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The person in charge of apprentice training shall further the purposes of this act, and his duties shall include (a) encouragement and promotion of the making of such apprenticeship agreements as may conform to the standards established by or in accordance with this act; (b) settlements of differences arising out of apprenticeship agreements when such differences cannot be adjusted locally or in accordance with established trade procedure; (c) supervision of the execution of agreements and maintenance of standards; (d) acting as secretary of the council and of State joint apprenticeship committees; (e) registration of such apprenticeship agreements as the council shall authorize as conforming to the standards herein; (f) keeping a record of apprenticeship agreements and upon performance thereof issuing certificates of completion of apprenticeship; (g) co-operation with other State apprenticeship councils and the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship in promoting and maintaining bona fide apprenticeships.

L.1953, c. 198, p. 1502, s. 2.

34:1A-38. Related and supplemental instruction

Related and supplemental instruction for apprentices, co-ordination of instruction with job experience, and the selection of teachers and co-ordinators for such instruction shall be the responsibility of State and local vocational education boards.

In accordance with statutory provisions, the State Department of Education shall be responsible for and provide related training as required by apprenticeship programs set up under this act. The State Apprenticeship Council may accept other related instruction facilities where vocational education related instruction facilities are not available or where registered apprenticeship programs designate other facilities for related instruction.

L.1953, c. 198, p. 1503, s. 3.

34:1A-39. Local, regional and State joint apprenticeship committees

Local and State joint apprenticeship committees may be approved, in any trade or group of trades, in trade areas or regions of the State by the council, whenever the apprentice training needs of such trade or group of trades or such areas or regions justify such establishment. Such local, regional or State joint apprenticeship committees shall be composed of an equal number of employer and employee representatives chosen from names submitted by the respective local or State employer and employee organizations in such trade or group of trades and also such additional members representing local boards of education or other educational agencies as may be deemed advisable. In a trade or group of trades in which there is no bona fide employer or employee organization, the joint committee shall be composed of persons known to represent the interests of employers and of employees respectively, or a State joint apprenticeship committee may be approved as, or the council may act itself as, the joint committee in such trade or group of trades. Subject to a review by the council and in accordance with the standards established by the council, such committees may devise standards for apprenticeship agreements and give such aid as may be necessary in their operation, in their respective trades and localities.

L.1953, c. 198, p. 1503, s. 4.