Registered Apprenticeship Workforce Development Model Formalized Career Education Andrew Maciejewski, Executive Administ

1. Registered ApprenticeshipWorkforce Development ModelFormalized Career EducationAndrew Maciejewski, Executive Administrator OSAC

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Industrial revolution brought: • Compensation changed by employers to payments of wages. • Wages graduated to a predetermined scale, to journey level or craftsman level.

8. 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

9. Formalized Regulation • Define apprenticeable occupations • Process schedules • Training requirements • Safety • Wages

10. 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

11. Today’s Registered Apprenticeship

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Core Elements of Registered Apprenticeship

19. Related Technical Training • Technical coursework transfers to college credit and pathway toward degree

20. On the Job Training Related Technical Instruction Completion Certificate Certificate is a Nationally recognized portable credential and in some cases a college degree

21. 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.”

22. How does one get into a Registered Apprenticeship? • Sponsorship – organization that voluntarily registers their training program. • Meets state and federal regulations

23. Sponsor Structure • Union / joint labor management committee - consortium of employers • Non-Union / joint labor management committee - consortium of employers • Union / individual • Non-Union / individual

24. 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

25. 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

26. Benefits of Registered Apprenticeship for the Employer • Greater employee productivity • Improved quality • Greater employee retention • Enhanced employee recruitment • Systematic approach for skill upgrade

27. Ohio’s Apprenticeship System • Currently 220 apprenticeable occupations in use • 1,100 current sponsors representing over 10,000 employers • 16,000 active apprentices

28. 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

29. Review • Apprenticeship • Career and education • Employment and learning • Credentialed • Regulated

30. Questions?