Approved Nail Technician Apprenticeship Requirements

Under Subsection 58-11a-102(6), the requirements for an approved nail technician apprenticeship include the following: (1)(a) under Subsections 58-11a-306(6)(b)(ii) and (iii), an instructor shall provide one-on-one direct supervision of a single apprentice during the apprenticeship program or one-on-two direct supervision to two apprentices during the apprenticeship program, but this does not preclude an instructor from having more than two apprentices; and (b) if an instructor has more than two apprentices: (i) the instructor may not simultaneously supervise more than two apprentices; and (ii) the same hour or hours of instruction may not be credited toward more than two apprentices; (2) the apprentice shall be registered with the Division by submitting a form prescribed by the Division; (3) the instructor shall be approved by the Division for the apprenticeship, but the instructor may not have had any disciplinary action in the preceding three years; (4) there shall be a conspicuous sign near the workstation of the apprentice stating, "Apprentice in Training"; (5)(a) the instructor and apprentice shall keep a daily record that documents the total number of hours of training, which shall include: (i) the hours of theory instruction; (ii) the hours of practical instruction; and (iii) the number and type of client services performed, and other services performed; and (b) the daily record shall be immediately available to the Division upon request; (6) a complete set of nail technician texts shall be available to the apprentice; (7) an apprentice may be compensated for services performed; (8) the instructor shall provide training and technical instruction of 375 hours using the curriculum defined in Section R156-11a-704; (9) the instructor shall limit the training of the apprentice to not more than 40 hours per week and not more than five days out of every seven consecutive days; (10) an apprentice may not perform work on the public until the apprentice has received at least 10% of the hours of technical training, with at least a portion of that time devoted to each of the subjects in Section R156-11a-704; (11) any hours obtained while enrolled in a school of nail technology or cosmetology/barbering may not be used to satisfy the required 375 hours of apprentice training; and (12) if an apprentice completes the apprenticeship and fails the NIC Nail Technology Theory Examination or NIC Nail Technology Practical Examination three times, the apprentice and instructor shall: (a) meet with the Board at the next appropriate Board meeting; (b) explain to the Board why the apprentice is not able to pass the examination; and (c) provide to the Board a plan of study in the appropriate subject matter to assist the apprentice in passing the examination.