-1- STATE OF CALIFORNIA Employment Training Panel Edmund G. Brown Jr. GOVERNOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2018 CONTACT: Madison Hummel (916) 327-5334 News Release Employment Training Panel Reaches 50,000 Apprenticeship Trainee Milestone SACRAMENTO – The State of California’s Employment Training Panel today announced it has supported more than 50,000 trainees through its apprenticeship training program. “Apprenticeship programs provide employers with skilled workers and provide workers with training that can grow their income and lead to good-paying careers,” said Employment Training Panel executive director Stewart Knox. “In response to increased employer demand, the Employment Training Panel has grown its apprenticeship training program to fund the rigorous training required of men and women seeking career opportunities in the construction trades.” In 2012, the Employment Training Panel began funding the classroom instruction portion of state registered apprenticeship training programs available to pre-apprentices, apprentices, and journeymen. With its awarding of 12 new construction sector apprenticeship programs worth $9 million today, the panel has awarded a total of $85 million to 174 apprenticeship training contracts supporting 50,112 trainees since the program’s inception. The panel approved more than $14 million in apprenticeship training in the last fiscal year and has set aside $20 million in the current fiscal year – with $9 million awarded today – to meet increased employer demand. Apprenticeship programs include paid on-the-job work combined with an educational or instructional component where workers earn while learning and learn by doing. Pre-apprenticeship programs prepare individuals to enter registered apprenticeship programs through industry-based training and classroom instruction. As trainees complete apprenticeship programs, they become journeymen who throughout their career may seek retraining or new skills training to meet work requirements. The contracts awarded by the Employment Training Panel included $949,244 to the Pipe Trades Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of Santa Clara and San Benito Counties (Pipe Trades JATC) to train 270 apprentices and journeymen in residential and commercial plumbing, steam fitting, refrigeration, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC). Recent increases in new construction projects has created high employer demand for skilled workers in the area. “We have expanded the number of registered apprentices in our training programs to meet California’s high demand for residential and commercial pipe fitters,” said Pipe Trades JATC Director Carl Cimino. “These funds will cover training costs and text books while creating a domino effect by freeing up portions of our budget for new training devices and building improvements that are critical to our training and growth.”
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Employment Training Panel
Edmund G. Brown Jr. GOVERNOR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 1, 2018 CONTACT: Madison Hummel
(916) 327-5334
News Release
Employment Training Panel Reaches 50,000 Apprenticeship Trainee
Milestone
SACRAMENTO – The State of California’s Employment Training Panel today announced it has
supported more than 50,000 trainees through its apprenticeship training program.
“Apprenticeship programs provide employers with skilled workers and provide workers with training that
can grow their income and lead to good-paying careers,” said Employment Training Panel executive
director Stewart Knox. “In response to increased employer demand, the Employment Training Panel has
grown its apprenticeship training program to fund the rigorous training required of men and women
seeking career opportunities in the construction trades.”
In 2012, the Employment Training Panel began funding the classroom instruction portion of state
registered apprenticeship training programs available to pre-apprentices, apprentices, and journeymen.
With its awarding of 12 new construction sector apprenticeship programs worth $9 million today, the
panel has awarded a total of $85 million to 174 apprenticeship training contracts supporting 50,112
trainees since the program’s inception. The panel approved more than $14 million in apprenticeship
training in the last fiscal year and has set aside $20 million in the current fiscal year – with $9 million
awarded today – to meet increased employer demand.
Apprenticeship programs include paid on-the-job work combined with an educational or instructional
component where workers earn while learning and learn by doing. Pre-apprenticeship programs prepare
individuals to enter registered apprenticeship programs through industry-based training and classroom
instruction. As trainees complete apprenticeship programs, they become journeymen who throughout their
career may seek retraining or new skills training to meet work requirements.
The contracts awarded by the Employment Training Panel included $949,244 to the Pipe Trades Joint
Apprenticeship and Training Committee of Santa Clara and San Benito Counties (Pipe Trades JATC) to
train 270 apprentices and journeymen in residential and commercial plumbing, steam fitting, refrigeration,
heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC). Recent increases in new construction projects has
created high employer demand for skilled workers in the area.
“We have expanded the number of registered apprentices in our training programs to meet California’s
high demand for residential and commercial pipe fitters,” said Pipe Trades JATC Director Carl Cimino.
“These funds will cover training costs and text books while creating a domino effect by freeing up
portions of our budget for new training devices and building improvements that are critical to our training
and growth.”
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Training will take place at the Lloyd E. Williams Pipe Trades Training Center in San Jose. After training,
Pipe Trades JATC apprentices and journeymen will work on a number of projects throughout
Northern California that may include the Google Campus, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, and the
San Jose Airport Terminal expansion.
In total, the Employment Training Panel today approved 63 contracts worth more than $18.7 million to
train 15,516 workers.
ETP is the state’s premier program supporting job creation and retention through training. The panel
reimburses employers for the costs of training existing workers, funds training for unemployed workers to
re-enter the workforce and helps to ensure California businesses have the skilled workers they need to
remain competitive.
For more information about the program, please visit www.etp.ca.gov, or call (916) 327-5334.