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PSAs
Apprenticeship Training
The Virginia Registered Apprenticeship is a "win-win" approach to workforce development that provides a combination of on-the-job training and related classroom instruction to more than 13,000 apprentices (employees) throughout the Commonwealth.
The Virginia Registered Apprenticeship currently meets the needs of approximately 2,000 Virginia sponsors (employers) who use custom-designed programs to train their workforce. Employers provide on-the-job training for their employees in a variety of occupations, ranging from high tech to highly skilled trades.
Click here to view Governor's Message on Registered Apprenticeship.
Employee Information
Eligibility and Requirements
- As a full-fledged employee of the sponsoring company, a registered apprentice completes a minimum of 2,000 hours of supervised on-the-job training and a minimum of 144 hours of related classroom instruction for each year of apprenticeship.
- Apprenticeship terms are occupation specific, but the average term is four years.
- Successful completion of the registered Apprenticeship Program earns the apprentice nationally recognized state certification as a journeyperson.
- All apprentices are registered through a Department of Labor & Industry apprenticeship representative.
Finding a Program
- Speak with your employer to see if your place of employment is a registered apprenticeship sponsor or if there is interest becoming a sponsor.
- If you work for a registered apprenticeship sponsor, have your employer contact a local Virginia Department of Labor & Industry apprenticeship representative to register you as an apprentice.
On-the-Job Training
The apprentice's sponsor provides on-the-job training through qualified journeypersons.
Related Instruction
Related instruction may be provided through your local community college, a vocational and technical center or, in some instances, at your place of employment.
Employer Information
Eligibility and Requirements
- An apprenticeship sponsor must adhere to the Minimum Standards for Apprenticeship.
- Some occupations adhere to additional standards for apprenticeship. Examples include but are not limited to cosmetology, land surveyor, electrician, and optician. Additional Standards may be found at the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation.
- Contact your local apprenticeship representative if you have questions about the Minimum Standards for Apprenticeship or additionally required standards.
How to Set-Up a Program
- If you meet the criteria listed under eligibility and requirements, fill out a sponsor information form and e-mail or fax it to your local apprenticeship representative.
- A representative will typically contact you within 48 hours.
On-the-Job Training
- Apprentices are trained by journeypersons who are employed by the sponsor.
- To ensure adequate training of apprentices the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons is generally one apprentice to one journeyperson.
- A minimum of 2000 hours per year of continuous employment is required of each apprentice.
Related Instruction
- Related classroom instruction may be provided through your local community college, a vocational and technical center and in some instances on the job site.
- A minimum of 144 hours of related instruction is recommended for each year of apprenticeship.
- Your apprenticeship representative will work with you and an instruction coordinator to find a related instruction provider and to develop curriculum to meet your needs.
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