Workforce Development
Apprenticeship Programs: The Other Four-Year Degree
Joint labor-management apprenticeship programs are the lifeblood of our highly trained workforce. These nationally recognized programs provide a combination of intensive classroom/workshop education, and on-the-job training in the field, ensuring all future tradespeople acquire the greatest level of skill, safety, and efficiency in their respective craft.
- Apprentices not only earn good wages while they learn, but they also graduate their programs with ZERO tuition debt
- Building trade apprenticeship programs require similar number of hours as four-year university programs
- Tradespeople who complete registered apprenticeship programs earn $300,000 more over their lifetime than their peers
- The building trades and union contractors invest over $1.5 billion a year in registered apprenticeship programs
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