1. The State Apprenticeship Director shall:

(a) Administer the provisions of this chapter with the advice and guidance of the State Apprenticeship Council.

(b) Keep a record of agreements and their dispositions.

(c) Issue certificates of completion of apprenticeship at the request of the local joint apprenticeship committee.

(d) Promote apprenticeship programs through public engagement activities and other initiatives.

(e) Ensure information and resources related to applications for new apprenticeship programs are made available to the public, including, without limitation, information related to technical assistance and requirements for applicants of new apprenticeship programs.

(f) Establish and maintain an Internet website that provides information regarding apprenticeship programs to the public.

(g) Assist the Council in identifying opportunities for linkages and coordination with the State’s economic development strategies and workforce investment system that is paid for wholly or in part with public money, in accordance with 29 C.F.R. § 29.13.

(h) Coordinate community-based outreach initiatives designed to promote apprenticeship opportunities among students, displaced workers and other persons who face barriers to entering the workforce.

(i) Prepare budgets and compile annual reports to the Legislature, Executive Director and Governor.

(j) Perform other administrative duties on behalf of the Council.

(k) Perform such other duties as are necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this chapter.

2. The administration and supervision of related and supplemental instruction for apprentices, coordination of instruction with job experiences, and the selection and training of teachers and coordinators for that instruction are the responsibility of the local joint apprenticeship committees.

3. As used in this section, “technical assistance” means guidance provided by the Office of Workforce Innovation to the sponsor of a proposed or existing apprenticeship program for the development, revision, amendment or processing of standards of apprenticeship or apprenticeship agreements and the provision of advice to or consultation with such a sponsor to further compliance with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

[4:192:1939; 1931 NCL § 506.03] — (NRS A 1977, 282; 1987, 444; 2017, 4322)