Resources

The Idaho State Apprenticeship Expansion Case Study highlights promising practices in growing and scaling the state apprenticeship system. One success factor highlighted in the report is a streamlined registration process that reflects coordination between US DOL Office of Apprenticeship and Idaho Department of Labor apprenticeship partners (p.12).

Step-by-step manual explains the registration process and provides a workbook for mapping out a plan during meetings and other discussions with employers in their journey to registering their apprenticeship program.

Office of Apprenticeship staff manual for completing comprehensive reviews of Registered Apprenticeship Programs.

This US DOL Reference Guide for Apprenticeship details the requirements that sponsors are obligated to fulfill in order to administer a Registered Apprenticeship Program.

Toolkit to develop and sustain employer leads for promoting registered apprenticeship programs.

Toolkit for employers to develop and launch registered apprenticeship programs.

Reference Guide of Registered Apprenticeship Sponsor Requirements for Kentucky.

Information, resources, and technical assistance for federal and state staff and sponsors to support required program reviews.

This guide from the Urban Institute provides apprenticeship professionals with an understanding of how National Occupational Frameworks are created and how they can be used to develop and register high-quality apprenticeship programs.

American Institutes for Research (AIR) has published a brief called Improving Apprenticeship Completion Rates which summarizes a review of the research about apprenticeship completion and provides recommendations for strategies and practices to increase retention and completion rates.