Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships for Employers
Do you struggle with finding skilled workers? If so, an apprenticeship may be your solution.
By partnering with Midlands Technical College’s Business Solutions office, your company can receive assistance in developing your own apprenticeship programs.
We can connect you with aspiring apprentices looking for opportunities and provide free consultative services.
Let Us Help You Get Started.
- Adult Apprenticeship Programs
Midlands Technical College works with Midlands employers in a variety of industries to create adult apprenticeship programs to help develop the skilled workforce they need to be competitive. These programs can be developed as a recruiting tool to help you attract new employees or even as a retention strategy to help continue to grow and further develop your current employees. In either scenario, it creates long, rewarding career paths for your employees and helps to build loyalty and stability within your workforce.
Apprentices receive paid on-the-job training along with job-related education at MTC. All tuition and other costs are covered by employer partners and/or Midlands workforce development agencies.
- Benefits for Starting an Apprenticeship
- Free consultative services
- Access to aspiring apprentices
- $1,000 tax credits for each apprentice
- Access to workforce development partners who may be able to assist with funding tuition, books, and other costs
- Retention tool for competitive positions
- Recruiting tool for hard-to-fill positions
- Steps to Creating an Apprenticeship
- Employer registers program with USDOL
- Employer identifies aspiring apprentices internally or MTC helps recruit aspiring apprentices AND connects them to employers
- Employer interviews and selects aspiring apprentice
- Apprentice begins MTC classes and employment/on-the-job training and mentoring
- Apprentice completes apprenticeship with MTC certificate and USDOL Journeyman credential
- Grant Funding Available
Grant funding is available to help you build your workforce – receive up to $4,000 per apprentice for their job-related education. MTC and Apprenticeship Carolina make it easy to get started. We guide you through the grant registration process, help you establish core competencies for apprentices, and provide templates for training plans and job-related education. Once your programs are registered, we continue to help you with mentor training, reporting requirements, and other key support and resources.
Talk With Us About Your Employment Needs.
MTC Business Solutions Office
Email: corporatetraining@midlandstech.edu
Phone: 803.691.3907
Jobs through Apprenticeships
Midlands Technical College works directly with employers who are actively looking to hire apprentices.
Individuals hired by these employers will participate in MTC classes as part of the job-related education provided through the apprenticeship programs.
Apprenticeship Explorer Job Board
Interested in your own apprenticeship program?
If you are an employer who is interested in establishing an apprenticeship program and want to advertise it on this page to boost recruitment, please complete the form below.