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APPRENTICESHIP

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Your Journey Begins Here

Many apprentices start their journey by completing the application process before getting hired by an ABC contractor.

Others get hired by an ABC contractor, who then sponsors them into an apprenticeship program. Like you, employers are investing in your future. They will want to know you are committed to this program before sponsoring you. Either way, the application process needs to be completed and you need to be sponsored by an ABC contractor.

Follow These Few Simple Steps

01

APPLY

Begin the application process

02

GET HIRED

I’VE ALREADY BEEN HIRED

This means you are a “sponsored” applicant

SPONSORED

When your employer is ready to start your apprenticeship, they help you get started in the program.

You will be scheduled for a committee meeting, where you will be formally contracted as an apprentice.

ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship Requirements

  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Test Requirement (Accuplacer or ACT)
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Test Requirement (Accuplacer or ACT)
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Test Requirement (Accuplacer or ACT)
  • Algebra Requirement
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Test Requirement (Accuplacer or ACT)
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Test Requirement (Accuplacer or ACT)
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Test Requirement (Accuplacer or ACT)
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Test Requirement (Accuplacer or ACT)
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Test Requirement (Accuplacer or ACT)
  • Apprenticeship Application
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent
  • Copy of Driver’s License
  • Test Requirement (Accuplacer or ACT)
  • Algebra Requirement

REQUIREMENT CHECKLIST

  • Apprenticeship application
  • Employer application (if sponsored)
  • Voluntary EEO Information Form
  • Voluntary Disability Disclosure Form
  • High school verification:
    • Transcripts with graduation date listed, or
    • Copy of high school diploma, or
    • GED/HSED certificate, or
    • Graduating senior: verification that you are on track to graduate, or
    • Homeschool PI – 1206 form verification for each year completed
  • Copy of driver’s license or letter verifying transportation means to get to work and school
  • Test results (Accuplacer or ACT), if applicable (see Apprenticeship Requirements Table above)
  • Algebra verification, if applicable (see Apprenticeship Requirements Table above)

CAREERS IN CONSTRUCTION

Your Career
The word "Blueprint"

Most people don’t realize apprenticeship is a career area with lots of opportunities. Getting into employment earlier means there’s lots of potential for you to progress quickly in your career. After putting your skills into practice, you could become a master craftsperson and/or land a leadership role at your company, such as foreman, crew leader, jobsite superintendent or project manager. Some apprentices start their own businesses or go back to school for a two-year construction management degree at a technical college and then apply that to a four-year building construction management degree at a university. How far you want to go is all up to you.

The recruitment, selection, employment, and training of apprentices during their apprenticeship shall be without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, age (40 years or older), genetic information, disability, arrest or conviction record, marital status, or membership in the armed forces. The sponsor will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will operate the apprenticeship program as required under Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 30, the Wisconsin Fair Employment Law, and all other applicable state laws and regulations.