About
US
On Sept 6, 2022 Governor Laura Kelly Establishes Office of Registered Apprenticeship. By signing Executive Order #22-07, this officially establishes the Office within the Kansas Department of Commerce. The Office will dramatically scale up the states efforts to meet the talent needs of Kansas businesses, give workers the skills and experience they need to compete in the modern economy, and knock down barriers to employment.
The Office of Registered Apprenticeship will:
-Evaluate, and report annually on, the extent, quality and impact of registered apprenticeships in Kansas.
-Develop strategies to modernize the registered apprenticeship program to include additional industries such as healthcare, IT, agricultural manufacturing, and distribution and logistics – all critical segments in the Kansas economy.
-Develop and advocate for registered apprenticeship program policies that place a special focus on veterans, women, people of color, those formerly incarcerated and others with barriers to successful employment.
Click here for a copy of the Executive Order
Our
Vision
Growing Kansas Apprenticeship to the Top 25 by 2025
KS Apprenticeship Council, approved June 14, 2022
Our
Mission
To meet the needs of the Kansas economy
and its citizens, the office of Apprenticeship
will actively grow a robust system that
supports our apprenticeship stakeholders,
sponsors, intermediaries and apprentices. We
do this by strategically empowering
partnerships that serve a diverse and inclusive
workforce through occupational proficiency,
for generations to come.
and its citizens, the office of Apprenticeship
will actively grow a robust system that
supports our apprenticeship stakeholders,
sponsors, intermediaries and apprentices. We
do this by strategically empowering
partnerships that serve a diverse and inclusive
workforce through occupational proficiency,
for generations to come.
KS Apprenticeship Council, approved June 14, 2022