Apprenticeship Ambassador Application

OMB number: 1225-0059

Expiration Date: 02/28/2027

Application for Apprenticeship Ambassador

Thank you for your interest in becoming an Apprenticeship Ambassador. If selected, your company/organization will join a national movement to expand, diversify, modernize, and strengthen Registered Apprenticeships across America.

The goal of the Apprenticeship Ambassador Initiative is to create a network of employers, labor organizations, industry associations, sponsors, educators, workforce intermediaries, minority-serving organizations, and other stakeholders to serve as champions for their industry or area of expertise.

Please read the criteria and tips below to improve the quality of your application.

Criteria for Apprenticeship Ambassador Applications

• Applicant must be an organization (e.g. company, labor union or association of unions, business association, university or college, nonprofit organization, etc.) and not an individual.
• Applicant demonstrates one-year minimum (as of date of application submission) of Registered Apprenticeship (RA) experience, which may be demonstrated by virtue of the organization being one of the following:
  • RA sponsor of a RA program
  • RA Related Technical Instruction (RTI) provider for a RA program
  • RA Intermediary for a RA program
  • Employer in an RA program
  • Sponsor of pre-apprenticeship program that leads to a RA program
  • Community-based and nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated a capacity to successfully work in workforce development and focus on supporting, increasing, and diversifying talent in RA by partnering with RA sponsors, employers, and RTI providers.
• All RA sponsors, RTI provides, RA Intermediaries, Employers, and Pre-apprenticeship sponsors must have active apprentices or pre-apprentices enrolled.
• Applicant provides clear description of the organization’s one-year minimum of RA experience.
• The RA program(s) that the organization is sponsoring or participating in as an employer or RTI provider must be operating in compliance with all relevant federal and state laws and regulations.
• Applicant has made a RA Commitment – at least one option chosen on application.
• Applicant Point of Contact has the authority to represent the organization and submit this application on behalf of the organization.
• Application is signed by the Point of Contact.
• The Office of Apprenticeship Administrator reserves the right to reject any application that is found to be operating contrary to any relevant federal and state laws and regulations.

Tips for Completing Apprenticeship Ambassador Applications

1. Apprenticeship Ambassadors are organizations and not individuals.  Please list the RA experience of the applying organization rather than the individual representing and signing on behalf of the organization.
2. Applicant Point of Contact cannot be a current member of the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA).
3. The Point of Contact must have the authority to sign the application on behalf of the organization.
4. Provide the name(s) of the specific RA program(s) that the organization sponsors or participates in as an employer or RTI provider.
5. Applications must be signed by the Applicant Point of Contact. An unsigned application will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed.