Section 15
SEC. 15. Section ten of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 10. As used in this Act: "(a) The term 'apprentice' means a worker who is covered by a written apprenticeship agreement with an individual employer or any of the organizations, associations or groups recognized under Section 4-B of this Act, which contract is duly registered with the Bureau. "No person shall work or be engaged as apprentice unless he is at least sixteen years of age; and shows his fitness for training by a demonstration of his capacities and aptitude, and presentation of a certificate of his physical fitness by a medical officer of the Department of Labor or Department of Health or such others as may be authorized by the Bureau. Completion of the high school course shall not be an absolute requirement for entry into apprenticeship. Adequacy of educational background shall be generally determined through the applicant's ability to comprehend and follow oral and written instructions. Trade and industry associations, with the concurrence of the Bureau, may however recommend to the Secretary of Labor higher educational background requirements for the more technically demanding occupations. Such recommendations, if approved by the Secretary of Labor, shall be the educational requirement for apprenticeship in such occupations. An employer may waive such requirement if the apprentice-applicant convincingly demonstrates exceptional ability. "(b) The term 'apprenticeship' means that system of training in an apprenticeable occupation which consists of practical training on the job supplemented by theoretical instruction. "(c) The term 'apprenticeable occupation' means any trade, form of employment or occupation which is found suitable for more than three months of practical training on the job in combination with supplementary theoretical instruction. Such occupations can be the basis of apprenticeship programs and the employment of apprentices. "(d) The term 'employ' includes to suffer or permit to work; "(e) The term 'employer' includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee or apprentice; "(f) The term 'industry' includes any trade or business, enterprise or branch or branches thereof or any calling, service or employment in which individuals are gainfully employed. "(g) The term 'person' includes an individual partnership, association, corporation, business trust, legal representatives or any organized group of persons."