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As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Apprenticeable occupation” means an occupation for which the chief has approved an apprenticeship program pursuant to Section 3075 of the Labor Code.
(b) “Building and construction trades” has the same meaning as used in Section 3075.5 of the Labor Code.
(c) “Chief” means the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations.
(d) “Construction,” “alteration,” “demolition,” “installation,” “repair,” and “maintenance” have the same meanings as used in Sections 1720 and 1771 of the Labor Code.
(e) “Graduate of an apprenticeship program” means either of the following:
(1) An individual that has been issued a certificate of completion under the authority of the California Apprenticeship Council or the chief for completing an apprenticeship program approved by the chief pursuant to Section 3075 of the Labor Code.
(2) An individual that has completed an apprenticeship program located outside California and approved for federal purposes pursuant to the apprenticeship regulations adopted by the United States Secretary of Labor.
(f) “Licensed contractor” means a contractor licensed by the Contractors’ State License Board.
(g) “Onsite work” shall not include work that was not within the scope of a prevailing wage determination issued by the Director of Industrial Relations as of January 1, 2021.
(h) “Prevailing hourly wage rate” means the general prevailing rate of per diem wages, as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations pursuant to Sections 1773 and 1773.9 of the Labor Code, but does not include shift differentials, travel, and subsistence, or holiday pay. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1773.1 of the Labor Code, the requirement that employer payments not reduce the obligation to pay the hourly straight time or overtime wages found to be prevailing does not apply if otherwise provided in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement covering the worker.
(i) “Registered apprentice” means an apprentice registered in an apprenticeship program approved by the chief pursuant to Section 3075 of the Labor Code who is performing work covered by the standards of that apprenticeship program and receiving the supervision required by the standards of that apprenticeship program.
(j) “Skilled journeyperson” means a worker who meets both of the following criteria:
(1) The worker either graduated from an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that was approved by the chief, or has at least as many hours of on-the-job experience in the applicable occupation that would be required to graduate from an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that is approved by the chief.
(2) The worker is being paid at least a rate equivalent to the prevailing hourly wage rate for a journeyperson in the applicable occupation and geographic area.
(k) “Skilled and trained workforce” means a workforce that meets both of the following criteria:
(1) All the workers are either registered apprentices or skilled journeypersons.
(2) (A) As of January 1, 2022, at least 30 percent of the skilled journeypersons are graduates of an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation.
(B) As of January 1, 2023, at least 45 percent of the skilled journeypersons are graduates of an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation.
(C) As of January 1, 2024, at least 60 percent of the skilled journeypersons are graduates of an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation.