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Registered Apprenticeship

Workforce Development ModelFormalized Career Education

Andrew Maciejewski, Executive Administrator OSAC

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Apprenticeship

- training in an art, trade, or craft under a legal agreement that defines the duration and conditions of the relationship between master or journey level and apprentice or learner.

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Apprenticeship History

• “Education for Work”, has its beginnings in about 2000 B.C. (organized apprenticeship) with the Scribes in Egypt.

• Rules for governing apprenticeships were included in the Code of Hammurabi, in 2100 B.C.

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• As the tools became more complex, the knowledge and skills became more specialized.

• Parents and family members could no longer teach the next generational everything they needed to become a productive member of society.– Indentureship

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• Children were apprenticed to a craftsman or artisan who obtained special skills and tools of a particular trade.

• In exchange for work, the craftsman would teach and instruct the child in the particulars of the particular trades.

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• Apprentices usually lived with their craftsman and did not receive pay, as they were learning a skill that was considered highly valuable.

• This model of “Domestic Apprentices”, disappeared with the expansion of industry in the Industrial Revolution.

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Industrial revolution brought:

• Compensation changed by employers to payments of wages.

• Wages graduated to a predetermined scale, to journey level or craftsman level.

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Modern Apprenticeship• First formalized apprenticeship took shape

in the United States dating back to 1911

• In 1937 Congress passed the National Apprenticeship Law , also known as the Fitzgerald Act– Formalized regulation– State recognition

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Formalized Regulation

• Define apprenticeable occupations

• Process schedules

• Training requirements

• Safety

• Wages

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State Recognition

• Ohio received State Apprenticeship Council (SAC) status by the Department of Labor in 1957– Ohio

• Laws and regulations• Promote and cultivate

– Registered Apprenticeship

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Today’s Registered Apprenticeship

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Apprenticeable Occupations

• The U.S. Department of Labor recognizes over 1000 occupations

•Advanced Manufacturing

•Aerospace

•Automotive

•Biotechnical

•Constructions

•Energy

•Health Care

•Hospitality

•Information Technology

•Transportation

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Criterion for Apprenticeable Occupations

• Customarily learned in a practical way through structured supervised on-the-job training

• Clearly identified and commonly recognized throughout an industry

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Criterion for Apprenticeable Occupations

• Involved manual, mechanical, or technical skills and knowledge which requires a minimum of 2000 hours of on the job training

• Requires related instruction to supplement the on the job training

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Registered Apprenticeship

• The incorporation of two, equally as important, elements to develop the apprentices to journey level / craftsman status.

On the Job Training Related Technical Instruction

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Core Elements of Registered

Apprenticeship

Contractual Agreement with OSAC / U.S. DOL, Sponsor entity, and Apprentice

Compliance with Federal Regulations 29 CFR 29/30 as well as

State Regulations OAC 5101:11

Defined and Approved standards for the delivery of the Related Technical Instruction and On the Job training

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On the Job training(OJT)

· 2000 hours per year· Structured, Supervised Systematic

Training· Wages and benefits defined in a

incremental schedule based on time or competency

· Safety Training

Programs range from 2000 hours in length to 10,000 based on the level of skill and competencies needed to be

mastered

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Related Technical instruction(RTI)

· 144 + contact hours per year· Sponsor Provided

- Possibly in concert with Community College or Adult Career Technical Center

· Based on industry standards and defined work process schedule

· Safety training

Program range is determined by length of

associated OJT and work process schedule.

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Related Technical Training

• Technical coursework transfers to college credit and pathway toward degree

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On the Job Training Related Technical Instruction

Completion Certificate

Certificate is a Nationally recognized

portable credential and in some cases a college

degree

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How does one get into a Registered Apprenticeship?

• Indentureship / contractual agreements“craft under a legal agreement that defines the

duration and conditions of the relationship between master or journey level and apprentice or learner.”

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How does one get into a Registered Apprenticeship?

• Sponsorship – organization that voluntarily registers their training program.– Meets state and federal regulations

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Sponsor Structure

• Union / joint labor management committee - consortium of employers

• Non-Union / joint labor management committee - consortium of employers

• Union / individual

• Non-Union / individual

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A sponsor of a program / occupation (s)– Individual makes application– Agreement between individual and sponsor,

which is certified and approved by the State• Agreement

– Occupation to be trained– Length– Wages

– State ensures this agreement is upheld

Indentureship =•Sustainable wage /

employment•Education

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Benefits of Registered Apprenticeship

For the Apprentice• Nationally-recognized portable credential• Sustainable wage and benefits• Career mapping • Increased marketable skill set and job security• Opportunity to have a paid education

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Benefits of Registered Apprenticeship for the Employer

• Greater employee productivity• Improved quality• Greater employee retention• Enhanced employee recruitment• Systematic approach for skill upgrade

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Ohio’s Apprenticeship System

• Currently 220 apprenticeable occupations in use

• 1,100 current sponsors representing over 10,000 employers

• 16,000 active apprentices

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Ohio’s Apprenticeship System• 3,700 new apprentices registered; annual

average ($12.25 per hour)

• 1,700 completion certificates issued, annual average ($22.60 per hour)

• 83% completion rate state wide– 98% still employed in occupation at 6 months– 90% still employed in occupation at 1 year

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Review

• Apprenticeship– Career and education– Employment and learning– Credentialed– Regulated

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Questions?