Seek employment with a company willing to sponsor your apprenticeship training. About a month after the related instructor coordinator signs off on your class work and the employer signs off on your OJT, and if you are a Virginia registered apprentice, you will receive your application at graduation or in the mail. Yes, if you have signed a state document or apprenticeship agreement or certification card with your current employer. This free service usually takes less than an hour for traditional trades to set up a program and only 15 minutes to register a new employee. To document your OJT for your protection if you change employers and to prove you have the field experience needed to become a journey worker.
Apprenticeship is a training agreement between an employer and that employee.
It is not transferable. You can be re-registered without loss of credit. Call for details. If a registered apprentice changes jobs, the registration with your previous job is voided. You must call the apprenticeship office.