Apprenticeship Program Development/Support

We can create with you a unique blend of related technical instruction (to help shore-up the trainee’s core skill base) and structured on-the-job training to ensure each worker’s accelerated mastery of the job classification for which they were hired. We will work with you to set the bar high, build a program that will develop each worker to that bar, track and report each worker’s progress and provide overall project implementation support.  This approach is consistent with, and significantly supports, ISO/IATF/AS quality certification programs, continuous improvement, Lean efforts and safety compliance.

Many of our “hybrid” training programs are registered as apprenticeships under the US Department of Labor’s “hybrid” or “competency” model guidelines established in 2008. Our programs will reduce your internal costs of training significantly, while increasing worker capacity, work quality and compliance. Once the structured on-the-job training(“SOJT”) program is established for an employer’s targeted job classification(s), the employer’s subject matter experts are trained as certified resident trainers to train the apprentice to mastery of actual job-tasks. Combined with a prescribed list of related technical instruction from public educational institutions or private training providers, this approach can shrink the time needed to complete by focusing the program to precise employer needs.

Either model – competency or hybrid – is a very cost-effective and efficient way to provide career paths to an employer-hosted apprenticeship training system, successfully registered in some states. SOJT will be conducted and documented to enhance and document the trainee’s actual work experience gained in a portfolio certified and signed by the employer and educational institution. References are available upon request.

Skilled, competent workers will not train themselves and are not “out there” in large supply. If your company is in need of workforce development support and interested in applying for applicable state training grants to help leverage your own investment to the max, we should talk right away. We will be happy to set up a GoToMeeting presentation for you and your decision makers to discuss our successful workforce development approach that has worked for manufacturers, discuss a project proposal and, if interested, discuss how we will research grant opportunities. A mere 30-40 minutes should do it. What do you have to lose?

Upcoming Live Presentations

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    PTI1001 - MA, OH, PA and SC Former Client Employers - Restart Your Organization's PROTECH®© Training Infrastructure

    7:00 am-7:45 am
    2025-05-08

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    The Crash of 2008 and the Covid-19 Pandemic have caused disruptions to not just businesses, but the entire economy. Changes in company ownership can change in business strategy and training project support. During these disruptions, several Proactive Technologies projects were set-up for employers and ready to implement, or implementation started but paused temporarily, some indefinitely, as internal project knowledge and advocacy dissipated. Employee and management contacts were either laid-off, reassigned or retired. The significant value of what was established remains and Proactive Technologies saved each company’s data set up that point. Here is a chance to discover what was established, where we left off and what it would take to restart the program. The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; the many benefits from the PROTECH® © system of managed human resource development in more than just the training area; examples of projects with manufacturing and manufacturing support companies (aerospace, Tier-1 and 2 automobile suppliers, chemical companies, facilities maintenance companies, rubber/polymer manufacturers); compliance support provided by the system for ISO/AS/IATF and Nadcap quality programs as well as OSHA safety requirements; and how many structured on-the-job training programs were, or can be, unregistered apprenticeships or registered as apprenticeships.


    PTI1007 - Structured On-the-Job Training Supports ISO/AS/IATF Process Training Requirement Compliance

    9:00 am-9:45 am
    2025-05-08

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    (Mountain Time) The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH® © system of managed human resource development in more that just the training area; building related technical instruction/structured on-the-job training programs and supporting them for employers across all industries. ISO/AS/IATF, Nadacp and similar quality programs have a requirement that: standardize work processes guide quality, auditable task performance; training matches the process; training is documented for each worker; and a system is in place to ensure all are up to date and in sync. This program supports ISO/AS/IATF and Nadcap compliance requirements for “knowledge(expertise)” capture. In addition to hiring, structured on-the-job training and performance evaluation instruments, PROTECH produces reports such as Technical Document (best practice for each task), Qualification/ Certification Checklists and more. One-revision updates all materials! Efforts like Lean, Kaisen, continuous improvement strategies all can render a lesser model obsolete and non-compliant in a few months. This model provides the lacking support needed to employers who want to easily and cost-effectively establish and maintain compliance. Approx. 45 minutes


    PTI1008 - Preparing your Workers for Growth: Using Lulls Before Growth to Increase Your Worker's Capacity

    1:00 pm-1:45 pm
    2025-05-08

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    (Mountain Time) The philosophy behind, and development/implementation of, structured on-the-job training; how any employer can benefit from the PROTECH© system of managed human resource development in more that just the training area; building related technical instruction/structured on-the-job training programs and supporting them for employers across all industries. This approach uses the “accelerated transfer of expertise™” to quickly and completely train each incumbent worker to full job mastery. When change settles and growth returns, new-hires can be quickly developed to full job mastery to support expansion and cross-training of each worker conducted and controlled. Program supports ISO/AS/IATF and Nadcap compliance requirements for “knowledge(expertise)” capture, and process-based training and record keeping. Approx. 45 minutes