New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(Section 3)
"Appeal Panel" means the Vocational Training Appeal Panel constituted by
section 62.
"apprentice" means an employee who is party to an apprenticeship contract, and
includes a person who is employed as an apprentice but in respect of whom an
apprenticeship contract is not yet in force.
"apprenticeship" means an apprenticeship established under Division 2 of Part
2.
"apprenticeship contract" means a training contract under which an
apprenticeship is established.
"appropriate qualification", in relation to an apprenticeship or traineeship,
means a qualification that pursuant to a vocational training order may be
awarded by a registered training organisation for successful completion of the
required training for that apprenticeship or traineeship.
"certificate of identification" means a certificate of identification issued
under section 67.
"certificate of completion" means a certificate of completion issued under
section 23 in relation to a recognised traineeship vocation.
"certificate of proficiency" means a certificate of proficiency issued under
section 23, 35, 36 or 37 in relation to a recognised trade vocation or
recognised traineeship vocation.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Vocational Training referred to in
section 56.
"craft certificate" means a craft certificate issued under section 23, 35, 36
or 37 in relation to a recognised trade vocation.
"Department" means the Department of Education and Training.
"Director-General" means the Director-General of the Department.
"employer", in relation to an apprentice or trainee, means:
(a) in the case of an apprentice or trainee who is party to an apprenticeship or traineeship contract, the person who is, under that contract, the employer of the apprentice or trainee, or
(b) in the case of an apprentice or trainee in respect of whom no such contract is in force, the person by whom the apprentice or trainee is for the time being actually employed."exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
(a) an industrial instrument within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 1996 , or
(b) an award or agreement made or entered into in accordance with the provisions of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the Commonwealth."industry training officer" means an industry training officer appointed under section 65.
(a) the period specified in the vocational training order for that vocation or, if that period is extended under section 18, that period as so extended, or
(b) if an application for the establishment of an apprenticeship or traineeship in that vocation:being in either case the period beginning on the date on which the person begins working for the employer as an apprentice or trainee in that vocation.(i) is made before the end of that period, or that period as so extended, and(ii) the Commissioner’s or Tribunal’s determination of the application is not made until after the end of that period, or that period as so extended,the period ending on the date on which the person’s employer is notified of the Commissioner’s or Tribunal’s determination of the application,
(a) in the case of an employer that is a corporation, includes a reference to any person who, when the corporation became subject to the order, was a director of the corporation or was concerned in the management of the corporation’s business, and
(b) in the case of an employer that is a partnership, includes a reference to any person who, when the partnership became subject to the order, was a partner in the partnership or was concerned in the management of the partnership’s business."public servant" means an officer or temporary employee within the meaning of the Public Sector Management Act 1988 .
(a) a person who has a craft certificate or certificate of proficiency for that vocation, or
(b) a person who has qualifications and experience that, pursuant to a determination under section 35, 36 or 37, entitle the person to a craft certificate or certificate of proficiency for that vocation."recognised trade vocation" means a vocation that is designated as a recognised trade vocation by an order in force under section 5.
(a) the training that an apprentice or trainee is required by a vocational training order to undertake in connection with that vocation, or
(b) if a vocational training direction allows the apprentice or trainee to undertake alternative training, that alternative training."trainee" means an employee who is party to a traineeship contract, and includes a person who is employed as a trainee but in respect of whom a traineeship contract is not yet in force.