Setting Up A Program Setting Up an Apprenticeship Program Registered apprenticeship is a voluntary industry-driven training program. The registered apprenticeship program can be a partnership of business and organized labor as the primary operators of programs, or implemented by employers or employer associations. Government plays a support role.
BAT provides technical consultation services on the development of the apprenticeship standards.
BAT provides apprenticeship services in all States , and registers programs and apprentices in the 23 States where there is no SAC or Agency. The SACs in 27 States , the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico have been delegated authority by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor to register apprenticeship programs for Federal purposes. Comments relating to policy will not be acted upon.