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THE. APPRENTICESHIP. ADVANTAGE. Strategic Partnerships between Washington’s Apprenticeship and Workforce Development Systems. THE STRATEGIC APPRENTICESHIP ADVANTAGE. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Strategic Partnerships between Washington’s
Apprenticeship and Workforce Development Systems
• Apprenticeship is a strategic economic growth tool in Washington’s Comprehensive Plan for Workforce Development (High Skills High Wages)
• A win-win proposition – Workforce Development partners are realizing that Apprenticeship helps the state achieve it’s policy goals.
• Word is getting out: Apprenticeship is the Nordstrom’s of talent development
THE STRATEGIC APPRENTICESHIPADVANTAGE
• Partnership building, public policy efforts and funding investments have made a difference
• 2003 Investment of Governor’s WIA 10% funding
• Apprenticeship Utilization requirements
• Running Start to the Trades for secondary pre-apprenticeship
• Community College Growth funding
APPRENTICESHIP IS A FOCUS OF PUBLIC POLICY
Strategy for partnering with Workforce partners
• First, find and meet the people in charge, and
build a relationship. • Show up, be nice, and keep showing up!
• Second, explain what apprenticeship is and
why it is important.• Especially the data supporting the outstanding
workforce outcomes brought by apprenticeship
• Third, challenge stereotypes and dispel
myths.
Myth
Apprenticeship equals dead-end trades jobs.
Blue Collar careers are the only apprenticeship option
Complicated and takes too much time, not worth the effort.
THE ABC’S OF APPRENTICESHIP
Reality
Apprenticeship is an amazing talent development tool
Blue collar, white collar, green collar — apprenticeship is a good fit for most occupations
Competency-based education that pays, and staff that are eager to build successes.
VS
How do you get workforce partners to come to the table?
• Focus on the results that matter to them:• Putting people to work (especially certain
people)• Getting people into training• Increasing economic vitality of industry partners
• Explain how the partnership can be
mutually beneficial.• They have people looking for work and/or skills
training; you are looking for people to go to work and get trained.
• They are looking to boost key industry clusters
• Success begets success - Workforce partners respond well to data that shows the benefits of apprenticeship
• Certain data has turned heads of workforce partners toward Apprenticeship in Washington State. • Growth• Money• Comparative analysis• Net benefits to the system
APPRENTICESHIPIn Washington State
Apprenticeship Opportunities on the Rise
Number of Active Apprentices on the last day of each MonthJan 2000 - November 2007 (Jan 2000 - 8699; November 2007 - 14592)
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Why the dramatic increase?
• The large public investment in infrastructure (roads,
buildings, energy, etc) that have come from a few
year's worth of good economic climates and the
increase in commercial/industrial building efforts
• Coupled with the accumulative effect of many state
and local the apprenticeship utilization requirements.
These are laws that require 15 – 20% of total labor
hours on a project to come from registered apprentices
• And the departure/retirements of many Baby Boom age
workers in the building/construction workforce.
Apprentices make as much money as college graduates
$18,734
$27,915
$51,206 $52,377
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$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
No HS diploma High School
Graduate
College graduate Apprenticeship
graduate
AnnualWagesper 2005U.S.censusdata
Source: US census wage data and WA State Workforce Board report “Workforce Training Results 2006”
Apprentices make more money than completers of other workforce training programs
Annualized Earnings for Completers of Training Programs in 2004
$10,035 $12,478$18,352 $19,905 $23,486 $24,545 $27,929
$52,377
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Source: WTECB Workforce Results 2006
Benefit Analysis of WA Workforce Programs
• Participant benefits are comprised of earnings (minus taxes) and employee benefits and “transfers”. Transfers include
UI, TANF, Food Stamps, and medical benefits. For this measure all benefits are forecasts based upon individual earnings
to age 65.
• Costs include foregone earnings, and program costs (tuition, etc.)
• Net Benefit = All benefits – all costs.
• All data from the 2006 Workforce Training Results study.
Net Benefits of Workforce Training ProgramsPer Indivudal
$85,442
$220,874
$10,999
$28,966$46,254
$38,213$25,769
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$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
CTC JobPreparatory
Training
Apprenticeship CTC WorkerRetraining
WIA DislocatedWorker Program
Department ofVocational
RehabilitationPrograms
SecondaryCommunity and
Technical Education
WIA YouthProgram
Steps you can take next week…• TEGL and donuts: Go meet your local WIB
director and OneStop management and staff.
• Be prepared to commit your time!• Advisory committees, partnership boards, other
committees.
• Knowledge is power: The more you know
about them, the more you benefit from the
system.
• Offer to conduct Apprenticeship training for One Stop Staff and WDC/WIB participants and partners• How to make quality referrals to apprenticeship• They have little budget for training, and love to do
partner events
• Create WIA Training for Apprenticeship staff• Look into getting your apprenticeship programs
onto the Eligible Training Provider List• Expand the local and state policy discussion
around the TEGL • Explore ways to count apprenticeship toward local
and statewide WIA Performance Measures
Steps you can take next week…
Beyond Workforce Development: Building the K-12 pipeline to apprenticeship• After they see the positive outcomes, many schools are eager to
create connections with local apprenticeship programs, preparing
students specifically for these opportunities.
• As they do this, they teach the skills that are elemental to the
State Exam and prepare kids for specific occupations and
apprenticeships.
• Explain the skills you need: Generally, the most important skills to
apprenticeship are demonstrated competency in applying math,
reasoning and work readiness.
• Navigation 101 – Integrate apprenticeship into career guidance in
Washington’s education system, grades 6 – 12.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.Apprenticeship.wa.gov
Washington State Departmentof Labor & Industries Website
Thank You!
Elizabeth Smith
Program ManagerWashington State Department of Labor & Industries Office of [email protected]