Contractor Magazine reports the U.S. Department of Labor has announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to enhance the National Apprenticeship System by modernizing regulations for Registered Apprenticeships. The proposed rule would include the following enhancements: Strengthening of Labor Standards, quality and Worker protections by making occupational more»

Michigan Health and Hospital Association Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Ruthanne Sudderth participated in a Crains Detroit Ask The Expert interview and offered her take on rebuilding the health care talent pipeline using Registered Apprenticeship Programs. In part, she says: “Through Registered Apprenticeships, employers can gain an more»

Kelsey Misbrener at Solar Power World reports New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced a new $45 million Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Clean Energy Training Initiative – which will expand the capacity of Labor Organizations to offer training as a pathway to clean energy careers. Through this initiative, $15 million has now been made more»

Emily Arseneau at KRDO-TV reports on the Canine Training Apprenticeship Program, which was first implemented at the Federal Prison Camp (FPC) in Florence, Colorado back in 2015, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBP). Since the program was started, 63 incarcerated individuals have had the honor of working in the FPC Dog Program and 147 dogs have more»

The Carteret County (North Carolina) News-Times reports Carteret Health Care and Carteret Community College have partnered to offer Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) students a way to launch their health care career through a Registered Apprenticeship Program with ApprenticeshipNC. The Nurse Assistant Apprenticeship offers paid training for four to six more»

Paola Peralta at Employee Benefits News reports that amid increasingly dangerous cyber-security threats, the best talent in the industry needs to be trained to respond. Visa is doing just that with a new upskilling program open to all Workers, whether they work for the organization or not. The Visa Payments Learning Program was developed in response to more»

The Ontario (Canada) Construction News recently published a Labor News Perspective authored by Darci Spiteri, A Third Year International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 105 Apprentice who lives in Toronto, who offered her take on not only being a female in the Trades, but how her high expectations are now paying off. She says, in part: more»

Heidi Hommel at KTAR News reports on the Arizona Pipe Trades, which plans to expand its Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in Phoenix after receiving a $15 million investment from the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. Arizona needs to fill 265,000 construction jobs by next December, according to the Phoenix Chamber Foundation. The Arizona Pipe more»

Jeff Della Rosa at Talk Business & Politics reports the Arkansas Apprenticeship Alliance and Entegrity Energy Partners have launched the first U.S. Apprenticeship in the emerging Green Building Industry, which is expected to help Arkansas talent achieve their LEED Green Associate credential. The new Apprenticeship model establishes standards, national more»

New Jersey Business Magazine reports the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has announced the investment of $10 million to expand Apprenticeship Training Centers to meet the growing need for Skilled Workers as New Jersey experiences an unprecedented surge in infrastructure and public works initiatives. This initial funding seeks to more»

Karen Doyle at GOBankingRates.com reports that even though Apprenticeships are still technically a training period, the salaries can be eye-popping for the highest-demand jobs. Here are some Apprenticeships where you can earn $100,000 a year and make your student loan debt disappear: Software Developer Apprentice; Electrician Apprentice; Boat Sales more»

Kelly Vedi at NewAmerica.org reports that after investing over $4 billion in Career Education Programs in recent years, California Governor Gavin Newsom is concerned that there is “not a cohesive, connective tissue, not a compelling narrative that drives a vision and drives a focus forward.” To address this, Newsom has directed the more»

Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene at GovExec.com report that while Public Sector Apprenticeships have long flourished in other countries like Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland and Australia, the vast majority of U.S. Cities, Counties and States have done little in the past to promote this kind of formal job training approach for their own more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has announced the availability of $98 million in funding to support the delivery of Pre-Apprenticeships in high-demand industries, including construction, health care, information technology and hospitality. Funded through the USDOL’s YouthBuild Program, the grants will help provide more»

Sandra Pennecke at The Daily Press In Virginia reports on Hampton Roads experts who are saying Apprenticeships help disadvantaged Workers get into high-paying jobs while helping employers develop Employees and retain them longer. “Apprenticeship is a phenomenal pathway into positive economic mobility and family-sustaining wages,” said Christina more»

Burlington-Plattsburgh WCAX-TV reports from Montpelier, Vermont on a program that helps train people in ski lift maintenance - an effort that is celebrating 20 years. The Tramway Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship Program is a three-year program created in 2003 and includes more than 75 hours of classroom instruction and 6,000 hours of on-the-job work. more»

Brittney J. Miller at The Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette reports on Iowa’s Clean Energy boom and how Unionized Skilled Trades and Apprentices are working to supply a steady stream of Workers after the State received Federal funding, which is boosting the demand for Workers. Miller interviewed Scott Robinson of Cedar Rapids, who said he didn’t know more»

Bruce Martin at Forbes reports on NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon and Chad Knaus, who are leading Apprenticeship effort, whose collective goal is to hire one million new Automotive and Aviation Technicians in the next five years. National Apprenticeship Week begins today (Monday, November 13th) and Hendrick Motorsports sponsor NAPA, through the NAPA Network, more»

(LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK) – International Association of Machinists (IAM) Air Transport Territory Staff recently participated in a Girls in Aviation event at the Aviation Career and Technical Education High School in Long Island, New York that was aimed to showcase the wide range of career opportunities available in the Aviation Industry. The event more»

Becker’s Dental + DSO Review reports Dental Assisting Training and Apprenticeship Programs have been approved at the State level in the States of Montana and Utah to help combat workforce shortages. Nearly 90% of Dentists are facing problems recruiting enough Staff, according to the American Dental Association. In 2018, there were 5,700 first-year more»

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360, in partnership with The Cannabis Place, has announced the launch of the country's first Cannabis Retail Pre-Apprenticeship Training Course. Held at The Cannabis Place's Community Impact Room in Jersey City, 22 local students are learning the basics of working in a Cannabis Retail Environment from UFCW more»

Rick Moriarty at Syracuse.com reports Laborers Local 633 is planning to build a new Training Center in DeWitt, New York as it looks to expand its Membership to take on the upcoming Interstate 81 and Micron Construction Projects. Fully trained Laborers earn about $31 to $34 an hour, plus benefits. The Laborers plan to double the number of Apprentices in its more»

Jonathan Mejia at KFOX In El Paso, Texas reports on a new program that’s looking to help address the Teacher shortage across the Borderland by providing both job training and financial resources to complete the program. Education Service Center Region 19 has launched the first Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program in El Paso. The program looks more»

Sam Carter at WLKY in Louisville reports the Kentuckiana Electrician and Training Center seeks to fill the need for Electricians by offering a tuition-free, four-year training program. Students learn things as simple as wiring plugs in a house and as complex as electrical systems controlling things like running water. The Program's Training Director, more»

Cleo Krejci at The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Wisconsin Health Care Organizations are increasingly willing to invest in Employees' education through Apprenticeship Programs, particularly because the State is projected to see 32,000 job openings annually through 2030 as Baby Boomers age out of the workforce without enough younger Workers to replace more»

The Rome (New York) Daily Sentinel reports on the Indium Corporation - which is celebrating eight graduates of its first Apprenticeship Program. Indium - headquartered in Clinton, New York, is a materials refiner, smelter, manufacturer and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film and thermal management markets. “On behalf of more more»

James Tutten at WFTV/9 News reports on a new plan to help get more Teachers into Florida’s classrooms. The Florida Department of Education has approved new rules for a Teacher Apprenticeship Program where participants will start as Para-Professionals and will be paired with an experienced Teacher. They will get paid a salary and complete the more»

Charles Wilborn at The Danville Register & Bee reports two Danville groups have teamed together to launch the first registered EMT Apprenticeship Program in Virginia in an effort to recruit Emergency Services Workers. The Institute for the Advanced Learning and Research and the Danville Life Saving Crew partnered to sign 13 people in an early October more»

Deep Analytics, a Montpelier Vermont-based developer of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) was recently accepted as a DOD SkillBridge Partner. The SkillBridge Program aims to help transition Service Members from military to civilian life and places Service Members at civilian companies more»

The Bangor Daily News reports the University of Maine Cooperative Extension is offering two in-depth Horticulture Apprentice Training Workshops for Mainers looking to start a career in horticulture or for those wanting to elevate their gardening skills. The programs will teach foundational knowledge and skills, offer hands-on experience through practical more»

(KITCHENER, ONTARIO/CANADA) - In 2017, Kitchener, Ontario/Canada International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 804 - a major Construction Local in Southern Ontario - had eight Women among its Membership. Leadership decided that needed to be addressed. The Local needed to give more people a chance at the life-changing impact of IBEW more»

Paul Welitzkin at The Petoskey (Michigan) News-Review reports on a first-of-its-kind Apprenticeship Program in Northern Michigan that will help a Software Company train its Employees to become Coders or Programmers. The Pesto Group, in partnership with Northwest Michigan Works! - has launched a U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship. Seven more»

(MERIDIAN, IDAHO) - The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) announced grant awards that included $2 million for Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 7603 to establish a Registered Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Program for Broadband Technicians in Idaho aimed at preparing the skilled workforce needed to improve and upgrade broadband more»

Justin Backover at The Lehigh Valley Regional News reports on a first-of-its-kind Apprenticeship Program announced in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Industrial Training and Education Consortium of the Lehigh Valley (iTEC) is a new effort to meet the demands for skilled labor in advanced manufacturing. The effort brings together local businesses, colleges, more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has announced the award of $5 million to organizations in seven States to increase the numbers of women in Registered Apprenticeship Programs and help connect them with good-paying careers in non-traditional occupations where the Biden-Harris administration’s historic infrastructure, more»

Lisa Rowan CardinalNews.org reports on Virginia’s Youth Registered Apprenticeship Program that’s being offered at more than 30 school divisions across the State. The program connects high school students in career and technical education programs with employers willing to take on young workers to train them in fields ranging from machining and more»

The job of a Foreman may come with a bigger paycheck, but a key downside to the job has been that it hasn’t historically come with an instruction manual. That’s been changing, though - thanks to the decision by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Brotherhood (IBEW)’s Seventh District to create a Foreman Education and Training more»

KTHV-TV reports on a new training facility in Arkansas that will allow Apprentices to learn a new skill - the Arkansas-Oklahoma Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Trust’s 35,000-square-foot facility in Russellville. Training Director Brian Spradley says while Apprenticeship is great for high schoolers, the Union welcomes people of all ages and more»

WCAX-TV reports U.S. Senator Peter Welch is pushing the effort to train people in the Building Trades in order to keep them in the State of Vermont. At a Joint Economic Committee hearing held in Washington, D.C., Welch called for strengthening public-private partnerships to support job training and Apprenticeship opportunities in the Green Energy Sector: more»

Tiffany Hobbs at WJBF-TV reports U.A. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 150 has opened its doors to a new, expanded and improved Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in Downtown Augusta, Georgia. Union Leadership says this is “just one of the ways” Unionized Plumbers and Steamfitters, Pipefitters, Welders and HVAC Personnel are building for the more»

Emily Brown at WNEM-TV In Saginaw, Michigan reports on a new Apprenticeship Program at the Fenton Winery and Brewery. The program, which is registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, will help create Professional Cook opportunities. Apprentices will receive 495 hours of technical instruction at a community college and also complete 6,000 hours of more»

Sarah Motter at WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kansas reports that in the first year of the Office of Registered Apprenticeship in Kansas, the State saw a nearly 40% increase in those who completed Apprenticeship Programs. Since the office was created, Governor Laura Kelly said her State has made strides in Apprenticeship opportunities, including a 37.9% increase in more»

The PostAndCourier.com reports career opportunities at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), the managing and operating contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS), continue to grow with the start of the 20th Apprenticeship Program. The new mechanical engineering discipline is part of an ongoing commitment to create innovative workforce development at more»

The Maryland Daily Record reports the non-profit organization Civic Works’ Center for Sustainable Careers has kicked off its inaugural three-month Roofing Pre-Apprenticeship Job Training Program at its training facility in Baltimore. The organization supports underemployed and unemployed Baltimore residents in building the skills needed to secure more»

Jason Freund at KWES-TV In Midland/Odessa, Texas reports on a new Apprenticeship Program aimed at filling Teacher vacancies in Ector County, Texas. The Registered Apprenticeship Program for Teachers offers students who are interested in teaching the opportunity to get hands-on training while they are still going to school. The program also promises to more»

Tyler Hatfield at WPMT-TV In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports on the critical shortage of Medical Assistants in that State and across the country. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics there will be 123,000 Medical Assistant job openings each year and not enough Staff to fill them. To address this issue, the Pennsylvania Association of more»

Jeff Bernthal at KTVI-TV in St. Louis reports on an Apprenticeship Program in Collinsville, Illinois that’s training students with disabilities for future jobs. The City recently recognized four City Employees, who earned Apprenticeship Certificates from the U.S. Department of Labor for their efforts. The students with disabilities in special more»

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded two organizations - one in Elmira, New York - five-year grants totaling $2.17 million, to develop and strengthen Apprenticeship Training Programs aligned with NNSA’s needs for traditional and emerging Technician positions throughout more»

Tom Temin at The Federal News Network reports that you might have noticed, the U.S. Government has been moving steadily away from requiring college degrees for many jobs. Instead, Federal Agencies should hire according to skills people have. Since the Middle Ages, Apprenticeships have long brought unskilled people to acquire useful and career-grade more»

Joanna Hou at The Olympian in Olympia, Washington reports a U.S. Department of Labor grant will provide a $5.6 million boost to Special Education and Nursing Apprenticeship Programs around the State of Washington, as well as fund Pre-Apprenticeship recruitment efforts. The funding will go to Apprenticeships for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) in long-term more»