(a) Acting Position is defined as a work assignment with duties and responsibilities outside those of the job classification to which the apprentice has been appointed. It is not an appointment to a “training and development” position. Typically, it is a temporary assignment for an unspecified period of time.

(b) Apprentice means California Correctional Peace Officer apprentice, unless otherwise specified. Correctional Peace Officer apprentice means a person at least 21 years of age, who is engaged in learning a designated trade as a Correctional Peace Officer, and who has entered into a written apprenticeship agreement under the provisions of the standards contained in these regulations and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). All persons newly appointed to rank and file Correctional Peace Officer classifications are apprentices, including less than full-time employees.

(c) Authorized Personnel means the In Service Training (IST) Manager and Assistant Training Manager, IST clerical support, the Local Apprenticeship Subcommittee (LAS), the employing department management and supervisory staff, the apprentice or the apprentices' authorized representative to review only the apprentice's own personal apprenticeship and training files, the Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS) consultant/personnel, Veterans Affairs personnel, the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training (CPOST) committee members and their alternates, CPOST advisors, Departmental Apprenticeship Coordinators, and Compliance Review team members.

(d) Commission means the Commission on Correctional Peace Officer Standards and Training (CPOST) as defined in Penal Code Section 13600.

(e) Employing Department means the California Department of Corrections (CDC) or the California Department of the Youth Authority (CYA).

(f) Employing Department Apprenticeship Coordinator means the personnel designated by CDC, CYA, and the California Correctional Peace Officer Association (CCPOA) to act as a coordinator for the operation of the Apprenticeship Program.

(g) First-Line Supervisor means an employee in a Correctional Peace Officer classification that supervises Correctional Peace Officer apprentices and journeypersons.

(h) First Watch means night shift. It encompasses a shift in which at least four (4) or more hours of the scheduled work shift fall immediately before 6:00 a.m.

(i) Journeyperson means all employees who are in a Correctional Peace Officer rank and file classification, who have successfully completed the appropriate apprenticeship program, or who were grandfathered as journeypersons before January 1, 1990, for that classification pursuant to the MOU.

(j) Limited/Light Duty means assignment to a work position that is consistent with the employee's temporary medical restrictions as determined by the treating physician.

(k) Local Appointing Authority means Warden, Superintendent, Parole Regional Administrator or designee.

(l) Local Apprenticeship Subcommittee (LAS) is a standing committee of the CPOST. Its responsibilities and functions are spelled out in these regulations and as further defined by the CPOST.

(m) Management means personnel designated by the CDC and the CYA to represent their organizations.

(n) MOU means the collective bargaining agreement between the state of California and the CCPOA.

(o) Out-of-Class Assignment means the same as “Acting Postion”.

(p) Out-of-Class Service means periods of work of 15 to 120 consecutive days, which are worked outside the classification to which the employee is assigned.

(q) Petitioner means the party submitting an appeal, which can be an individual apprentice, a journeyperson, a first-line supervisor, a group of such employees, the local chapter of the CCPOA, the Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Apprenticeship Standards, or the local appointing authority or designee.

(r) Qualifying Month means one month credit granted towards the completion of the apprenticeship program for every month in which an apprentice forwards to the LAS his/her LAS approved DAS 103-A form (Apprentice Record Book, Rev. 3-89).

(s) Qualifying Pay Period means either full-time employment with at least 11 working days in a pay period or intermittent (hourly) employment with at least 160 hours worked in a pay period.

(t) Related and Supplemental Instruction means any classroom instruction, training or education in subjects related to the correctional peace officer trade. Such instruction may be given to an employee in a classroom setting provided by a department, community college or high school district, or by a correspondence course of equivalent value or other forms of self-study approved by CPOST.

(u) Second-Line Supervisor means a supervisor two steps/ranks higher in the direct promotional line of the apprentice.

(v) Second Watch means day shift. It encompasses those shifts in which more than four of the work hours fall between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

(w) Secured Workstation means an area in a correctional facility completely enclosed by any combination of metal bars, chain link, safety glass, concrete, or the equivalent, with a controlled entrance and exit, ensuring the occupants' safety.

(x) Third Watch means evening/swing shift. It encompasses those shifts in which the employee works four or more hours of the shift falling after 2:00 p.m.

(y) Training and Development Assignment means a formal appointment to a work assignment outside the scope of an employee's appointed classification, as defined by the State Personnel Board. It is usually for a set period of time, not to exceed two years.

(z) Work Site means the apprentice's assigned facility, which is not an academy.