Apprenticeships
Verified identity transforms apprenticeship programs
Apprenticeships give workers a powerful opportunity to get paid to learn on the job and build a career as a skilled professional. Merit’s verified identity ecosystem modernizes apprenticeship programs, opening the pathway for more workers gain to in-demand skills.
Apprenticeships in the United States
128% growth
In new apprentices between 2009 and 2019
633,000 +
U.S. apprentices in 2019 obtaining in-demand skills while earning the wages they need to build financial security.
Nearly 25,000
Registered apprenticeship programs active across the U.S.
Department of Labor, Registered Apprenticeship National Results Fiscal Year 2019 – https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/apprenticeship/about/statistics
https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/news/blog/nscs-new-report-explores-the-imperative-of-racial-equity-in-workforce-development
Merit’s 2020 survey on apprenticeships
Moments of transformation
Women and minority groups are often underserved in apprenticeship programs.
Agencies lack a centralized tracking of their apprentices’ progress and outcomes
Many qualified individuals are not aware of helpful apprenticeship programs in their area.
Apprentices want verified proof of their credentials, competencies, and skills that they can share.
There is a mismatch between available apprenticeship programs and future labor market needs.
How Merit helps
Opportunity matching
Efficiently match qualifying individuals, especially from underserved groups, with tailored opportunities for training in the classroom and on the job, education, employment, benefits, and services.
Apprentice hours and capability tracking
Easily track apprentice hours using a scannable, contact-free process. Follow progress through each program and gain deeper insight into why apprentices leave a program.
Learning/Employment Records
Securely send digital, easily verifiable LERs to all apprentices so they can manage and share their credentials to connect with career opportunities across all states and territories.
Automated pathways
Use verified credentials for apprenticeship programs to automate the pathway from training to licenses and job opportunities.
Integration with legacy systems
Merit works with legacy systems, workflows, data systems, and existing technologies across agencies and states.
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Verified credentials
How Merit works
Merit’s verified credentials for apprenticeship programs automate the pathway from training to licenses and job opportunities, while connecting apprentices with relevant supportive services throughout their program.
Issuers
How Merit works for Issuers
Issue digital and easily verifiable Learning and Employment Records to all apprentices.
Verifiers
How Merit works for Verifiers
Use verified credentials for apprenticeship programs to automate the pathway from training to licenses and job opportunities.
Recipients
How Merit works for Recipients
Individuals get 24/7 access to their credentials and can share information securely with verifiers, track on-the-job training hours, and get matched with jobs and services.
Advantages
Supporting your community
Tracking
State agencies can track and manage grant deliverables and outcomes in real-time.
Training
Help individuals get training for in-demand sectors and find employment faster.
Removing barriers
Reduce employment barriers for underrepresented groups.
Portable
Reduce cross-state boundaries to employment with portable, interoperable credentials.
Adaptable
Easily adapt and improve apprenticeship programs with real-time, easy-to-access analytics.
Opportunities
Plug in job boards and career opportunities, connect workers with prospective employers.
Proof-of-eligibility
Use credentials as proof of eligibility for supportive services if needed.
Time-tracking
Time-tracking for apprenticeship/ on-the-job training/hours.
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