Vocations · Job Skills

The last few hundred hours,
and everything after them.

Enter the hours from your sponsor’s records and the checklist shows how far you are on the job and in the classroom, what you need each week to finish on time, and the steps between the last shift and the certificate: sign-offs, the final evaluation, licensing and the request for completion.

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Apprenticeships

The worked example is made up: an electrician apprentice 580 on-the-job hours from the end, and a pharmacy technician program finished in September. Records save on this device only.

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What you get

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What you finish with
A record per apprenticeship with occupation, sponsor, registration, model, dates and wage step; on-the-job and related instruction hours required and completed; eight completion steps; the share of each kind of hours done; flags for hours left with the weekly pace to finish on time, instruction under the usual 144 hours a year, an unregistered program and a close completion date with steps open.
Who it is for
Registered apprentices and pre-apprentices, career and technical education students, and the counselors, instructors and family members supporting them.
Format
Browser checklist with a saved record per apprenticeship. Prints a record to bring to the sponsor, every program or a blank form; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Job Skills space in Caveat Vocations.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Copy your hours from the sponsor’s signed records.
  2. Check the pace: the checklist shows the hours a week you need to finish by the expected date.
  3. Get competencies and related instruction signed off as you go, not at the end.
  4. Schedule the final evaluation and any licensing exam.
  5. Ask the sponsor to request the certificate of completion, and keep copies.

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How completion is measured

Three ways a registered apprenticeship is measuredTime-basedAt least 2,000 hours of on-the-job learning; you finishwhen the hours are done.Competency-basedYou finish when you show each skill on the schedule,however long it takes.HybridA minimum and maximum range of hours, plus thecompetencies.All three end the same waySponsor signs offRegistration agency issues the certificateCredential on your résuméThree ways a registered apprenticeship is measuredTime-basedAt least 2,000 hours of on-the-joblearning; you finish when the hoursare done.Competency-basedYou finish when you show each skill onthe schedule, however long it takes.HybridA minimum and maximum range of hours,plus the competencies.All three end the same waySponsor signs offRegistration agency issues the certificateCredential on your résumé
Your apprenticeship agreement names the model, the hours and the skills. It is the document that decides when you are done.

Registered apprenticeship

A registered apprenticeship is approved by the U.S. Department of Labor or a state apprenticeship agency. It pairs paid on-the-job learning with related technical instruction and a written wage scale. When you finish, the registration agency issues a certificate of completion, a credential recognized across the country. Unregistered programs can be good training but do not carry that certificate.

Licenses are separate

In licensed trades such as electrical and plumbing work, the state licensing board decides who may sit for the license exam, often counting apprenticeship hours toward its experience requirement. Finishing the apprenticeship and earning the license are two different steps; check the board’s rules early.

Sources

  1. Code of Federal Regulations, 29 CFR 29.5: standards of apprenticeship, including time-based (at least 2,000 hours), competency-based and hybrid terms, and related instruction (normally at least 144 hours a year).
  2. U.S. Department of Labor. Apprenticeship.gov: registered apprenticeship, the certificate of completion and finding programs (apprenticeship.gov).
  3. Code of Federal Regulations, 29 CFR 29.6: program performance standards and completion.
  4. U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. CareerOneStop: licensed occupations by state (careeronestop.org).

The worked example is made up. Your apprenticeship agreement and your registration agency decide the hours and steps; licensing rules come from your state board. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.