FAQ - Employers

With the Baby Boomer population on the verge of retiring, apprenticeships offer companies the opportunity to provide a roadmap to individuals seeking direction, mentoring and the opportunity to be paid to learn a skill that allows them to earn a living and assist companies in filling critically needed occupations.

Trident Technical College’s Division of Apprenticeships and Employer Partnerships office provides consultative and training services designed to help local companies who are in need of skilled workers and are seeking alternative ways for developing new talent. We do this by partnering with local companies and assisting them with developing U. S. Department of Labor Apprenticeship (USDOL) programs and then connecting them with aspiring apprentices who are seeking opportunities.

• Register the company apprenticeship with the United States Department of Labor (USDOL).
• Grant equal treatment and training opportunities for all aspiring apprentices.
• Have equipment available and rotate apprentices in the various processes of the skilled occupation.
• Identify a mentor for apprentice(s).
• Interview and hire aspiring apprentices to train in company apprenticeship program.
• Oversee apprentice’s on-the-job training and monitor attendance at related training classes.
• Periodically review and evaluate apprentices.
• Pay apprentices a scalable wage.
• Recommend Award of Completion certificate when an apprentice has satisfactorily completed the required coursework and on-the-job training.

The Charleston Regional Adult Apprenticeship program advertises new apprenticeship opportunities in the following ways:

• Email blast to 6,000 TTC students and alumni through our Student Employment office
• Announcement to program-specific classes
• Advertisement with local Workforce Investment Boards

All applicants must:

• Be at least 18 years of age.
• Be a high school graduate or have a GED.
• Be legally able to work in the United States.
• Complete ACCUPLACER test and achieve minimum scores for the program they are seeking.
• Complete Apprenticeship Application Package.
• Sign Release of Information form.

• Aspiring apprentices notify TTC Division of Apprenticeships and Employer Partnerships of their interest.
• Aspiring apprentices fill out apprenticeship application and submit to TTC Division of Apprenticeships and Employer Partnerships office.
• Companies notify TTC Division of Apprenticeships and Employer Partnerships office when new apprenticeship opportunity becomes available.
• TTC advertises opportunity to aspiring apprentices.
• TTC Division of Apprenticeships and Employer Partnerships office forwards apprenticeship application and resume to employer.
• Employer contacts applicants, interviews and, if an offer of employment is made, student begins employment and TTC classes.
• Student graduates with TTC certificate and USDOL Journeyman credential.

• Access to aspiring apprentices
• Recruit and screen potential employees
• Free consultative services
• Workers compensation coverage of apprentice provided by TTC
• $1,000 tax credits for each apprentice for up to four years

• Ensure each aspiring apprentice has filed for financial aid through the college. TTC’s office invoices employer partners after all financial aid has been applied. If aspiring apprentice receives federal aid, in many cases JRE is free to the employer.
• Hire a veteran with GI Bill® benefits.
• For-profit companies are eligible for a $1,000 tax credit per year, per apprentice for up to four years or $4,000.

• Air Conditioning and Heating
• Assembler/Machine Setup Operator
• CAD Technician
• Culinary Arts
• Electrician
• Engineering Technician
• Hotel Operations
• Industrial Mechanic
• Machinist

TTC Division of Apprenticeships and Employer Partnerships office can assist companies with developing any type of apprenticeship and recruit individuals interested in participating.

GI Bill® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More information about education benefits offered by VA is available at the official U.S. government Web site at  http://benefits.va.gov/gibill.

Contact us.
Trident Technical College
Division of Apprenticeships and Employer Partnerships 
Mitchell Harp
Dean of Apprenticeship Programs
843-574-6979