SYSTEM NAME:
Registered Apprenticeship Partners Information Data System (RAPIDS).
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
None.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Apprenticeship, Room N-5311, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 20210.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM:
Apprentices/Trainees.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
The categories of records include the following identifying information on apprentices/trainees: social security number, program number, State Code, O*NET/RAPIDS Occupation Code, Job Title, name, birth date, sex, ethnic code, Veteran code, registration date, previous experience date, and expected completion date.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
The National Apprenticeship Act, also referred to as the Fitzgerald Act, 29 U.S.C. 50.
PURPOSE(S):
Records of individual apprentice/trainee and apprenticeship/trainee program sponsors are used for the operation and management of the apprenticeship system of training.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
Statistical records may be disclosed to Joint Apprenticeship Committees and Nonjoint Apprenticeship Committees, and other apprenticeship sponsors to determine an assessment of skill needs and provide program information; to provide program information for State Apprenticeship Agencies (SAAs) and other State/Federal agencies concerned with apprenticeship/training needs; to research and community organizations such as the Urban League to utilize apprenticeship information in research.
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
None.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:
Files are stored electronically and/or on paper.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records are retrieved by the social security number of the apprentice/trainee by program type. However, data files are provided to researchers that have been cleaned of PII.
SAFEGUARDS:
Access by authorized personnel only. Computer security safeguards are used for electronically stored data and locked locations for paper files.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
Paper files retain for five years and then destroy. Inactive programs are stored indefinitely using routine IT protocols. Inactive and completed apprentices are stored indefinitely using routine IT protocols.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:
Administrator, Office of Apprenticeship, Room N-5311, Employment and Training Administration, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington D.C. 20210.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Inquiries should be mailed to the System Manager.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
A request for access should be mailed to the System Manager.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURE:
A petition for amendment should be mailed to the System Manager.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Apprentice/trainee and also Program Sponsor.
SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT:
None.