(1) An apprentice that meets the following criteria is not counted when computing the apprentice to journeyworker ratio:

(a) an apprentice that has completed 80 percent or more of the on-the-job training hours and related instruction in an apprenticeship program lasting more than 8,000 hours; or

(b) an apprentice that has completed 75 percent or more of the on-the-job training and related instruction for apprenticeship programs lasting less than 8,000 hours.

(2) The apprentice to journeyworker ratio applies to individual work sites as well as the entire firm or operation of the registered apprenticeship sponsor.