Short answer. Yes. Article 62 of the Labor Code requires that a copy of your apprenticeship agreement be furnished to both you and your employer once it is signed and ratified by the appropriate apprenticeship committee. If you never received your own copy, you may request it directly, because the law entitles you to hold one.
What the law says
Every apprenticeship agreement shall be signed by the employer or his agent, or by an authorized representative of any of the recognized organizations, associations or groups and by the apprentice.
Labor Code, Article 62 — Signing Of Apprenticeship Agreement. Read the full provision →
What the law says
Every apprenticeship agreement entered into under this Title shall be ratified by the appropriate apprenticeship committees, if any, and a copy thereof shall be furnished both the employer and the apprentice.
Labor Code, Article 62 — Signing Of Apprenticeship Agreement. Read the full provision →
Who has to sign the agreement
Article 62 sets out who signs an apprenticeship agreement before it can take effect. It requires that every apprenticeship agreement shall be signed by the employer or his agent, or by an authorized representative of any of the recognized organizations, associations or groups and by the apprentice. If the apprentice is a minor, the child does not sign alone and the employer cannot sign on the child's behalf either — a parent or guardian signs for the minor, and only if no parent or guardian is available does an authorized representative of the Department of Labor step in. Once properly signed, the agreement is binding during its lifetime, meaning both sides are held to its terms for the whole training period agreed upon.
Ratification and your own copy
Signing is not the last step. The law also requires that every apprenticeship agreement be ratified by the appropriate apprenticeship committees, if any, and a copy thereof shall be furnished both the employer and the apprentice. That means you, the apprentice, are entitled to your own copy as a matter of law, not as a favor from your employer. The obligation to furnish it falls on whoever administers the agreement once it has been ratified, and it applies regardless of your age or whether a parent signed on your behalf.
Why your copy matters
An apprenticeship agreement typically fixes the wage rate, the length of training, and the skills or trade covered. Without your own copy, you have no easy way to check whether your employer is following what was actually agreed — for example, whether you are being paid the rate written into the agreement, or whether you are being kept on past the training period it specifies. Holding your copy lets you compare what is happening on the ground against what was signed, which matters most exactly when a dispute arises.
If you were never given one
If your employer never furnished you a copy, that is a lapse of a duty the law itself imposes, not something you have to accept. You may ask your employer directly for the copy you are entitled to under Article 62. Because the agreement is also meant to be ratified by an apprenticeship committee, a record of it should exist beyond your employer's own files, which gives you somewhere to turn if a direct request does not produce your copy.