§372-3  Standards for agreements. 
"Standards for apprenticeship agreements" are as follows:



(1)  A statement of the trade or craft to be taught
and the required months or hours for completion of apprenticeship which shall
be not less than twelve months or two thousand hours of reasonably continuous
employment;



(2)  A statement of the processes in the trade or
craft divisions in which the apprentice is to be taught and the approximate
amount of time to be spent at each process;



(3)  A statement of the number of hours to be spent in
related instruction which shall not be less than one hundred and forty-four
hours per year; provided that the department of labor and industrial relations
may, in the best interest of apprenticeship, reduce the hours of related instruction;



(4)  A statement that apprentices shall be not less
than sixteen years of age;



(5)  A statement of the progressively increasing scale
of wages to be paid the apprentice;



(6)  Provision for a period of probation during which
the director of labor and industrial relations shall be directed to terminate
an apprenticeship agreement at the request in writing of any party thereto;



(7)  Provision that after the probationary period the
director may terminate an apprenticeship agreement upon agreement of the
parties thereto;



(8)  Provision that the services of the department may
be utilized for consultation regarding the settlement of differences arising
out of the apprenticeship agreement where the differences cannot be adjusted
locally or in accordance with the established trade procedure;



(9)  Provision to specify the ratio of apprentice to
journey worker;



(10)  Provision that if an employer is unable to
fulfill the employer's obligation under the apprenticeship agreement, the
employer may transfer the obligation to another employer;



(11)  Such additional standards as may be prescribed in
accordance with this chapter.



An apprentice who, prior to entering into an
agreement, has had training or experience or both in the trade or craft in
which the apprentice is employed as an apprentice may be granted full or
partial credit for the training or experience on the recommendation of the
employer or the joint apprenticeship committee with the approval of the
director. [L Sp 1941, c 23, pt of §4; am L 1943, c 158, pt of §2; RL 1945, pt
of §4145; am L 1955, c 31, §1(c); RL 1955, §89-3; am L 1959, c 14, §2; am L
1967, c 20, §1(b); HRS §372-3; am L 1978, c 67, §1; gen ch 1985, 1993]