Registered Apprenticeship Creating a Brighter Tomorrow

Registered Apprenticeship: A Brighter Tomorrow  Modern Registered Apprenticeship combines carefully defined and employer-specific training under the guidance of a highly skilled mentor at the work site  On-the-job learning is supplemented with related classroom instruction

Registered Apprenticeship: A Brighter Tomorrow (continued)  Apprenticeship offers industry- driven learning, voluntarily sponsored by individual employers, employer associations and joint employer-employee groups

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Registered Apprenticeship: Advantages  Employ an effective skills-enhancement solution  On-the-job learning and classroom instruction provide a tested model for skill maximization  Nationally, more than 31,000 employers (sponsors) have implemented apprenticeship programs to meet specific training needs  More than 480,000 employees participate as apprentices

Registered Apprenticeship: Advantages (continued)  Sponsors include employers, employer associations and labor- management organizations  Apprentices come from diverse backgrounds and they include women, minorities, youth, persons with disabilities and dislocated workers

Registered Apprenticeship: Advantages  Maximize your workforce potential  Strengthen your human resource development effort  Evaluate skills of current workforce  Quickly enable new employees to contribute to company productivity  Instill loyalty and decrease turnover

Registered Apprenticeship: Advantages  Keep pace with changing workforce dynamics  Combat the challenges of advancing technology, shifting consumer demands, evolving business practices and changing demographics such as a large number of employees approaching retirement

Registered Apprenticeship: Advantages  Contribute to Economic Development  Enhance the education, skill and experience level of your employees  Boost your company, your community and our Nation by building a strong workforce

Registered Apprenticeship: Advantages  Employer Gain  A proven process by which experienced personnel impart knowledge and skills to new employees  Greater workforce competency and productivity  Partnerships with certification and licensing agencies  A valuable asset in the recruitment and retention of a highly qualified workforce

Registered Apprenticeship: Advantages  Employee Gain  On-the-job learning under the guidance of experienced and qualified personnel  Occupation-specific classroom instruction  Training and certification that meets industry and business standards  Opportunities to receive education, develop skills and to gain experience that enable employees to advance in their careers  Nationally recognized journeyman status

Registered Apprenticeship: Advantages  Time Tested  American Apprenticeship has deep roots  Among the early apprentices who went on to national distinction were George Washington, surveyor, Benjamin Franklin, printer, and Paul Revere, silversmith  Registered Apprenticeship was established with the signing of the Virginia Apprenticeship Act in 1938

Registered Apprenticeship in Virginia: Customers Served  More than *2,300 sponsors  More than *14,000 apprentices  Each year, approximately 1,600 apprentices graduate to become journeyworkers * numbers

Registered Apprenticeship in Virginia: Occupations  More than 300 occupations registered  A variety of occupations exist and include welders, ship fitters, electricians, plumbers and draftsmen

Registered Apprenticeship How It Works

Registered Apprenticeship: How It Works  On-the-Job Learning  Registered employers (sponsors) provide on-the-job learning to employees (apprentices)  A minimum of 2,000 on-the-job learning hours are provided  Each apprentice works closely with a journeyman for maximum results

Registered Apprenticeship: How It Works  Related Classroom Instruction  Apprentices attend classes at their local vocational technical center, community college or at a sponsor- run school  Participants spend approximately six hours a week in the classroom for a suggested minimum of 144 annual hours

Registered Apprenticeship: How It Works  Employer Requirements  Meet with your local apprenticeship representative to develop a registered training program  Review classroom instruction program with your local related instruction coordinator  Select employee(s) to provide on-the-job training  Identify employee(s) who will apprentice

Registered Apprenticeship: How It Works  Employee Requirements  Mechanical, physical and mental abilities to master techniques and technology of trade  Most employers require a high school diploma or a GED – math and communication skills  Must be at least 16 years old  Ability to work full-time and attend classes one of two nights per week

Registered Apprenticeship Standards Distinguish Quality

Registered Apprenticeship Ensures:  A full and fair opportunity to apply  A schedule of work processes  Organized related instruction  A progressively increasing wage schedule commensurate with skills  Proper supervision of on-the-job training

Registered Apprenticeship Ensures:  Adequate and safe facilities in which apprentices are trained  Regular evaluation of job performance and related instruction  No discrimination in any phase of selection, employment or training

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