IEC Pennsylvania, the state chapter of Independent Electrical Contractors, will be accepting applications Feb. 15-23 for its next electrical apprenticeship class, which begins this fall.

Lancaster County and the Lehigh Valley received grants, announced by the state Department of Labor & Industry, as part of a $1.8 million allocation across Pennsylvania to continue the expansion of the commonwealth's network of registered apprenticeship programs. 

New funding to provide training for more than 30 electrical industry apprentices in Pennsylvania, Governor Wolf announced. 

Gov. Tom Wolf and U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh were on hand Tuesday in Carlisle to open Yellow Corp.’s new truck-driving apprenticeship program. 

Apprenticeship programs within the building and construction trades are eligible for part of $1.5 million in grant funding through Pennsylvania’s workforce diversity grant program. 

The York Electrical Institute is set to receive $296,061 in funds through the state Pre-Apprentice and Apprenticeship Grant Program to help train the next generation of in-demand apprentices. 

Baltimore-based TranZed Apprenticeships, a non-profit organization working with companies and other non-profits around the country to promote modern apprentice programs, has partnered with the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania (TCCP) to help find jobs for local skilled workers.

Not all successful careers start with a college degree. I understand it may seem strange for a community college president to say that a college degree is not necessary to have a career that earns a family-sustaining wage. At HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, this philosophy is reflected through our new purpose statement: Learning for ...

High school students in these programs may request credit to be applied to the classroom.