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POINTS TO CONSIDER:

  • The purpose of career and technical education (Apprenticeship) is to help students attain the necessary skills
        to become and remain economically self-sufficient.
  • Students are provided training designed to meet local and state workforce needs. A highly skilled workforce
        helps Florida compete in a global economy.
  • Hundreds of educational institutions offer adults the opportunity to improve their careers through
        enrollment in the Apprenticeship Technical Training Programs.
  • In 2007-08, school district programs enrolled 565,986 students and community colleges enrolled 220,643
        students in adult career and technical educational (Apprenticeship) programs.

    SUPPLY AND DEMAND:
  • A widening gap existed nationally between the number of skilled workers and the number of skilled jobs. In the years 2006-2007, there were a lot more jobs and not enough skilled workers in the United States to fulfill those jobs. So we trained. However today 2008-09 it's the opposite.    
  • We have literally thousands of highly skilled workers without jobs because the construction industry is without
        work.

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    PARTICIPATION IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION:

  • 3 out of 10 ninth graders drop out of high school and do not attain a diploma.
  • Of the remaining 7 ninth graders who do graduate, only 4 immediately pursue a college education
        at a university or community college. The rest go into "Low Wage, Low Performance" job positions.
  • Apprenticeship programs are considered, "High Wage High Performance" level job positions. 

    • DEMAND IN THE JOB MARKET:

  • 61% of the projected job growth in Florida through 2010 is in occupations requiring an associate's degree, a
        postsecondary vocational certificate, or a high school diploma with vocational (Apprenticeship) training.

    • EARNING INCOMES:

  • Per the State OPAGGA study, the immediate average annual earnings in 2007-2008 for completers
        of career and technical education (apprenticeship) programs are approximately $10,000- $12,000 higher
        than the average annual earnings of a 2007-08 bachelor's degree graduate @ $36,500.
  • Completers of career and technical education programs yield, on the average, higher earnings than
        those of the non completers, especially in the apprenticeship training programs, since we can acheive a
        journeyman's license. Many licensed journeyman are brought inside the contractor's office/warehouse to do estimating and merchandise effeciency production jobs.

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