From what I gather, this ammendment is an attempt to make it so that future apprenticeships are to be conducted soley through DOLI. If this is correct then I am AGAINST this proposal. The skills necessary to be a good tattooer are not learned in a classroom with anyone other than a professional tattooist. No one is even cracking down on the thousands of people blatantly advertising "cheap tatz" on Facebook, who are not only doing horrible tattoos, but giving people infections and diseases. I feel this regulation would encourage said kitchen wizards the freedom to get a nice little certificate that states they went to a class for tattooing trying to add to their credibility and thus continuing the filth they were already spreading.

Tattooing is something we, as artists, take very seriously so getting an apprenticeship should be a process left to the professionals. Apprentices need to be guided and that one-on-one attention is the only right way to get it done, in my opinion.