2. Introduction Models for Success –Registered Apprenticeship –Energy Industry Occupations –New Products Career Lattice Certifications –Registered Apprenticeship Advantage –The Workforce Development System –Apprenticeship and Economic Development –21 st Century Apprenticeship System –Training the New Workforce Gen X and Gen Y

3. Registered Apprenticeship (1) Voluntary Training System On-the-job learning complemented by theory or related instruction Partnership between employers, employees and government Focus on skills development Apprentices are employers

4. More than 29,000 Registered Apprenticeship Programs More than 449,000 Apprentices –25.6 percent minorities –6 percent women More than 40,033 active military apprentices Registered Apprenticeship (2)

5. Energy Industry Occupations Boiler Operators Electricians Estimators and Drafters Line Erectors Load Dispatchers Pipelayers Power Plant Operators Welders

6. New Products Partners Certifications Career Lattice Competency-Based Training Advancing Technology New Methods of Training

7. Registered Apprenticeship: Your Advantage Recruitment Reduced Cost of Training Personal and Staff Development Human Resource Development System Energy Industry Advantage in Development of Human Capital Assets

8. Workforce Development System WIRED Goal: –to expand employment and advancement opportunities for American workers –to catalyze the creation of high-skill and high-wage opportunities in the context of regional economies Effective Use of the Workforce System –Recruitment –Talent Development –Economic Systems –Integration –Partnerships

9. Workforce Development System

10. Apprenticeship and Economic Development Talent Development Leveraging the Workforce System Community Preparation Developing Human Resource Systems Connecting the Dots through Technology

11. The 21 st Century Apprenticeship System Innovations of Registered Apprenticeship Changing in the Dynamics of the Workforce Changing in the Learning Process International Competition Global Markets Preparing the American Workforce

12. Lessons Learned in Research on the New Workforce –How they learn –What interests them –How are they motivated –Technology and the effect on the new workforce –What innovations in management are required –The composite look at the today’s workforce –Tomorrow’s workers and managers Training the New Workforce Gen X and Gen Y

13. For Further Information Contact: Joseph Jenkins Office of Apprenticeship Employment and Training Administration U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-5425 Washington, DC 20210 E-mail Jenkins.Joeseph@dol.gov (202) 693-3781