Program Administration
  • Program Sponsor Orientation
  • RAPIDS Overview Demonstration
  • RAPIDS Program Sponsor User Guide
  • Providing Reasonable Accommodations
  • Creating and Implementing Affirmative Action Plans
  • The Role of Mentorship in Registered Apprenticeship Programs
  • Developing Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Programs
  • Promoting Worker Mental Health and Wellness
  • Integrating Industry-Recognized Credentials in Registered Apprenticeship Programs
  • Recordkeeping for Sponsors
    Regulations and Compliance
  • Apprenticeship Legislation, Regulations, and Guidance
  • Understanding Davis Bacon
  • Generating Davis-Bacon Certifications in RAPIDS
  • Understanding Federal Youth Labor Laws for Sponsors
  • State Youth Labor Laws and Additional Federal Guidance for Sponsors
  • Training Techniques and Adult Learning Styles
  • Promoting an Anti-Harassment Environment
    EEO
  • EEO Requirements for Registered Apprenticeship Programs with Five or More Apprentices
  • Meeting EEO Requirements through Affirmative Action Programs
    Funding and Grants
  • GI Bill Benefits to Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors
  • The Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL) from the Sponsor Perspective
  • State Tax Credits and Tuition Support
    Outreach and Recruitment
  • Hire Veterans
  • Expanding Outreach and Recruitment
  • How to Use the Occupation Finder
  • Apprenticeship Occupation Request Tool and Process
  • Recruiting Veterans to your Registered Apprenticeship Program 
Program Administration
Program Sponsor Orientation

This module is designed to provide a brief orientation for sponsors on some of the responsibilities associated with successfully operating and administrating a Registered Apprenticeship program. The presentation provides some best practices related to running an apprenticeship program, including tips related to onboarding apprentices, sponsor recordkeeping, and mentorship.

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RAPIDS Overview Demonstration

This module provides the Sponsor with an overview of the Registered Apprenticeship Partners Information Database System (RAPIDS). Sponsors will become familiar with the components of RAPIDS and how to navigate within the system.

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RAPIDS Program Sponsor User Guide

This link provides a RAPIDS user guide for program sponsors.

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Providing Reasonable Accommodations

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.

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Creating and Implementing Affirmative Action Plans

This learning module explains how to create Affirmative Action Plans (AAPs) and implement them in Registered Apprenticeship (RA) programs. The module also presents case studies of RA programs that successfully implemented affirmative action efforts and how their programs have benefited.

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The Role of Mentorship in Registered Apprenticeship Programs

This module introduces how mentorship is essential to registered apprenticeship programs. Best practices for selecting, training, and supporting mentors are included to support registered apprenticeship program sponsors and participating employers.

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Developing Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Programs

This module offers sponsors an overview of guidelines for quality pre-apprenticeship program issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. The module helps sponsors understand how to implement quality pre-apprenticeship programs and develop a pipeline for their registered apprenticeship programs.

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Promoting Worker Mental Health and Wellness

This module emphasizes the importance of worker mental health and wellness in registered apprenticeship programs and offers best practices for fostering a healthy, safe, and stigma-free work environment.

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Integrating Industry-Recognized Credentials in Registered Apprenticeship Programs
This module focuses on how sponsors can integrate third-party, industry-recognized credentials within registered apprenticeship programs. It emphasizes the importance of building connections across organizations to ensure curriculum and training alignment.
 
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Recordkeeping for Sponsors

This module discusses which records registered apprenticeship sponsors need to keep, how to set up appropriate recordkeeping procedures, and how to prepare for a program review.

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Regulations and Compliance
Apprenticeship Legislation, Regulations, and Guidance

This link provides a list of national apprenticeship legislation guiding apprenticeship throughout the United States.

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Understanding Davis Bacon

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.

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Generating Davis-Bacon Certifications in RAPIDS

This module guides sponsors with contracts governed by the Davis-Bacon Act on using RAPIDS to obtain Davis-Bacon certifications for apprentices and offers best practices for this process. This guidance is essential for sponsors reliant on Davis-Bacon Act-related funding to ensure compliance with the regulations.

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Understanding Federal Youth Labor Laws for Sponsors

This module provides sponsors with a basic understanding of strategies that support registered apprenticeship opportunities for youth and the legal requirements, safety, and other factors to consider when hiring employees under the age of 18.

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State Youth Labor Laws and Additional Federal Guidance for Sponsors

This module provides information for sponsors enrolling or looking to enroll youth in their programs. This module looks at restrictions on hours worked, youth labor laws at the state level, and additional guidance for partners in the apprenticeship ecosystem.

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Training Techniques and Adult Learning Styles

This course will educate vocational-technical instructors and subject matter experts on adult learning principles and styles, the role and expectations of an instructor, effective training strategies in various environments, and instructional promising practices. 

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Promoting an Anti-Harassment Environment

This training addresses harassment in any company, emphasizing that it can happen to anyone. It covers recognizing unlawful behavior, defining harassment, taking appropriate action as a target or witness, reporting incidents, and understanding the consequences of retaliation.

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EEO
EEO Requirements for Registered Apprenticeship Programs with Five or More Apprentices

This learning module discusses the additional Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) requirements for Registered Apprenticeship (RA) programs with five or more apprentices.

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Meeting EEO Requirements through Affirmative Action Programs

This module reviews EEO requirements for all Registered Apprenticeship programs. Sponsors will learn about the five universal EEO requirements for RA programs. This will help ensure sponsors are meeting their requirements under 29 CFR part 30.

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Funding and Grants
GI Bill Benefits to Registered Apprenticeship Sponsors

This module will provide the regulatory basis and highlight the benefits of GI Bill approval for Sponsors in Registered Apprenticeship. You will learn about the streamlined approval process between the Department of Labor and the Department of Veterans Affairs and learn how to utilize GI Bill Benefits as a recruitment tool for veterans.

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The Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL) from the Sponsor Perspective

The Eligible Training Provider List or ETPL is a statewide repository of training providers eligible to receive WIOA Title I funding to support occupational skills training. Registered Apprenticeship program sponsors are automatically eligible for inclusion on this list, which allows Local Boards to fund the related instruction component of a RAP. Why this is important and how sponsors can participate is the subject of this presentation.

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State Tax Credits and Tuition Support

This link offers a list of States that offer tax credits, funding, and other tuition support for hiring Registered Apprentices.

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Outreach and Recruitment
Hire Veterans

This website outlines the benefits of hiring a veteran for a registered apprenticeship program.

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Expanding Outreach and Recruitment

This module discusses how to create successful outreach and recruitment plans to reach apprentices.

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How to Use the Occupation Finder

This module provides a tutorial for using the Occupation Finder to search for registered and non-registered occupations.

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Apprenticeship Occupation Request Tool and Process

This module introduces learners to the Apprenticeship Occupation Request (AOR) tool and the process for submitting a new occupation request.

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Recruiting Veterans to your Registered Apprenticeship Program 

This module focuses on SkillBridge and other programs that serve veterans. Sponsors will learn how they can access these programs to recruit and support veterans in their registered apprenticeship programs.

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