Guam § 10102 - Definitions.

§ 10102. Definitions.

As used in this Article:

(a) [No text.]

(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.

(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 post-

secondary institutions, or licensed post-secondary training

programs.

(i) Occupational list means a list of occupations

prioritizing needed trades that corresponds with a USDOL-

OA 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.

(p) USDOL means the United States Department of

Labor.

(q) Skilled trainer means a journeyman or

journeyworker.