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What is apprenticeship? Apprenticeship is a relationship between an employer and an employee during which the worker, or apprentice, learns a trade. The training lasts a specified length of time. [...]

Joel Michaud, 26, is a living advertisement for the skilled trades. Through Alberta's Registered Apprentice Program, he started his training in carpentry while attending St. Mary's High School in Calgary. [...]

Byline: David Winzelberg The Suffolk County Legislature is considering new apprenticeship requirements that would eliminate most nonunion and open-shop contractors from working on county construction projects. Although Suffolk already requires [...]

Attempts to build a snazzy, German-style apprenticeship system crash into cultural and economic differences AS THE football World Cup approaches, so too does the prospect of another drubbing by Germany. [...]

THE SCHOOL-TO-WORK OPPORTUNITIES ACT OF 1993 THE long-anticipated fulfillment of President Clinton's campaign promises regarding youth apprenticeships is more than halfway home on its journey into law. Introduced by the […]

Byline: LIBN Staff Since the struggling economy has brought construction to a virtual standstill here the last few years, it seems an odd time for the Town of Islip to [...]

For once, Britain's salon industry and the small business community in general seems to have had a predominantly positive reaction to the Budget, with a few reservations. Highlights included the [...]

Government plans to fund more apprenticeships and work experience placements may fail to address demand for high-level skills in the IT industry, according to an industry expert. Chancellor George Osborne [...]

Question: Answer: All placements, in both statutory and voluntary settings, must provide students with appropriate learning opportunities to show they have met the national occupational standards in social work. The [...]

Byline: Eugene A. Ludwig For centuries, professionals relied upon apprentice systems to pass down knowledge. In medicine and law, on-the-job instruction from an older generation of masters was the chief [...]

In an effort to raise the standards of the Bar, the Ministry of Law is now proposing to lay down an admission test for law graduates to obtain their license [...]

* Fewer migrants apply for work The number of migrants applying to work in the UK has nearly halved in the past year. The Office for National Statistics reported that [...]

Disabled young people may be excluded from apprenticeships because of entry requirements specified in current legislation, peers warned last week. In a House of Lords debate on the Apprenticeships, Skills, [...]

By Mike Larson Apprenticeship Options Expanding The first item in Western Builder's industry news this week tells about expanded options coming in the national apprenticeship system. The changes provide more [...]

A report by the House of Lords' economic affairs committee recommends that apprenticeships be put under the purview of a single minister to enhance focus on work-based vocational training.

Business groups have broadly welcomed government plans to double the number of apprentices to 500,000 a year by 2020, but have called for reform of the system to raise the [...]

An Interim Modern Apprenticeship in providing financial services has been created for use in Scotland. The apprenticeship replaces the Scottish Vocational Qualifications -providing financial services and providing financial advice - [...]

I am concerned about the impact of the forthcoming age legislation on younger workers. Are there any exemptions regarding age limitations for apprenticeship training? This could include a range of [...]

BY ELAINE ESSERY Employers have criticised Learning and Skills Council (LSC) cuts in funding for older apprentices. Rates paid for learners aged over 19 when they start their apprenticeships are [...]

Staff Salem-- The Pacific Northwest Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors recently submitted legislation to the Oregon Legislature designed to expand the state's opportunities in apprenticeship training among construction trades. [...]

The nation's home builders expressed support for the Apprenticeship Enhancement Act of 2003 (H.R. 1660), noting that it would help to alleviate the severe shortage of skilled workers in construction, [...]

Choosing to not make the changes to its labor law the Department of Labor (DOL) had requested concerning its use of a 'needs' requirement for the development of apprenticeship programs, [...]

State's cosmetology apprenticeship program offers little supervision or training Penny Rushing thinks the Wisconsin apprenticeship program for cosmetologists needs a makeover. Many students who chose the apprenticeship path to becoming [...]