Apprenticeship is a two-part training program consisting of classroom related instruction and on-the-job training (OJT). Apprenticeship related instruction classes are designed to complement OJT provided by employers participating in the Virginia State Registered Apprenticeship Program. View apprenticeship careers.
Apprenticeship in the News
Apprentice Receives Award from Governor Kaine
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Danitra Daniels, a recent graduate of the ACE apprenticeship program, was recognized by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine as one of Virginia's outstanding apprentices in a ceremony in Richmond. Completing all four levels of apprenticeship-related instruction with distinction in May 2007, she is now an ACE instructor teaching an HVAC class. Read related press release. |
Apprentice Program
Obtain a marketable skill or advance in your current trade. Get both the hands-on training and classroom instruction with the ACE Apprenticeship Program.
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Apprenticeship is a time-honored means for training in a trade. The heating, cooling, even plumbing installed in buildings are more sophisticated, computerized, and regulated than ever before. Washington Times feature writer Shelley Widhalm tells how one instructor met the challenge of teaching in modern times by devising a hands-on project for his first-year apprentices: Simulation boards. (Printer friendly)
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