Answering your questions about Apprenticeship.

The major difference is that we are not an online management platform. What separates us from all others is that we actually run, manage, and operate your apprenticeship program for you. Apprenticeship Management Solutions takes pride in the fact that we are here to help remove the burdens companies and organizations experience when operating and managing an apprenticeship program. We manage programs so companies and organizations can focus on what they do best, and that is to attend to their business.

Workforce boards are positioned strategically within a community as a central hub for connecting jobseekers, employers, education partners, and economic development entities in order to provide services for stakeholders. The apprenticeship training model is a tool used primarily by employers to train and attract a skilled workforce. Unlike many workforce boards, education entities, and community organizations, PCG’s Apprenticeship Management Solutions team has the expertise on how to use and pull in the services of stakeholders at various times and degrees to customize training solutions using the apprenticeship system. This flexibility allows us to assist your workforce board in meeting those metrics. Apprenticeship is not a cookie-cutter solution for all employer training needs. It is designed to be flexible to meet their needs. And if your workforce board has the ability to provide flexible services, then it makes it much easier to serve your community. That is how your workforce board can benefit from partnering with PCG’s Apprenticeship Management Solution.

There are technically two avenues for employers to use the Apprenticeship model. First is sponsorship, and the second is participation in an existing Apprenticeship Program. If your company is interested in Sponsorship, then Apprenticeship Management Solutions can be contracted to design, develop, run, manage, and operate your Apprenticeship Program for you. If your company is not interested in Sponsorship, then your company would be eligible to join the Public Consulting Group National Apprenticeship Program. We would design and develop all the required documentation to incorporate the necessary apprenticeable occupation to allow your company to participate.

This is one of the primary reasons why we developed this service offering. Over the past 3 to 6 years, many apprenticeship programs were established using finite grant dollars. Unfortunately, many programs have been scuttled due to this lack of funding foresight. Apprenticeship Management Solutions is the answer. Our annual contract rates are dramatically lower than the cost of full or part-time individuals. Our Apprenticeship Management team can run and manage your program for you, so you and your leadership can focus on building and expanding instead of managing and operating.

Many educational institutions and training organizations have primarily shied away from the Apprenticeship systems for several reasons, one being the perception that apprenticeship is for the trades and not for certificate or degree seeking individuals. Fast forward to the last 5 to 10 years and there has been a push both at the national level as well as the state level to integrate higher education institutions within the apprenticeship system. Unfortunately, many institutions are woefully unprepared for this challenge. Apprenticeship Management Solutions can help any educational or training organization navigate through these challenges. Whether the intent is to Sponsor, be strictly an apprentice education provider, or provide a venue for multiple Sponsors to use the institution and host their training needs. In any scenario, Apprenticeship Management Solutions would be dedicated to help your institution provide vital services to your community.