Apprenticeship Council

The Apprenticeship Council formulated policy and set standards for the Apprentice Training Program. This included administering and approving the apprenticeship agreements entered into by apprentices and employers. Additionally, the council appointed, fixed the compensation, and prescribed the duties and powers of a director of apprenticeship--with the approval of the Industrial Commission. The council was also responsible to make an annual report of its activities and findings to the Industrial Commission.

The twelve-member council designated from its membership a chairman and a secretary, neither of whom could be employees of the state. No official action could be taken by the council without the concurrence of a majority of the voting members of the council.

The Apprenticeship Council went through several incarnations during its near fifty year existence. However, by its end the council was composed of twelve representatives: four members representing employees in the various trades; four private citizens; one member representing the State Board for Applied Technology Education; one member representing higher educational institutions of the state; and the director of the Division of Employment Development in the Department of Workforce Services. The chairman of the Industrial Commission, later the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services, appointed all members and sat as an ex officio member of the council without vote. Each member served for a term of three years.