Getting Started

Apprenticeship consultants make it easy

Our apprenticeship consultants are located all across the state. They will help you identify which type of apprenticeship model best suits your company and then provide intensive, one-on-one consulting and on-site assistance to get your program up and running.

What to expect from your consultant

Consider your consultant your full-service guide. Your consultant will help you:

• Identify your business and training needs, and determine how an apprenticeship program could meet those needs.
• Connect you with an appropriate program or identify existing programs that can serve as a guide for your own.
• Draft required documents.
• Set up your program administration.
• Troubleshoot problems.

Find an existing state-approved program

Join as an Approved Training Agent for an appreticeship program.

1. Best Method: Contact a Local L&I Apprenticeship Consultant and they will help you find a Registered program for your occupation.
2. Use our online Apprentice Registration and Tracking System (ARTS) and run a "Report of Programs by County."
   • This report will show you all the programs that cover the specified county sorted by occupation with the name of the program next to it.
   • Go through the list and select the appropriate program which will give you the contact information for that program.
   • Contact the program to inquire about becoming a Authorized Training Agent for the specific occupation.
   • If an agreement is reached between you and the sponsor, your employees can then be registered into the program.
   • The program will then register them with L&I.
3. See the Acrobat (PDF) files of “Programs by County” reports.
   • Each county lists all programs by occupation and includes appropriate contact information.
   • Go through the list and select the appropriate program and contact the program to inquire about becoming an Authorized Training Agent for the specific occupation.
   • If an agreement is reached between you and the sponsor, your employees can then be registered into the program.
   • The program will then register them with L&I.