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Aligning Apprenticeship and the Workforce System
Registered Apprenticeship (RA) is the gold standard for workforce development and well-aligned with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). RA provides employers in your state and local community with a proven strategy for developing a strong, sustained talent pipeline for skilled workers while providing job seekers with a pathway to high-demand careers that pay a family-supporting wage.
Access assistance from the Center to increase RA alignment with your state and local workforce development board planning to meet critical WIOA performance metrics by:.
- providing paid apprenticeship opportunities for One-Stop Center customers which helps you meet Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) performance measures including 2nd and 4th quarter employed (92% of all apprentices who complete a program are then moved into a permanent, full-time workers and 91% are still with their employer a year out)
- providing your board with the knowledge that RA skills training meets your local business needs, since it is employer-driven, while giving you the credential performance measure
- ensuring that higher median earnings after 2nd quarter performance metric is met, especially since apprentices receive a raise during their apprenticeship moving beyond transactional relationships with businesses and giving you a head start on the effectiveness in serving employers performance measure
Engage with the Center by:
- Viewing materials in our online repository (see below)
Resources
25 May 2022
In this session, we explored the important tole of Adult Education and career and technical education in preparing adults for high quality careers.
25 May 2022
Attendees joined Center of Excellence team members from Safal Partners and CWA at CWA's annual WORKCON conference. The session was open and free to all. Attendees learned how stakeholders from business, industry associations, workforce boards, and secondary- and post-secondary educational institutions can access assistance around better aligning Registered Apprenticeships with workforce and education systems and increasing co-enrollment with WIOA. This is a presentation to the State of California included an introduction to the Center's work outlining system alignment and the services that the Center offers.
21 Aug 2025
Learn how State and Local Workforce Boards can receive assistance to drive performance in Registered Apprenticeship.
13 Apr 2022
Iowa’s Registered Apprenticeship Programs Report analyzes Iowa’s RA levels and provides demographic breakouts of active apprentices and RA completers. The analysis includes geographic concentrations of active apprentices, growth in new apprentices, and top occupations using RA to train employees. The employment outcomes of RA completers is broken out by the same demographics, top completing programs, and employing industries. A glimpse into employee retention is also provided.
13 Apr 2022
An example of how states can use Tableau, a data visualization tool, to illustrate the value and statewide adoption of RA through key datapoints such as occupations, industries, wages, etc.
09 Nov 2021
This presentation covered the state of the job market and how apprenticeship can address current challenges, gaps, and opportunities.