; (B) are demonstrably national or multi-State in their design, suitability, and scope; and (C) are registered on a nationwide basis by the Office of Apprenticeship upon having satisfied the requirements of this Act. (17) Nontraditional apprenticeship population The term nontraditional apprenticeship population means a group of individuals (such as individuals from the same gender, race, or ethnicity), the members of which— (A) comprise fewer than 25 percent of the program participants in a program under the national apprenticeship system; or (B) comprise a percentage of individuals employed in an occupation that is lower than the percentage of the total population comprised by such members, based on the most recent satisfactory data from the Bureau of the Census. (18) Nontraditional apprenticeship occupation (A) In general The term nontraditional apprenticeship occupation means an occupation in an industry sector which has an average program participant rate of fewer than 10 percent for each of the 5 preceding years. (B) Program participant rate In this paragraph, the term program participant rate , when used with respect to an occupation in an industry sector, means the percentage of the total program participants that participate in a program under the national apprenticeship system in such occupation. (19) Occupation suitable for apprenticeship The term occupation suitable for apprenticeship means an occupation that the Administrator has approved as an occupation suitable for apprenticeship under section 121. (20) Outlying area The term outlying area means American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. (21) Pre-apprentice The term pre-apprentice means a participant in a pre-apprenticeship program. (22) Pre-apprenticeship program The term pre-apprenticeship program means a training model or program that— (A) prepares individuals for acceptance into an apprenticeship program; (B) meets the standards described in section 122(c)