS 660.002 to 660.210 shall apply to persons, political subdivisions, employer associations, and organizations of employees that agree to conform to its provisions
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(2) Nothing in ORS 660.002 to 660.210 is intended to supersede the civil service or merit systems applicable to state agencies and political subdivisions. Employees of state agencies and political subdivisions may be recognized and registered as apprentices, and may serve on appr…
ORS 660.010 Definitions for ORS 660.002 to 660.210. As used in ORS 660.002 to 660.210, unless the context requires otherwise
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(1) “Apprentice” means a worker who is at least 16 years of age, except when a higher minimum age is otherwise required by law, and who is employed to learn an apprenticeable occupation under standards of apprenticeship approved by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council an…
ORS 660.014 Committees not state agencies. Local joint committees formed under ORS 660.135, trade committees for apprenticeship and training formed under ORS 660.145 and state joint committees formed under ORS 660.155 shall not be considered state agencies for any purpose. [1997 c.31 §2]
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ORS 660.015 [1963 c.645 §2; 1967 c.6 §6; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
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ORS 660.020 Necessity for written agreement; transfer of agreement to another employer. (1) Every apprentice and either the apprentice’s program sponsor or the local joint committee shall sign a written apprenticeship agreement on a form approved by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council or on a form to which the council chairperson may grant interim approval. The agreement shall be signed and registered with the council as soon as practicable, but not later than 45 days after the start of the apprenticeship
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(2) When a training agent is unable or unwilling to fulfill its obligations under an apprenticeship agreement, the local joint committee may approve the transfer of the training agent’s obligation under the program standards to a subsequent approved training agent under the same …
ORS 660.030 [Amended by 1955 c.719 §2; 1957 c.270 §5; 1967 c.6 §8; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
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ORS 660.040 [Repealed by 1955 c.719 §12]
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ORS 660.050 [Repealed by 1955 c.719 §12]
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ORS 660.060 Contents of agreement. To be registered with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, every apprenticeship or training agreement shall contain
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(1) The names and signatures of the apprentice or trainee and of a parent or guardian if the apprentice or trainee is a minor; (2) The names and addresses of the appropriate local joint committee and of the council; (3) The date of birth of the apprentice or trainee; (4) The begi…
ORS 660.110 State Apprenticeship and Training Council; members; confirmation; compensation and expenses. (1) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council shall consist of nine members, including the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries and eight members appointed by the Governor as follows
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(a) Four members from apprenticeable building and construction crafts or trades that have programs approved and registered with the council, including two members representing employers and two members representing employees; (b) Two members from other apprenticeable occupations …
ORS 660.112 [1977 c.490 §7; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
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ORS 660.115 [1963 c.645 §3; 1967 c.6 §12; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
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ORS 660.120 Duties and powers of council and division; rules. (1) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council, under the direction of the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, shall enforce the provisions of ORS 660.002 to 660.210 in order to carry out the intent and purposes of those provisions. The State Director of Apprenticeship and Training, the division and the council may conduct investigations, issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum, obtain evidence, administer oaths and take testimony in all matters relating to the council’s duties and functions as set forth in ORS 660.002 to 660.210 when the information sought is relevant to a lawful investigative purpose and is reasonable in scope. The council and the division shall adopt rules for gathering information through subpoenas or testimony. The rules must include procedures through which a party may object to providing information. After being served with a subpoena, if a person refuses, without reasonable cause, to be examined, to answer any question or to produce any document or other thing as required by the subpoena, the director, the division or the council may petition the circuit court in the county in which the investigation is pending for an order directing the person to show cause why the person has not complied with the subpoena and should not be held in contempt. The director, division or council shall serve the court’s order upon the person in the manner provided by ORCP 55 D. If the person fails to show cause for the noncompliance, the court shall order the person to comply with the subpoena within such time as the court shall direct and may hold the person in contempt
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(2) The division, on behalf of the council, may bring suit in a court of proper jurisdiction in the name of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, or in the name of an apprentice on behalf of the apprentice, through the district attorney or the Attorney General. (3) The council and …
ORS 660.122 [1963 c.645 §4; 1967 c.6 §14; repealed by 1985 c.98 §5]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 660.125 [1955 c.719 §5; 1957 c.270 §8; 1967 c.6 §15; 1977 c.299 §1; 1979 c.831 §1; repealed by 1981 c.764 §§7,20 (660.126 enacted in lieu of 660.125)]
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ORS 660.126 Apprenticeship standards; rules. (1) Apprenticeship standards shall contain statements of
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(a) The apprenticeable occupation to be taught and a designation of the geographical area or areas in which the standards will apply; (b) The qualifications required of apprentice applicants and the minimum eligible starting age, which is at least 16 years unless a higher age is …
ORS 660.128 [1957 c.270 §10(2); 1967 c.6 §16; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
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ORS 660.130 [Amended by 1955 c.719 §8; 1967 c.6 §17; repealed by 1969 c.597 §281]
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ORS 660.135 Local joint committees; members; meetings; authority of individual employed to assist committees. (1) In each locality where apprentices are employed, the State Apprenticeship and Training Council may approve as many local joint committees as are necessary to serve the needs of the various apprenticeable occupations. Local joint committees in building and construction trades occupations may be approved by the council only as group programs serving multiple employers
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(2) Each local joint committee shall have no more than eight principal members, all actively participating in apprenticeship programs, and shall consist of an equal number of representatives of employers and employees. One alternate member may be selected for each principal commi…
ORS 660.137 Duties of local apprenticeship and training programs. Every local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee, or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee, shall
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(1) Propose to the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries standards for the local program that are in substantial conformity with ORS 660.126 and with the uniform standards, if any, adopted by t…
ORS 660.139 Applicant indentured to family business or current employer. (1) Unless the State Apprenticeship and Training Council determines there is an adverse impact on apprenticeship opportunities based on an individual’s race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or ethnic group, an applicant who is otherwise eligible for selection as an apprentice under the selection method used by the local joint committee may, with the consent of the applicant, be indentured to a family business or the applicant’s current employer without regard to whether another employer would otherwise be entitled to indenture the apprentice under the selection method used by the local joint committee
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(2) As used in this section: (a) “Current employer” means the employer with whom the applicant has been a full-time, regular employee for at least six months before the applicant is selected into the apprenticeship program. (b) “Family business” means a business owned in whole or…
ORS 660.140 [Amended by 1955 c.719 §9; repealed by 1967 c.6 §29]
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ORS 660.141 [1967 c.6 §20; 1971 c.271 §3; repealed by 1981 c.764 §§12,20 (660.137 enacted in lieu of 660.141)]
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ORS 660.142 Pay rates for apprentices and journeyworkers; exception. (1) A training agent may not pay an apprentice at a rate less than that obtained by applying the schedule, set forth in the applicable standards, at the apprentice’s level of apprenticeship, to the journeyworker hourly rate of wage currently in effect for journeyworkers in the occupation for which the apprentice is being trained, as determined by the appropriate local joint committee
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(2) The journeyworker hourly wage rate shall be the average hourly wage currently being paid by the training agents participating in a program to their skilled workers, that is, to those employees with demonstrated knowledge, experience and proficiency in that trade or occupation…
ORS 660.143 Employment protections for on-the-job training and apprenticeship program participants. (1) As used in this section
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(a) Notwithstanding ORS 660.010, “employer” means a person that employs or engages the services of an individual, that reserves the right to control the means by which such services are or will be performed and that sponsors or agrees to provide training under an on-the-job train…
ORS 660.145 Trade apprenticeship and training committees. In an area where it is not practicable to establish a local joint apprenticeship committee or a local joint training committee, a trade committee for apprenticeship and training may be formed to administer the standards of various separate programs approved by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council. Members shall consist of one training agent and one employee representing each occupation affected, who shall be selected pursuant to the procedures established by the council. A trade committee for apprenticeship or training shall function in the manner prescribed for a local joint committee as to all occupations affected, except that recommendations to the council for amendments or modifications to the standards of a particular occupation may be made only by the members from that occupation. [1967 c.6 §21; 1981 c.764 §14; 2007 c.620 §10]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
ORS 660.147 Registered apprentice required; exceptions. (1) Every local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee must have at least one registered apprentice
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(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee is not required to have at least one registered apprentice during the period from:…
ORS 660.149 Evaluation of registered apprenticeship programs. (1) The Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall evaluate the performance of registered apprenticeship programs
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(2) Factors to be used when conducting the evaluation required by subsection (1) of this section must include, but are not limited to: (a) Quality assurance assessments; (b) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission compliance reviews; and (c) Completion rates. (3) Any additional f…
ORS 660.150 [Amended by 1955 c.719 §10; subsection (2) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1957 c.270 §9; repealed by 1967 c.6
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§29]
ORS 660.155 State joint committees; rules. (1) State joint apprenticeship committees may be formed in each apprenticeable occupation for the purpose of promoting and coordinating the apprenticeship goals of that occupation and of developing statewide standards and related instructional material for a course of study in that occupation. If only one joint committee exists for a particular occupation, that local joint committee has the same duties and powers as a state joint committee formed pursuant to this section. This subsection does not apply to training programs
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(2) State joint committees shall be composed of one member representing training agents and one member representing employees from each local joint committee for that occupation. Training agent members of a local joint committee shall choose the training agent representative to t…
ORS 660.157 Standard courses of study for apprentices and trainees. (1) Each state joint committee, with the prior approval of the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, shall prescribe a standard course of study, developed from a trade analysis, for the trade, craft or industrial occupation over which the committee exercises jurisdiction. Each such course of study shall include instructional objectives and an outline of course content for related instruction and manipulative instruction in the classroom. The prescribed course shall also provide for evaluation procedures and instruments for measuring performance. For all programs in apprenticeable occupations a minimum of 144 hours of related instruction per year is recommended
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(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no course of study for the instruction of apprentices or trainees that has not been prescribed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may be implemented under ORS 660.002 to 660.210. (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1)…
ORS 660.158 Interstate agreements regarding courses of study. (1) If there is an interstate agreement regarding apprenticeship courses of study between the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and an agency with similar functions in another state
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(a) Any course of study prescribed pursuant to ORS 660.157 is subject to the provisions of the interstate agreement. (b) Each local joint committee of an occupation that is subject to the interstate agreement shall submit requests for changes in courses of study directly to the c…
ORS 660.159 [1971 c.271 §11; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
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ORS 660.160 Coordination of schooling for apprentices and trainees. All district school boards shall cooperate with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the Department of Education, and the local joint committees or trade committees in providing the necessary related instruction classes to meet the objectives of courses of study prescribed pursuant to ORS 660.157 (1) for apprentices and trainees. The coordination of related instruction offered in these classes with job instruction, and the carrying out of the other details shall be the responsibility of the recognized local or state agency for professional education. The apprentice or trainee shall attend such classes, either within or without the usual working hours. [Amended by 1955 c.719 §11; 1967 c.6 §23; 1971 c.271 §5; 1973 c.648 §2; 1995 c.343 §59]
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ORS 660.162 Adoption of policies, standards and programs by Higher Education Coordinating Commission; rules. The Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in cooperation with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council and the appropriate state joint committee, by rule shall adopt policies, standards and programs to carry out the provisions of ORS 660.002. Such policies, standards or programs may involve any of the following matters
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(1) Development of courses of study for apprentices and trainees in the trade, craft or industrial occupation over which the committee exercises jurisdiction. (2) Operation of related instruction classes by district school boards and in courses implemented under ORS 660.157 (3). …
ORS 660.165 [1967 c.6 §5; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
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ORS 660.167 Adoption of policies by council. The State Apprenticeship and Training Council, in cooperation with the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, shall adopt policies regarding
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(1) Evaluation procedures relating to the determination of apprenticeship credit for work experience, education and training. (2) Procedures for demonstrating the level of achievement required in any area of related instruction, including but not limited to taking a qualifying ex…
ORS 660.170 State Director of Apprenticeship and Training; commissioner authority to employ others. (1) Subject to confirmation by the State Apprenticeship and Training Council, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall appoint a State Director of Apprenticeship and Training. The director shall be well qualified, shall serve as council secretary and shall be responsible to the commissioner for the administration of ORS 660.002 to 660.210, including supervision of all office and field staff
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(2) The commissioner, with the advice and consent of the council, may appoint such other personnel and incur such other expenses as may be necessary to aid the council and the director in carrying out their duties and functions under ORS 660.002 to 660.210. [Amended by 1967 c.6 §…
ORS 660.175 Grant program for apprenticeship training in healthcare, manufacturing and construction; standards and criteria for grant recipients; rules. (1) As used in this section
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(a) “Community-based organization” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.390. (b) “Local workforce development board” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300. (c) “Priority populations” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300. (2) The Bureau of Labor and Indust…
ORS 660.180 [Amended by 1957 c.270 §11; 1967 c.6 §25; 1971 c.734 §104; 1977 c.299 §2; 1979 c.831 §3; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
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ORS 660.190 Community college training program advisory committee. Each community college operating a preemployment or trade extension training program in an apprenticeable occupation shall appoint at least one employee member and one training agent member of an appropriate local joint committee to the advisory committee for that training program. [1977 c.155 §2; 1981 c.764 §19; 2007 c.620 §12]
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ORS 660.195 [1977 c.490 §8; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
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ORS 660.200 [1977 c.490 §9; repealed by 1981 c.764 §20]
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ORS 660.205 Certification of program completion for certain apprentices; card; rules; fee. (1) There shall be a uniform system of certification in those apprenticeable occupations for which the State Apprenticeship and Training Council determines certification is required. Such certification shall be awarded to apprentices successfully completing such an apprenticeship program and shall signify the apprentice’s attainment of the status of journeyworker. The council shall prescribe by rule a singular form of certification card for apprenticeable occupations and the conditions for its issuance
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(2) Only the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries may prepare or issue or cause to be prepared or issued a card or other form of documentation purporting to certify or otherwise representing the bearer to be a journeyworker in an apprenticeable occupation. (3) The c…
ORS 660.210 Tort liability of committees, officers, employees and agents; limitations; punitive damages excluded. (1) In any action based on tort, as defined in ORS 30.260, the liability of any local joint committee formed under ORS 660.135, trade committee for apprenticeship and training formed under ORS 660.145 or state joint committee formed under ORS 660.155, and the liability of its officers, employees and agents acting within the scope of their employment or duties, shall not exceed
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(a) $50,000 to any claimant for any number of claims for damage to or destruction of property, including consequential damages, arising out of a single accident or occurrence. (b) $100,000 to any claimant as general and special damages for all other claims arising out of a single…
ORS 660.220 Outreach to veterans by Bureau of Labor and Industries; rules. (1) The Bureau of Labor and Industries shall develop and administer a program to conduct outreach to veterans to
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(a) Inform them about trade careers; and (b) Connect them with available apprenticeship opportunities. (2) The bureau may issue grants to trade unions and trade associations to be used to conduct outreach through job fairs or similar recruitment methods. (3) The bureau may enter …
ORS 660.300 Definitions for ORS 660.300 to 660.420. As used in ORS 660.300 to 660.420
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(1) “Chief elected official” means a county commissioner, a county judge or the mayor of the City of Portland. (2) “Federal Act” or “federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act” means the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). (3) “Local w…
ORS 660.302 Findings and policy. (1) The Legislative Assembly finds that
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(a) A robust and effective workforce system is necessary to produce a highly skilled workforce, to advance more Oregonians into family wage jobs and to help Oregon businesses compete in a global economy. (b) Oregon’s economy is strongest when all workers are self-sufficient and a…
ORS 660.303 [Formerly 285A.440; repealed by 2014 c.49 §10]
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[Repealed or reserved.]