---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 30.10"
title: "29"
number: "30.10"
heading: "Selection of apprentices."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/30.10"
---

# §30.10. Selection of apprentices.

- (a) A sponsor's procedures for selection of apprentices must be included in the written plan for Standards of Apprenticeship submitted to and approved by the Registration Agency, as required under [§ 29.5](/cfr/29/29.5.md) of this title.
- (b) Sponsors may utilize any method or combination of methods for selection of apprentices, provided that the selection method(s) used meets the following requirements:
  - (1) The use of the selection procedure(s) must comply with the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP) ([41 CFR part 60-3](/cfr/41/part60-3.md)), including the requirements to evaluate the impact of the selection procedure on race, sex, and ethnic groups (Hispanic or Latino/non-Hispanic or Latino) and to demonstrate job-relatedness and business necessity for those procedures that result in adverse impact in accordance with the requirements of UGESP.
  - (2) The selection procedure(s) must be uniformly and consistently applied to all applicants and apprentices within each selection procedure utilized.
  - (3) The selection procedure(s) must comply with title I of the ADA and EEOC's implementing regulations at [part 1630](/cfr/29/part1630.md). This procedure(s) must not screen out or tend to screen out an individual with a disability or a class of individuals with disabilities, on the basis of disability, unless the standard, test or other selection criteria, as used by the program sponsor, is shown to be job-related for the position in question and is consistent with business necessity.
  - (4) The selection procedure(s) must be facially neutral in terms of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age (40 or older), genetic information, and disability.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 1, 50 Stat. 664, as amended (29 U.S.C. 50; 40 U.S.C. 276c; 5 U.S.C. 301); Reorganization Plan No. 14 of 1950, 64 Stat. 1267, 3 CFR 1949-53 Comp. p. 1007.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 92108, Dec. 19, 2016, unless otherwise noted.