As an apprentice, you make a registration agreement with your apprenticeship committee. The committee’s responsibility is to provide the opportunity for you to become a skilled journey worker in the occupation you’ve chosen. The committee must assure that you’re treated and evaluated fairly during your apprenticeship. The committee decides what employer you are assigned to, when you advance in the program and what rules and policies you must follow. You have the responsibility to fully participate in the apprenticeship program by working cooperatively with the training agent you’ve been assigned to, to complete all of your related training classes and to follow the committee’s rules and policies.
The committee which includes an equal number of employers and employee representatives, it is called a “joint apprenticeship training committee” or (JATC). The committee sets the policies, develops curriculum, supervises the apprenticeship program and certifies apprentices at the journey-level upon completion of the program.