Occupations within the Information Technology (IT) sector continue to provide some of the fastest growing and most advanced career pathways. Businesses continue to face challenges meeting their IT talent needs with job seekers who are armed with the skills needed to succeed. Increasingly, IT employers are turning to Registered Apprenticeship programs to fill their talent pipeline.
This page offers tools, successful program examples, and other resources that can be used to help expand apprenticeship in the Information Technology sector.
Developing IT Apprenticeships
- Apprenticeship.gov IT Resources
- Information Technology - Solutions for Industry (U.S. Department of Labor)
- On-the-Job Learning and Related Instruction Outlines for IT Apprenticeships
- National Occupational Frameworks for Apprenticeship
- Competency Models for Information Technology (CareerOneStop)
- JFF’s Framework for a High-Quality IT Pre-Apprenticeship Program
- Montana Apprenticeship Standards for Computer Programmer
- National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) One Pagers
- CompTIA blog: Creating a 21st Century Workforce; Apprenticeships for Tech – Getting Started Guide
- Sample Work Process Standards
- Apprenti Portal and Screening Tool - Washington Technology Industry Association
- Summaries and Recordings from Calls on Expanding Apprenticeship in IT
- Cybersecurity and Tech Apprenticeship – Safal Partners and CFF
Outreach Materials for Businesses
- Developing Effective Apprenticeships: Vertical Limit (Wireless Infrastructure Association)
- Case Study on Closing the Wireless Infrastructure and Diversity Jobs Gap through Apprenticeship
- Wireless Infrastructure Apprenticeship Access Initiative Fact Sheet
- IT Apprenticeship Flyer (New Hampshire)
- Think Apprenticeship Flyer (Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology)
- Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT) Apprenticeship Video
- Why Tech Companies Should Offer Apprenticeships (Consumer Technology Association)
Examples of Registered Apprenticeship programs in IT
- Telecommunications Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program (TIRAP)
- Dream Corps Tech
- Vermont HITEC Program
- New Mexico Information Technology Apprenticeship Program
- Wisconsin Youth Apprenticeship IT Program
- Microsoft (LEAP – Engineering Acceleration Program)
- Amazon
- Salesforce
- IBM
- Accenture
- Interapt Coal to Coding
Information on the IT Workforce
- Information Technology and the U.S. Workforce (National Academy of Sciences)
- Assessing the IT Skills Gap (CompTIA)
- Mapping the IT Workforce (CompTIA)
- By the Numbers: Women in Information Technology (NCWIT)
- 5G and Telecom Apprenticeships Podcast (National Urban League)
Organizations Working on Apprenticeship/Workforce in the Industry
