Apprenticeship Training Programs

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APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS

Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices (or in early modern usage "prentices") or protégés build their careers from apprenticeships. Most of their training is done on the job while working for an employer who helps the apprentices learn their trade, in exchange for their continuing labour for an agreed period after they become skilled. Theoretical education may also be involved, informally via the workplace and/or by attending vocational schools while still being paid by the employer.

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The system of apprenticeship first developed in the later Middle Ages and came to be supervised by craft guilds and town governments. A master craftsman was entitled to employ young people as an inexpensive form of labor in exchange for providing food, lodging and formal training in the craft. Most apprentices were males, but female apprentices were found in crafts such as seamstress, tailor, cordwainer, baker and stationer. Apprentices usually began at ten to fifteen years of age, and would live in the master craftsman's household. Most apprentices aspired to becoming master craftsmen themselves on completion of their contract (usually a term of seven years), but some would spend time as a journeyman and a significant proportion would never acquire their own workshop. Subsequently governmental regulation and the licensing of polytechnics and vocational education formalized and bureaucratized the details of apprenticeship. REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP Registered apprenticeship is a voluntary training program that has proven to be highly effective for centuries. Throughout recorded history, people have been transferring skills from one generation to another in some form of apprenticeship. Today the need for skilled tradesmen or craftsmen in an

organization is more critical than ever. Apprenticeship is a training system that produces highly skilled workers who are able to meet the demands of employers who are competing in a highly competitive environment. Each and every day the Indian economy continues to come under increasing competitive global pressure. In that regard, organization not only finds itself economically competing with other organizations but with the entire manufacturing world. The most important asset any organization must posses in today s competitive market is a highly trained and skilled workforce. One significant way to create and maintain a skilled workforce is through a highly effective on-the-job apprenticeship training program. The unique feature of the apprenticeship concept is that on-the-job training is supplemented with technical classroom instruction. Apprentices work under the supervision of qualified journey workers to develop their chosen trade or skill and learn the techniques, materials, and equipment associated with that trade. Classroom instruction that provides training in theoretical and technical aspects of the trade is required. Minimum class time is 144 hours for each year of apprenticeship, but may be higher for some trades. Apprentices are generally evaluated every six months and receive pay raises based upon their proven progress in skill development as well as their classroom proficiency.

INDUSTRIES PARTICIPATING IN REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP · Construction · Manufacturing · Telecommunications · Information Technology/Networking · Service and Retail Industries · Health Care · Public Utilities · Public Sector

BENEFITS OF REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS For employers, benefits include: · Skilled workers trained to industry/employer specifications to produce quality results · Reduced turnover · Increased productivity · Industry's need to remain competitive by investing in the development and continuous upgrade of the skills of its workforce · Reduced worker compensation costs due to an emphasis on safety training · Compliance with federal and state equal opportunity requirements facilitated For apprentices benefits include: · Jobs that usually pay higher wages · Higher quality of life and skills versatility · Portable credentials recognized nationally and often globally · Opportunity for college credit and future degrees

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