; and (B) a sponsor. (5) Apprenticeship hub The term apprenticeship hub means a regional or sectoral qualified intermediary recognized by a State apprenticeship agency or a State Office of Apprenticeship as organizing and providing activities and services related to the development of programs under the national apprenticeship system. (6) Apprenticeable occupation The term apprenticeable occupation means an occupation that the Administrator has determined meets the requirements of section 121. (7) Apprenticeship program The term apprenticeship program means a program that meets the standards described in section 122(b) and is registered under this Act. (8) Competency The term competency means the attainment of knowledge, skills, and abilities in a subject area, as specified by an occupational skill standard and demonstrated by an appropriate written or hands-on proficiency measurement. (9) Department The term Department means the Department of Labor. (10) Education and training provider The term education and training provider means— (A) an area career and technical education school; (B) an early college high school; (C) an educational service agency; (D) a high school; (E) a local educational agency or State educational agency; (F) a Tribal educational agency, Tribally controlled college or university, or Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institution; (G) a postsecondary educational institution; (H) a minority-serving institution (as described in any of paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(a) )); (I) a provider of adult education and literacy activities under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.); (J) a local agency administering plans under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.), other than section 112 or part C of that title ( 29 U.S.C. 732 , 741)