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Apprenticeship is a combination of on-the-job training and related classroom instruction in which workers learn the practical and theoretical aspects of a highly skilled occupation. Apprenticeship programs are sponsored by joint employer and labor groups, individual employers, and/or employer associations.
The Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services (OATELS) of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) registers apprenticeship programs and apprentices in all 50 states. OATELS also assists and oversees State Apprenticeship Councils (SACs), which also perform these functions in 27 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. OATELSs role is to safeguard the welfare of apprentices; ensure the quality and equality of access to apprenticeship programs; and provide integrated employment and training information to sponsors and the local employment and training community. Employers or groups of employers and unions design, organize, manage, and finance registered apprenticeship programs under a set of apprenticeship standards which are then registered with the OATELS or an OATEL-recognized SAC. Registered apprenticeship program sponsors identify the minimum qualifications to apply to their apprenticeship program. The eligible starting age can be no less than 16 years of age; however, individuals must usually be at least 18 to be an apprentice in hazardous occupations.
- Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services (OATELS)
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Room N-5311
Washington, DC 20210
Tel: 1-877-US2-JOBS (1-877-872-5627), or 202-693-2796
TTY: 1-877-889-5627
Fax: 202-693-2808 or 202-693-2761
Local Offices
- Employment Standards Administration (ESA)
Wage and Hour Division
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Room S-3502
Washington, DC 20210
Contact WHD
Tel: 1-866-4USWAGE (1-866-487-9243)
TTY: 1-877-889-5627
Local Offices
- For questions on other DOL laws,
please call DOL's
Toll-Free Help Line at 1-866-4-USA-DOL. Live assistance is available in English
and Spanish, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Additional service is available in more than 140 languages through a
translation service. Tel: 1-866-4-USA-DOL
TTY: 1-877-889-5627
*Pursuant to the U.S. Department of Labor's Confidentiality Protocol
for Compliance Assistance Inquiries, information provided by a telephone caller
will be kept confidential within the bounds of the law. Compliance assistance
inquiries will not trigger an inspection, audit, investigation, etc.
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