Summary:

 House Bill 68 (HB 68) requires a one-to-one ratio of apprentice to journeyman for construction industry trades, and requires the Apprenticeship Council to formulate standards to ensure this ratio. Further, it establishes a requirement that apprentices be supervised by certified journeymen. 

Legislation Overview:

 In House Bill 68 (HB 68), Section 50-7-4 NMSA 1978 is amended to specify that the Apprenticeship Council must formulate standards to provide that in no case may the ratio of apprentice to journeyman exceed one-to-one for trade program standards registered in the building and construction industry trades. Further, the council must formulate such additional policies as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the Act.  The council is to prescribe its own rules of procedure. 

For trade classifications requiring journeyman certification, each apprentice must be supervised on a one-to-one basis by an individual who: (1) has obtained a journeyman certificate of competence in the journeyman classification that the individual will be supervising; and (2) is recognized by the construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department as properly certified to engage in the journeyman classification that the individual will be supervising.
 

Current Law:

 Current statute does not require a one-to-one ratio, nor specific standards to ensure this ratio. There is also no current requirement that apprentices be supervised by certified journeymen.