Apprenticeship & Trade Training Watch

Why this is recommended

An IBEW or pipefitter apprenticeship window opens for five days a year and leads to a six-figure career with a pension; a free CDL or welding program is worth $5,000 in tuition. The Tab watches 500 program pages so the member watches none.

What the Tab covers

Who it is for

Anyone who wants a career that pays $70,000 without a degree, the parents of a high school senior and the 30-year-old ready to switch.

When it runs

Union halls and programs open application windows on weekdays and many accept applications for one week a year

Scope

IBEW, UA, IUOE, carpenters, ironworkers, laborers, sheet metal, elevator constructors, painters and bricklayers locals; utility, transit, rail, shipyard and manufacturing apprenticeships; Apprenticeship.gov and state registered programs; pre-apprenticeship and free training from community colleges, Year Up, Per Scholas, Goodwill and Job Corps; aptitude test dates; wage scales; state workforce and Pell-eligible short program grants

Suggested task

The objective your Tab starts with. You can edit every line of it once the Tab is yours.

Registered apprenticeship application windows at the building trades, utilities, transit and manufacturing programs, pre-apprenticeship and free training programs, trade school grants and scholarships, union hall aptitude test dates, wage and benefit scales and state workforce grants, with the program, trade and state first and the deadline in the title.

Track apprenticeships and trade training in the United States. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: registered apprenticeship application windows opening or closing within 45 days at IBEW, UA, IUOE, carpenters, ironworkers, laborers, sheet metal, elevator constructors, painters and bricklayers locals, utilities, transit and rail agencies, shipyards and manufacturers, with trade, location, wage and requirements; aptitude test and interview dates; pre-apprenticeship and free training program openings at community colleges, Year Up, Per Scholas, Goodwill, Job Corps and employer academies; trade school grants, scholarships and Pell-eligible short programs; published apprentice wage and benefit scales; and state workforce grants and rule changes. Prefer program and local union pages, Apprenticeship.gov, state workforce agencies and established trade reporting; ignore for-profit school marketing. Put the program, trade and state first in the title with the deadline and the wage. Use high severity for a window closing within 10 days at a program that opens once a year, or a free program with 100 or more seats. Return no more than 8 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what is open, who qualifies, the pay, how to apply, the deadline, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.