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Mission of the Apprenticeship
Program
To provide apprenticeship training for their employees, many
employers partner with the California Community Colleges (CCC)
or with the California Department of Education’s Regional
Occupational Programs/Centers (ROPCs) and Adult Schools. The
community colleges have approximately 16,200 apprentices enrolled
in over160 apprenticeship programs comprised of a total of
66 trades/crafts titles located on 39 campuses. Apprentices
receive on-the-job training via their employer, and then in
the evening or weekend receive employer selected “related
and supplemental instruction” (RSI). Through many of
the RSI apprenticeship programs an apprentices can earn a
certificate or degree (Associate of Arts, or Associate of
Science). The apprenticeships are typically three to five
years in length. The 2002-03 California Budget Act provides
$12,729,000 for the apprenticeship RSI. Based on a mutually
agreed on contract, a given employer/program sponsor and the
community college district share this Budget Act funding for
the total number of clock hours the apprentices attended the
RSI instruction. All RSI apprenticeship programs offered by
the community colleges must be approved by the Chancellor
of the California Community Colleges as well as approved by
the Division of Apprenticeship Standards which is a division
within the California Department of Industrial Relations.
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