0243 - Apprenticeship and Training Specialist

Performs work primarily concerned with: the promotion of apprenticeship and other on-the-job training programs and standards to meet the needs for skilled manpower in industry; and providing technical advice and assistance on methods for improving and obtaining more effective utilization of worker skills on the job. Includes obtaining the cooperative support of, providing consultative services to, and coordinating with management and labor, educational, community, and other groups, and governmental agencies at local, State, and Federal levels. Work requires knowledge of the principles and practices of apprenticeship, ability to analyze industrial processes and operations in order to identify the manpower and training problems involved and to advise on solutions, and knowledge of related industrial relations practices and problems. Also classifiable to this occupation are positions requiring application of the same basic knowledge and abilities in supervising or performing work primarily involving the review of apprenticeship standards and training agreements for conformance with basic national standards.