(a) The Board means the Career Education and Workforce Development Board.

(b) The Department means the Arkansas Department of Career Education.

(c) Board of Electrical Examiners means people designated by the Arkansas Department of Labor to determine the eligibility of applications for various types of licenses in accordance with Act 1289 of 1997.

(d) Employer means any master electrician representing himself or a company who signs an Apprenticeship agreement to abide by these Rules and Regulations of Apprenticeship.

(e) Apprentice electrician means a person other than a master or journeyman electrician, residential master or journeyman, industrial maintenance electrician, or air conditioning electrician as provided in these guidelines of apprenticeship who is at least sixteen (16) years of age and covered by the required apprenticeship agreements.

(f) Apprenticeship Agreement means a written agreement as provided by the United States Department of Labor/Office of Apprenticeship (OA) signed by the Apprentice and (if the Apprentice is a minor) the parent or guardian, the Local Apprenticeship Committee and the participating company.

(g) OA means the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship.

(h) State Electrical Apprenticeship Committee means people designated by the Board to assist in carrying out the provisions of ACT 1289 of 1997 as amended.

(i) Local Apprenticeship Committee means a group composed of master and/or journeyman electricians who are licensed as prescribed by law, plus one person who shall be appointed from the Arkansas Department of Career Education by the State Electrical Apprenticeship Committee chosen to carry out the provision of ACT 1289 of 1997 as amended.

(j) Master electrician means any person, licensed as prescribed by law, skilled in the planning, superintending and the practical installation of electrical work and familiar with the laws, rules, and regulations governing the same.

(k) Journeyman electrician means any person, licensed as prescribed by law, other than a master electrician or an apprentice electrician, who is engaged in the practical installation of electrical work.

(l) Industrial maintenance electrician means any person, licensed as prescribed by law, who maintains and/or extends electrical conductors and equipment for electrical power and control systems on or within industrial, manufacturing, or similar type facilities.

(m) Air conditioning electrician means any person, licensed as prescribed by law, who installs, maintains, or extends electrical conductors or equipment solely for the purpose of supplying heating and air conditioning and refrigeration units.