BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES NEARLY $200M AVAILABLE IN GRANTS TO EXPAND REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS (1 Viewer)

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What a great opportunity

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of nearly $200 million in grants to continue to support public-private partnerships that expand, diversify and strengthen Registered Apprenticeship. The funding opportunity includes $95 million of competitive grants through the second round of the Apprenticeship Building America Grant Program and $100 million in the second round of State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula Grants. The announcement is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s fourth Investing in America tour, during which Administration officials are traveling across the country and making new announcements highlighting the impact of President Biden’s agenda on communities, families, and workers nationwide.

“The second round of Apprenticeship Building America funding announced today continues the Department of Labor’s commitment to providing all of America’s workers with access to training and career preparation that leads to good jobs with family-sustaining wages,” said Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su. “These grants serve as another avenue toward strengthening the nation’s workforce development infrastructure to connect people from all communities to the good jobs being created by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.”

The department’s Employment and Training Administration will use these funds to prioritize projects that support the Investing in America agenda—including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act—by expanding access to Registered Apprenticeships in high-demand sectors and occupations. These sectors include:

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[Taylor]

 

[CaughtInThe]

I think we all expect that kind of reaction to good news from the far right wing.

 

[Napoleon]

The department’s Employment and Training Administration will use these funds to prioritize projects that support the Investing in America agenda—including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction Act—by expanding access to Registered Apprenticeships in high-demand sectors and occupations. These sectors include:

Do those industries even do apprenticeships? I’ve never heard of IBM doing “apprenticeships” for the design and manufacture of microchips.

 

[TheParser]

Hope some of the violent youths in our cities will take advantage of the chance to learn a trade and make good money and to become productive members of society.

Sadly, however, most of the bad ones will scoff at this chance.

They're having too much fun being criminals, since there is no punishment for them.

Bleeding heart liberals will be very disappointed by the lack of enthusiasm for this well-meaning apprenticeship program.

 

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Do those industries even do apprenticeships? I’ve never heard of IBM doing “apprenticeships” for the design and manufacture of microchips.

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[Napoleon]

Entry Level Jobs | IBM Careers

From why IBM is a great place to start your career to specific programs and IBM entry level jobs and career apprenticeships—discover some of IBM's key opportunities to start your career with us.

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ibm apprenticeship jobs - Google Search

Note “with relevant skills.” These are not industries you can just go into knowing nothing and land a high paying job after practical tutelage. This is like Hillary Clinton’s pipe dream that robust knowledge and skill in coal mining is somehow transferable to wind turbines.

 

[bongsaway]

Do those industries even do apprenticeships? I’ve never heard of IBM doing “apprenticeships” for the design and manufacture of microchips.

 

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Note “with relevant skills.” These are not industries you can just go into knowing nothing and land a high paying job after practical tutelage.

It seems the programs are geared towards non-college individuals and they are in a partnership with the US Dept of Labor which the money is being allocated

From the article

Our competency-based program is registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, and allows apprentices to earn a paycheck while they build skills for various strategic roles. Launched in 2017, the program has expanded to more than 25 registered apprenticeship roles including cybersecurity, software development, data science, and design.


There are also many corporations involved and it seems the grant is to get more companies involved

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www.apprenticeship.gov

 

[Napoleon]

It seems the programs are geared towards non-college individuals and they are in a partnership with the US Dept of Labor which the money is being allocated

From the article

Our competency-based program is registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, and allows apprentices to earn a paycheck while they build skills for various strategic roles. Launched in 2017, the program has expanded to more than 25 registered apprenticeship roles including cybersecurity, software development, data science, and design.


There are also many corporations involved:

Data and Statistics

www.apprenticeship.gov

And as noted, they require that you already have “relevant skills” in the field.

 

[bongsaway]

Note “with relevant skills.” These are not industries you can just go into knowing nothing and land a high paying job after practical tutelage. This is like Hillary Clinton’s pipe dream that robust knowledge and skill in coal mining is somehow transferable to wind turbines.

You are such a typical republican. The idea is for folks to have the opportunity for a better future and all you can do is question it. May I suggest the house gop investigates this? Your opinion is why america is such a mess, the republicans shit all over anything good.

 

[samiam5211]

Hope some of the violent youths in our cities will take advantage of the chance to learn a trade and make good money and to become productive members of society.

Sadly, however, most of the bad ones will scoff at this chance.

They're having too much fun being criminals, since there is no punishment for them.

Bleeding heart liberals will be very disappointed by the lack of enthusiasm for this well-meaning apprenticeship program.

If Trump had done this, the MAGA cult would be rejoicing.

 

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And as noted, they require that you already have “relevant skills” in the field.

Why are you even singling out IBM and why so negative?

 

[bongsaway]

It seems the programs are geared towards non-college individuals and they are in a partnership with the US Dept of Labor which the money is being allocated

From the article

Our competency-based program is registered with the U.S. Department of Labor, and allows apprentices to earn a paycheck while they build skills for various strategic roles. Launched in 2017, the program has expanded to more than 25 registered apprenticeship roles including cybersecurity, software development, data science, and design.


There are also many corporations involved and it seems the grant is to get more companies involved

Data and Statistics

www.apprenticeship.gov

Oh the horror. People being trained for jobs that will pay a living wage, it's communism I tell ya' and if it isn't, it's socialism or marxism or something like that?

 

[Napoleon]

You are such a typical republican. The idea is for folks to have the opportunity for a better future and all you can do is question it. May I suggest the house gop investigates this? Your opinion is why america is such a mess, the republicans shit all over anything good.

If you want to give folks an opportunity for a better future then you should incentivize apprenticeships in practical trades instead of subsidizing the ambitions of people who already have the skill set an industry requires.

 

[bongsaway]

If you want to give folks an opportunity for a better future then you should incentivize apprenticeships in practical trades instead of subsidizing the ambitions of people who already have the skill set an industry requires.

It goes to my reasoning that those folks with those skills, already have a job, no, or are you going to say jobs are scarce in this shitty economy, the one that just keeps breaking records, that economy?

 

[Credence]

If you want to give folks an opportunity for a better future then you should incentivize apprenticeships in practical trades instead of subsidizing the ambitions of people who already have the skill set an industry requires.

Again you are cherry picking. Have a nice day

IBM apprentices complete learning courses and on-the-job training designed to develop the skills and competencies essential to their future roles. Apprentices proceed at their own pace, but most complete their learning within 12 months and graduate with a credential from the U.S. Department of Labor.​

 

[Napoleon]

It goes to my reasoning that those folks with those skills, already have a job, no, or are you going to say jobs are scarce in this shitty economy, the one that just keeps breaking records, that economy?

I don’t know what you’re trying to say in that word salad so I’ll just refer you to what I already said.

 

[Napoleon]

Again you are cherry picking

IBM apprentices complete learning courses and on-the-job training designed to develop the skills and competencies essential to their future roles. Apprentices proceed at their own pace, but most complete their learning within 12 months and graduate with a credential from the U.S. Department of Labor.​

I’m pointing out the fact that the people in those programs already have the requisite skill set and it’s a requirement to participate. All that program does is teach people who already know how to do the job to apply their pre-existing skill set in the way the specific company wants them to.

So, for example, they already know how to code. The only thing they’re learning in this program is which of the coding and project methodologies they already know about they’ll have implement for this specific company. This is a joke. The Biden Administration is just reimbursing corporations for the cost of training.

 

[tshade]

TYPICAL DEMS----ALWAYS DOINGS THE MATTER.

 

[The AntiDonald]

Why are you even singling out IBM and why so negative?

Because it came from Biden/Harris. He's 'Owning The Libs'.

 

[justabubba]

If you want to give folks an opportunity for a better future then you should incentivize apprenticeships in practical trades instead of subsidizing the ambitions of people who already have the skill set an industry requires.

if they already have the requisite skill set, why would they then need to consider participating in an apprenticeship?

 

[Deuce]

Note “with relevant skills.” These are not industries you can just go into knowing nothing and land a high paying job after practical tutelage. This is like Hillary Clinton’s pipe dream that robust knowledge and skill in coal mining is somehow transferable to wind turbines.

Whaling bans killed a lot of whaling jobs.

 

[Juggernaut74]

I’m all for programs that help young people get experience and potentially good paying jobs without having to saddle themselves with student loan debt.

This is a good thing.