b'NTCA UNIVERSITY UPDATEDe ning apprenticeshipsBy Becky Serbin, NTCA Education and Curriculum DirectorSeveralmembershavemen- house training program will offer a tionedtometheirapprentices,wage when hiring the person and which led me to believe that theydiscusswhen/howpayincreases hadaU.S.DepartmentofLaboroccur. They will also discuss how (DOL)-registeredapprenticeshiplong it will take to get through their program.Insomecases,theydoprogram. Assumingthatoncethe have a registered program, and innew hire completes either of these other cases they have a detailed in- programsandtheyaremaking housetrainingprogram.Nomat- competitive industry wages for the terwhichtheyusewithintheirparticular market, then both types company,bothtypesofprogramsof employees could be considered areutilizingNTCAUniversity.Soanapprenticeperthedefi nition thismademewonderwhattheabove.defi nition of an apprentice is andIfyourcompanydoesnothave when a company should decide toeitheroftheseprogramsbutyou register their training program withwanttohirenewemployeesand the DOL. trainthemperindustrystandards AccordingtoLexico.com,theand methods, you need to take the defi nitionofanapprenticeisatime to determine which program personwhoislearningatradeis best for your company. To help fromaskilledemployer,havingyou make this determination, here agreed to work for a fi periodare few questions to think about: xed atlowwages.ADOL-registered What type of work do you per-program requires that the employerform?Isitallresidentialorall payaspecifi cwageorpercent- commercial or a mix?age of current journeyman wages Are you always looking for new with stated pay increases until thehirestokeepyourcompany apprenticegraduatestheprogramgrowingorareyoulookingfor andmakesthefulljourneymanoneortwopeopletohireover wages.Anemployerwithanin- the next couple of years?94 TileLetter | November 2019'