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Division of Apprenticeship Standards (DAS)- Minimum Industry Training Criteria

Minimum industry training criteria are what must be the base for the standards set by a program in a particular trade. Currently not all apprenticeship programs have minimum industry training criteria. The majority that does are trades within the building industry, especially where multiple programs exist. However, all apprenticeship programs, regardless of the industry, have a set of standards developed with the help of the division, that the apprentice must meet before graduating from the program and receiving his/her journeyman’s card or completed apprenticeship certificate from the state of California.

Multiple programs for a particular trade work together on a committee to establish what training and experience are necessary at minimum in any program in order to raise their apprentice to journeyman. This committee consists of an equal number of employer and employee representatives, each in an equal number from both signatory and non-signatory programs. The division aids the committee in the process and guides them so they stay in compliance with the California Code of Regulations 212.01.

When a business applies to the division to become a program sponsor it must meet the industry minimum training criteria in their work processes and related and supplemental instruction curriculum for their industry.

The following industries have minimum industry training criteria already established. As technology develops, new industries enter and create training criteria relevant to that industry.