Apprenticeship

Prepare For a Career - Not Just a Job

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No matter what your interests are, apprenticeships are an alternate education path to finding a career while allowing individuals to “earn while you learn” with little or no educational debt. 

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The Adult & Continuing Education provides apprenticeship related instruction courses in accordance with the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) Office of Apprenticeship.  The courses present technical instruction for the trade and are intended to complement on-the-job skills.

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What is Apprenticeship?

Apprenticeship is learning through a combination of on-the-job training and related classroom instruction. Depending on the trade, an apprenticeship program is between 1 – 4 years.

 

Apprentices must receive 2,000 hours of on-the-job training and a minimum of 144 hours of classroom instruction each year of an apprenticeship program.

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How to Become a Registered Apprentice?

• Be 18 years of age or older

• Be employed full-time in a chosen field of work and enrolled in an approved apprenticeship related instruction course (offered at most County Career & Technical Schools).

• Employers are responsible for registering apprentices with the USDOL Office of Apprenticeship.

 

Apprenticeship Certificate of Completion
Upon successful completion of an apprenticeship program, an apprentice earns a nationally recognized USDOL Apprenticeship Certificate of Completion.

 

How to Get a Trade License?

• Individuals must have a U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship Certificate of Completion.  

• Contact NJ Consumers Affairs for electrical, plumbing & HVAC licensing Board for instructions to sit for the license exam, www.njconsumeraffairs.gov

 

What does the Adult & Continuing Education Apprenticeship related instruction courses look like?

Some programs use a hybrid learning model of face-to-face instruction along with an online component, while other programs are 100% virtual.

Hybrid model -

• Attend in-person class one night a week along with participating in a weekly “live” virtual class meetings and/or an online assignment.

Virtual model –

• Attend a “live” virtual class meeting using Zoom and/or Google Meets.

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Notice to Employers

Employers can enroll an employee in an apprenticeship training program!

• There are no fees for an employer to start an apprenticeship program and to register an employee with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship.

• Hunterdon/Somerset/Warren/Mercer County employers can contact USDOL Representative Chris Lee  at Lee.Huiching@dol.gov/732-581-9097.

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Below are Apprenticeship Related Instruction Courses offered at HCVSD?

Electrical Occupational Profile 
Heavy Equipment Operator Occupational Profile
Plumbing Occupational Profile
Veterinary Assistant Occupation Profile