Apprenticeships
Apprenticeship programs integrate systematic on-the-job training, guided by an experienced master-level practitioner in an occupation, with classroom instruction. The federal government, in cooperation with the states, registers apprenticeship programs that meet federal and state standards.
The best programs—which provide multiple industries with highly skilled workers who earn family-sustaining wages—are registered with government agencies, operated by sponsors representing labor and management organizations and funded through collectively bargained contributions to tax-exempt trust funds.
Happy National Apprenticeship Week!
Building and Construction Trades Apprenticeship Programs
- Boilermakers National Joint Apprenticeship Program
- Bricklayers Masonry Institute
- The Building Union Diversity (BUD) Program (Pre-Apprentice)
- Electrical Workers/National Electrical Contractors Association National Joint Apprenticeship Council
- Elevator Constructors National Elevator Industry Educational Program
- Heat and Frost Insulators
- Ironworkers
- Laborers’ International Union of North America
- Missouri Apprentice Ready Programs (Pre-Apprentice)
- Operating Engineers
- Painters and Allied Trades Finishing Trades Institute
- Plasterers and Cement Masons
- United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipe Fitters
- Utility Workers Union of America Power for America Training Trust Fund
- Roofers and Waterproofers
- The Sheet Metal Workers International Training Institute
Manufacturing, Training, and Apprenticeship Programs
- AFL-CIO Organizing Apprenticeship
- Culinary Academy of Las Vegas
- Communications Workers of America District Nine Telecommunications Apprenticeship Program
- Machinists (IAM) Apprenticeship
- Masters, Mates & Pilots/MITAGS
- Seafarers International Union Apprenticeship Program
- UAW Apprenticeships
- UNITE HERE! Local 11 Hospitality Training Academy
- United Federation of Teachers (New York City) Success Via Apprenticeship Program
- United Steelworkers Apprenticeship
Labor-Management Partnerships
By partnering with employers, unions help working people develop in-demand skills to power the next generation of American-led innovation.
Joint labor-management training programs in the building and construction industry contribute about $1.5 billion to the American economy every year.
We combine forces to offer opportunities for working people in many other industries, including health care, construction, manufacturing, hospitality and aerospace.
The USW Institute for Career Development pursues the goal to help every worker attain his or her full potential, both as an employee and as a human being, in the competitive and challenging environment that lies ahead.
The UAW alliances with Ford and GM drive innovation in labor-management relations, improve the lives of union members and propel the auto industry into a pattern of profitable growth for the 21st century.
The Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership covers 115,000 union-represented workers, 14,000 managers and 19,000 physicians.