Apprenticeship and Training

The unions affiliated with the New Jersey State AFL-CIO provide the highest quality apprentice and journey-worker training anywhere in the state. The union apprenticeship and training programs are administered by local joint apprenticeship and training committees (JATCs), made up of representatives from the local union and from industry employers. These local union training trust funds spend millions of dollars annually on training and operate hundreds of training centers across New Jersey . Thousands of apprentices and journey-level workers receive quality training each year at these state-of-the-art facilities.

Apprenticeship

Through apprenticeship programs, new entrants to the industry receive supervised training on the job and related theoretical instruction under the tutelage of master craft-workers who are members of the trade unions. Apprentices are employed and receive wages while training on-the-job, and the cost of the related instruction is paid for by the sponsoring JATC. This "earn while you learn" feature of apprenticeship makes it affordable for all.

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School-to-Work (YTTW)

The Youth Transition to Work Partnership grant program seeks to facilitate effective transition of youths to high-skilled, high-wage employment in labor demand occupations with long-term career potential and opportunities for occupationally relevant lifelong learning, and thereby motivate youth to greater success in secondary and postsecondary education.

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College Credit for Apprenticeship

The New Jersey State AFL-CIO has long recognized that college-level learning takes place in union apprenticeship training programs and has been working with our partners to get colleges and universities to award credits for apprenticeship toward associate and baccalaureate degrees in New Jersey's community colleges as well as our senior colleges and universities.

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