Business Service Seminar Apprenticeships

1. Business Service SeminarApprenticeships

2. Question… What do you know about Apprenticeships?

3. Definition of Apprenticeship…. Registered Apprenticeship is a national training system that combines paid learning on-the-job and job related technical and theoretical education in a skilled occupation. The purpose of a Registered Apprenticeship program is to enable employers to develop and apply broad industry standards to a customized training plan that increases productivity and improves the quality of their workforce.

4. Core Components of Registered Apprenticeship The Employer is the foundation for the RA program and must be directly involved Employer Involvement Is Essential Minimum of 2,000 hours Structured and Supervised Structured, Paid On-the-Job Learning Related Technical Instruction 144 hours recommended per year Increases in skills brings about increases in earnings Rewards for Skill Gains Nationally recognized credential showing job proficiency. The Industry certifies individual is at the full performance level for the occupation National Occupational Credential

5. Apprenticeship is a flexible, customized, and proven model for building your workforce • Apprenticeship Is a Job • Industry • Drives the Program • Instructional Component • Apprenticeship is a job with a paid work component and wage progression Employers take the lead for apprenticeship programs by apprentice selection, curriculum design, and program operation. Apprenticeship has an educational / training component which can include technical colleges, a training provider or the company

6. Registered Apprenticeship are Flexible and can be Mixed-and-Matched for Business Solutions Traditional RA One-Year RA Pre-Apprenticeship to RA Front-Load RA

7. Pre-Apprenticeship Pre-Apprenticeships are designed to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in Registered Apprenticeship programs Pre-Apprenticeship programs are not certified by USDOL, but all programs must: • Have a documented partnership with at least one RA sponsor • Must expand the participant’s career pathway opportunities with industry-based training coupled with classroom instruction

8. Pre-apprenticeship to Registered Apprenticeship Direct Entry Model Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Programs have a partnership with an RA program to ensure direct entry with advanced credit upon completion of the pre-apprenticeship. Related Training and Instruction Related Training and Instruction Pre-apprenticeship Program Reward Skill Gains Reward Skill Gains Prior to Entry Year 2 Year 1 RI and/or OJL credit can be applied to RA program Structured OJL with Mentoring Structured OJL with Mentoring Industry Credential Issued by US DOL 2,000 hours 2,000 hours

9. Key Roles Within Registered Apprenticeships • Sponsors (Administrators) • Responsible for Administering the Program • Can be Employer, Consortia of Employers, Industry Associations, Educational or Training Providers, Community Based Organizations, or Other Workforce Intermediaries! • Employers (OJL) • Must have employer(s) • Must Drive Program Design /RI • Provider of OJL/Work-Based Learning • Supportive Services • Can bring together a range of other entities to complement program design and to support apprentices and industry partners. • Educational (RTI) Provider • Can be employer/industry based • Community Colleges • Others

10. GA CATT and US DOL Registered Apprenticeship Requirements

11. WIOA Services and Apprenticeship • Apprenticeship programs are training models • WIOA is a funding source that may be used to compliment an Apprenticeship Program

12. WIOA Services and Apprenticeship • Potential use of WIOA with Apprenticeships • On-the-Job (OJT) • Individual Training Accounts (ITA) • Incumbent Worker Training (IWT)

13. Question… • Where do you see opportunity for growth to use WIOA more to compliment Apprenticeships? • What ideas do you have? • What challenges have you encountered? • How can we assist you to link Apprenticeships as a training model to WIOA a funding source?

14. Benefits of Apprenticeships Apprentice: • Earn as they learn • Clear pathway to lean new skills and move up within the company • Opportunity to earn a credential with little or no cost • Upon completion, gain a National Apprenticeship Certificate and an Academic Award of Credit

15. Benefits of Apprenticeships Customized Training Partnerships Between Meet Specific needs of business Industry Secondary Edu. Enhance Employee Retention Post Secondary Edu. 91% of Apprentices that complete program are still with the company after 9 months Mentors & Training Providers Produce High Skilled Workers Pipeline Reliable quality workers

16. Where we are and growing… > 300 Companies Engaged in Georgia 120 Companies Engaged with TCSG 8875 Apprentices in Georgia TCSG 487 Apprentices Where we are going… TCSG Office of Workforce Development will become a Sponsor

17. Questions…. Holly Free-Ollard Apprenticeship Manager Office of Workforce Development 404.679.1695|hfree@tcsg.edu|TCSG.edu Bill Kraus United States Department of Labor State Director-Office of Apprenticeship (404)302-5897; Cell (404) 980-7355 kraus.william@dol.gov Brittany Bullock Business Services Manager Office of Workforce Development 404.679.1365 | bbullock@tcsg.edu|TCSG.edu