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North Carolina Youth Apprenticeship Program (NCYAP) is a collaborative effort between the NC Department of Labor, the NC Community College System, the NC Public School System and the NC Joblink System.
The mission of each of these agencies is to open the door to high-quality, accessible educational opportunities that minimize barriers to post-secondary education, maximize student success, develop a globally and multi-culturally competent workforce, and improve the lives and well-being of individuals.
North Carolina employers and specifically Henderson County employers say that their apprenticeship programs have:
- Improved the skills of their employees
- Improved the quality of their workmanship
- Improved their ability to promote from within the company
- Improved the recruitment of highly qualified applicants
- Improved the versatility of their workers
- Reduces the turnover of employees
- Improved the problem-solving ability of their workers
- Improved their productivity
Apprenticeship is a unique, voluntary, industry-driven sytem that prepares individuals for occupations requiring a broad range of high-level skills and related technical knowledge. The apprentice learns the how to as a wage-earning employee in on-the-job training under the direction of a highly skilled craftperson. The why is learned through related technical instruction classes.
When a program is registered by the NC Department of Labor, it is also registered with the US Department of Labor. When apprentices complete their training, they receive journeyman certificates that are nationally recognized and portable anywhere in the United States.
A registered apprenticeship program requires from 2000 up to 10,000 hours of on-the-job training, depending on the occupation, This training is supplemented by a minimum of 144 hours of related classroom instruction (which may be taken on the apprentice's high school campus or at Blue Ridge Community College) for every 2000 hours of on-the-job training.
For more information on Apprenticeship Programs, please contact
Shanda Bedoian at (828) 694-1756
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