HD33 - Developing a Plan to Improve Apprenticeship Training and Journeyman Level Retraining

  • Published: 1990
  • Author: Department of Labor and Industry and Department of Education and Department of Economic Development and Virginia Employment Commission
  • Enabling Authority: House Joint Resolution 444 (Regular Session, 1989)

Executive Summary:
The 1989 General Assembly passed House Joint Resolution 444 (HJR 444), instructing the State Board of Vocational Education, the Departments of Economic Development and Labor and Industry and the Virginia Employment Commission to cooperate in developing a plan to address the current and future shortages of skilled craftsmen in Virginia. Specified elements to be included in the plan were provisions for the expansion of the Apprenticeship Training Program administered by the Department of Labor and Industry; development of an opportunity for high school students and potential dropouts to participate in the Apprenticeship Training Program; and provision for a program to retrain journeymen craftsmen affected by changing technology.