Overview
An apprenticeship allows those interested in a skilled trade to learn the trade while also being gainfully employed. The teaching of the trade comes both from at least 8000 hours of on-the-job training (OJT) and from at least 576 hours of related trade or classroom instruction (RTI).
Regulated by the Department of Labor (DOL), apprenticeships are sponsored by local companies and unions like the IBEW. Students interested in such an apprenticeship must apply for an apprenticeship through one of those organizations. The DOL Office of Apprenticeship provides tools for finding open apprenticeships for those interested.
The RMTC works with the regional USDOL Office of Apprenticeship to assist companies in designing, registering, and implementing apprenticeship programs. All of our Industrial Trades curricula offerings can be used to develop the RTI of an apprenticeship program as recognized by the Office of Apprenticeship.
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