National Apprenticeship Week 2024 is an opportunity for the union construction industry to promote registered apprenticeship and the different career paths in the building and construction trades. Each trade offers a unique opportunity to earn a wage while learning useful skills for a sustainable and rewarding career. The length of apprenticeship varies depending on the trade, but each offers on-the-job and classroom training from safe, experienced journeyworkers.
Below are the daily themes:
- Monday: Youth and Young Adult Apprenticeship Day
- Tuesday: Registered Apprenticeship in New and Emerging Industries and Around the Globe
- Wednesday: Expanding Registered Apprenticeship to Underserved Populations
- Thursday: Women in Apprenticeship
- Friday: Federal Apprenticeship and Veterans in Apprenticeship
To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, Building Advantage hosts an annual Construction Career Fair at Fiserv Forum. This year, almost 1,200 students from thirty-eight schools participated in the event along with 45 contractors, union trades and local organizations. Students learned more about registered apprenticeship and each of the trades with interactive hands-on activities.
Find out more information about apprenticeship through our website and within the videos below.
