Apprenticeship programs must conduct utilization analyses for race, ethnicity, and sex. Are additional analyses needed for age and veteran status?

The availability analysis looks at the racial, sex, and ethnic breakdown of qualified individuals available for apprenticeship in the sponsor’s recruitment area.  Individuals are considered qualified if they meet the basic requirements for enrollment in the apprenticeship program.  Registration Agencies work closely with each sponsor during regular compliance reviews to develop and conduct an availability analysis. 

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The workforce analysis should use the sponsor’s apprentice data, regardless of whether or not the sponsor is also the employer.

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Yes. The Registration Agency will provide significant technical assistance during compliance reviews to help sponsors conduct their availability and utilization analyses.  An automated tool has been developed for staff to use in helping sponsors conduct the analyses.  The Demographic Analysis Tool simplifies the process, by using the most recent Census data on all workers in the civilian labor force (persons working and those looking for work) to perform the availability analyses.  The tool also allows staff and sponsors to easily identify where the program is underutilizing women or ethnic/racial minorities.

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If the sponsor recruits separately for discrete locations, each training location will conduct its own utilization analysis and, with the assistance of Registration Agency staff, will identify the appropriate recruitment area for those locations.  If the program recruits nationally for a centralized training location, the program will conduct the analysis using national-level Census data.  Registration Agency staff will be trained to assist sponsors in conducting analyses using Census data, as well as the Demographic Analysis Tool.

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