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History of Apprenticeship. Nation’s 1 st apprenticeship law: Wisconsin 1911 Objectives: Provide industries with skilled labor Provide career opportunities for youth Protect individuals who enter apprenticeships
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History of Apprenticeship • Nation’s 1st apprenticeship law: Wisconsin 1911 Objectives: • Provide industries with skilled labor • Provide career opportunities for youth • Protect individuals who enterapprenticeships • Same law created Wisconsin Vocational School system to provide related classroom instruction
Apprenticeship: By the Numbers Apprenticeship Earnings Equal 4-year College Earnings
Apprenticeship: By the Numbers Sources: DWD Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards BASIS data; WTCS Graduate Follow-upReport 2006-2007; WIA Annual Report for PY 2007; WDVR State Plan FFY 2009
Positive Environment for Growth • Apprentice Utilization Requirements • State = 10% apprentices; Other public = few, similar • Stimulus-related Recovery & Reinvestment • Construction sector funding • Healthcare – seeking workforce solutions • State push for WIA/Apprenticeship partnership • Workforce realities: aging boomers, shrinking birth rates, exodus of Wisconsin talent