- Apprenticeship Regulations and Guiding Documents
- The Apprenticeship System Overview
- Registered Apprenticeship Program Overview
- Understanding Davis Bacon
- Service Excellence: Providing Quality Customer Service as a DOL-Funded Investment Partner
- DOL-funded Intermediary Roles and Responsibilities
- Registered Apprenticeship Standards
- Creating and Implementing Affirmative Action Plans (AAPs)
- Occupations and Approaches of Registered Apprenticeship Program
- Providing Reasonable Accommodations
- Standards Builder Walkthrough
- Understanding the Affirmative Action Plan Builder
- Disability Inclusion Starts with You
- Meeting EEO Requirements through Affirmative Action Programs
- EEO Requirements for Registered Apprenticeship Programs with Five or More Apprentices
- Expanding Outreach and Recruitment to Underrepresented Populations
- Implementing Successful Outreach and Selection in Registered Apprenticeship Programs
- Universal Outreach Tool Tutorial
- Funding Opportunities to Support Registered Apprenticeship
- State Tax Credits and Tuition Support
- Active DOL-funded Grants and Contracts
- Resource Toolkit for Onboarding New Grantees
This module summarizes the regulations and guiding documents in which registered apprenticeship programs are grounded, including the National Apprenticeship Act and the key regulatory provisions as outlined in 29 C.F.R. 29 and 29 C.F.R. 30 on Apprenticeship.
This module covers the responsibilities of the key offices and organizations that comprise the apprenticeship system. You will also learn about points of contact for registered apprenticeship offices in each state and territory.
This module provides an overview of registered apprenticeship programs by presenting the key components of registered apprenticeship programs and explaining the benefits that registered apprenticeship brings to employers and apprentices.
This microlearning introduces the Davis-Bacon Act and the impact of its standards on registered apprenticeship programs. Designed to be completed in 15-20 minutes, the training aims to clarify what is required to uphold Davis-Bacon standards in registered apprenticeship programs. The module includes relevant scenarios and guidance for working with partners to implement standards.
Quality customer service is critical to expand registered apprenticeship and reach apprenticeship goals. This course explores important concepts in customer service, and how DOL-funded investment partners can work with partners and collaborate with registration agency staff to ensure the smooth implementation of registered apprenticeship programs. This course also provides practical tips for managing competing priorities and opportunities to apply the information you learn to realistic customer scenarios.
This module focuses on intermediaries funded by DOL to help expand registered apprenticeship across target industry sectors. It introduces the roles and responsibilities of DOL-funded intermediaries and examines how they can best work with states and territories in fulfilling their mission to expand registered apprenticeship.
This module covers the labor standards for the registration of apprenticeship programs as outlined in Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Part 29.5. It explains the apprenticeship standards outlined in the federal regulations and identifies resources that are available to help develop registered apprenticeship standards.
This learning module explains how to create AAPs and implement them in registered apprenticeship programs. The module also presents case studies of registered apprenticeship programs that successfully implemented affirmative action efforts and how their programs have benefited.
This module identifies and defines the three training approaches to registered apprenticeships and elaborates on how occupations and time frames are selected for registered apprenticeship programs. It also explores examples of registered apprenticeship programs and the impacts on business.
This module describes reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and provides specific examples of reasonable accommodations in different industries and occupations. The module also addresses how to collaborate with the Office of Disability Services.
This module provides a step-by-step demonstration on how to utilize the Standards Builder to create standards of apprenticeship. With Standards Builder, you can quickly customize and register a program in one place.
This demonstration video provides an overview of the Affirmative Action Plan Builder. Sponsors are required to develop Affirmative Action Plans if they 1) have five or more apprentices and 2) do not already have an approved equal employment opportunity (EEO) plan in place.
This video explains why companies doing business with the federal government ask job applicants and employees to voluntarily self-identify if they have a disability and the important role that self-identifying plays in ensuring equal employment opportunity for people with disabilities.
This module reviews EEO requirements for all registered apprenticeship programs. Sponsors will learn about the five universal EEO requirements for registered apprenticeship programs. This will help ensure sponsors are meeting their requirements under 29 C.F.R. Part 30.
This learning module discusses the additional EEO requirements for registered apprenticeship programs with five or more apprentices.
This module discusses how to create successful outreach and recruitment plans to reach apprentices from underserved communities.
This training reviews EEO requirements for outreach and recruitment, distinguishes between universal and target outreach and recruitment, summarizes EEO requirements for apprentice selection, and identifies required records for collection maintenance.
This tutorial provides a demonstration of the web-based Universal Outreach Tool. This tool provides a simple method to identify resources that may be able to assist sponsors with both general and targeted outreach to potential apprenticeship applicants.
This presentation focuses on potential funding opportunities that can support apprentices, employers, and other sponsors, including Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) workforce funding, apprenticeship grant funding, working with contracted intermediaries, and where to go for additional information.
This link offers a list of states that offer tax credits, funding, and other tuition support for hiring registered apprentices.
This link offers a list of organizations with existing DOL-funded grants and contracts to support registered apprenticeship.
This toolkit will help new registered apprenticeship grantees from the initial award throughout the life cycle of your grant. It includes links to resources on grant management, apprenticeship basics, performance, partnerships and engagement, pre-apprenticeship, EEO, and funding and sustainability.
Contact us with questions or for more information at raacademy@dol.gov