Apprenticeship Training Program
Job Seeker
Apprenticeship Leads to Unlimited Career Opportunities
As an apprentice, you are trained for well-paying jobs with promising futures.
Unlike enrolling in a university or college where YOU PAY for your entire education,
as an apprentice, YOU GET PAID to learn and become a certified journeyworker.
Other benefits include:
- higher wages;
- a higher quality and versatility of skills;
- training and certifications that meet industry and employer standards; and
- an opportunity to convert completed registered apprenticeship training into
college credit and degrees at participating colleges and other postsecondary
institutions.
If You Want to Become an Apprentice
Determine the trade in which you would like to pursue a career. Find an employer
who will hire you and agree to train you as an apprentice. After you have registered
with the U.S. Department of Labor Office
of Apprenticeship, you learn the skills of your trade by working closely with a skilled
journeyworker in this business. For the work you do, your employer pays you a wage
that increases with your skill level over the length of your apprenticeship.
If You Have Just Become an Apprentice
Training combines on-the-job
skill development and technical related classroom training. Depending on the trade and
the number of levels required to complete the apprenticeship, about 80 percent of your
time is spent learning practical skills while supervised by a qualified journeyworker.
The remaining 20 percent is technical, related classroom training.
If You are Presently Working in an Apprenticeship Trade
If you have developed significant experience and ability in a designated trade, and want
to become a fully qualified journeyworker, you can receive credit for previous job experience
and training. Certification is available through a written examination after entering a trade.
If you have been working in the trade for less than 10 years, ask your employer about entering
into a formal apprenticeship agreement with you. You may be able to shorten your length of
apprenticeship because of time already spent working in the trade.
Contacts
Job seekers interested in applying to enter a registered apprenticeship training program may
contact:
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