Apprenticeship Programs
Benefits for Apprentices:
- Improved skills and competencies that meet the specific needs of the employee
- Incremental wage increases as their skills improve
- On-the-job training and occupation focused education
- Career advancement
- Industry issued, nationally recognized credentials
- Articulation agreements between certain apprenticeship training programs and 2- and 4-year colleges that create opportunities for college credit and future degrees
Benefits for Employers:
- Customized training that results in highly skilled employees trained to industry/employer specifications
- Increased productivity and knowledge transfer due to on-the-job learning from an assigned mentor combined with related technical instruction
- Enhanced retention: 87 percent of program completers in 2011 were still employed nine months after completing their apprenticeship
- A stable and predictable pipeline for the development of qualified workers
- A systematic approach to training that ensures that employees are trained and certified to produce at the highest skill levels required for that occupation
- Versatile and multifunctional human capital investment in order to respond quickly to market conditions
- Create a culture of continuous learning and improvement to meet the needs of the next generation of industrial workers
IMT Apprenticeship
Catalyst Connection’s Industrial Manufacturing Technician (IMT) Apprenticeship Program helps to address a leading concern of many manufacturing companies — a shortage of skilled workers.
