Career motivated students!
Wisconsin's Youth Apprenticeships are a great way for you to participate in paid work and education experience in the real world in a chosen career field.
Wisconsin's Youth Apprenticeships integrate school-based and work-based learning
to provide students in their junior and senior years with academic and occupational skills
leading to both a high school diploma and a Certificate of Occupational Proficiency in a specific industry.
The one and two-year apprenticeships prepare students for a number of
post-secondary options:
~ Enter the workforce directly from high school
~ Enter a registered apprenticeship
~ Enroll in a technical college or a university in an
occupationally related degree program.
How do you apply?
Each student works in partnership with an employer-identified mentor, specialized classroom instructor and high school apprenticeship coordinator to receive the best skills and knowledge possible. The apprenticeship requires that students work a minimum of 450 hours to complete a one-year apprenticeship and 900 hours to complete a two-year program.
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, students are awarded a Certificate of Occupational Proficiency from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Graduates may be eligible to receive advanced standing and/or transcripted credit at a local technical college or credit toward the admission requirements for the University of Wisconsin system (in selected programs).
