{"id":2156,"date":"2020-06-15T17:15:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T22:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2020-10-08T10:14:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T15:14:13","slug":"apprenticeship-programs-see-influx-of-interest-grant-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/15\/apprenticeship-programs-see-influx-of-interest-grant-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprenticeship Programs See Influx of Interest, Grant Money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AAPA was awarded a $5.89 million grant and is among 28 U.S. entities to receive money to administer nearly $100 million over a four-year period through the \u201cApprenticeship: Closing the Skills Gap: US DOL Apprenticeship Grants.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In late February, AAPA was awarded a $5.89M grant by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration to be used for the building and expansion of apprenticeship programs that will serve to upgrade and expand the workforce for their port members and related partners. The apprenticeship model expands and offers relevant education along with structured on-the-job learning that \u2013 within the transportation and maritime industry \u2013 includes all ports and all modes of transportation. AAPA is among 28 U.S. entities to receive varying grant awards to administer nearly $100 million over a four-year period through the Apprenticeship: Closing the Skills Gap: US DOL Apprenticeship Grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The focus of these grant awards from the US DOL Office of Apprenticeship is to expand sector-based apprenticeship programs for middle- to high-skill occupations where this brings new entrants into the workforce in these occupations that will allow for a specific career pathway and build a means to \u201cupskill\u201d current incumbents. This work will be done by developing and teaching new pathways and\/or building on existing apprenticeship programs in the broader transportation sector, in shipbuilding and repair, and in other occupational pathways that include a focus on cybersecurity and other IT roles. AAPA will emphasize on trades and auto technicians with pathways to engineers and designers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe beautiful thing about apprenticeships is they\u2019re getting paid at their employment, receiving benefits, and most often, their education is paid for,\u201d said Barbara Murray, executive director for TransPORTs \u2013 US DOL National Apprenticeship. \u201cThe grant can be used for specific payments to assist the apprentices via their employers, though most often the funds are used to help defray the cost for the education for the apprentices. Incentive funding can also be requested to assist in defraying the cost for the employer\/mentors for on-the-job learning and approved tools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the national industry association charged with grant administration, AAPA is planning to work with some 5,000 apprentices nationwide over a four-year period. AAPA will coordinate with its port, employer and college partners, offering apprentice and port-related instruction via courses that can be customized for the apprenticeship programs. AAPA\u2019s specialized grant team will build on the deep employer relationships with transportation and related organizations that are interested in offering apprenticeship programs to build and strengthen their workforce; they will market apprenticeship programs throughout its vast membership and within its stakeholder communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apprenticeship is a proven workforce model. \u201cIt\u2019s looking at how we can take persons who may have some of the education or degree without the relevant skills. This apprenticeship program will bring them in, give them very specific education and structured on-the-job training,\u201d said Murray. \u201cOnce they are able, and highly educated, they\u2019ll be able to fulfill the employer\u2019s workforce needs and earn the credentials to verify their ability and knowledge to perform those higher level roles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AAPA was awarded a $5.89 million grant and is among 28 U.S. entities to receive money to administer nearly $100 million over a four-year period through the \u201cApprenticeship: Closing the Skills Gap: US DOL Apprenticeship Grants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":2158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440,447],"tags":[486,117,489,487,488,484,485,490],"class_list":["post-2156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-financing","category-workforce","tag-april-danos","tag-barbara-murray","tag-closing-the-skills-gap","tag-greater-lafourche-port-commission","tag-port-apprenticeships","tag-tranports","tag-us-dol-national-apprenticeship-grant","tag-usdol-office-of-apprenticeship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}