{"id":306043,"date":"2019-08-15T06:06:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=306043"},"modified":"2019-08-15T06:06:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T20:06:03","slug":"dol-revives-apprenticeship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/dol-revives-apprenticeship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"DOL revives apprenticeship program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_306044\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306044\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vicky-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Vicky-pix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-306044\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CNMI Department of Labor Secretary Vicky Benavente speaks to members of the Society for Human Resource Management CNMI yesterday during the group\u2019s monthly meeting. Benavente talked about the recently revitalized Apprenticeship Program. (MARC A. VENUS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CNMI Department of Labor Secretary Vicky Benavente brought with her the concept behind the recently revitalized apprenticeship program at yesterday\u2019s monthly meeting of the Society for Human Resource Management NMI Chapter at the Hyatt Regency Saipan ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>In her presentation, Benavente said the CNMI DOL\u2019s Workforce Investment Agency was recently awarded a three-year State Apprenticeship Expansion Grant to develop and promote apprenticeships in the CNMI. <\/p>\n<p>An apprenticeship is an industry-driven career pathway where employers can develop and prepare their future workforce, and individuals can obtain paid work experience, classroom instruction, mentorship, and a portable, nationally-recognized credential. <\/p>\n<p>Benavente said that apprentices are considered paid employees, with WIA subsidizing up to 50% of an apprentice\u2019s wages on a reimbursement basis.<\/p>\n<p>An internship and apprenticeship are two completely different programs, Benavente said. An apprenticeship program intends to have the employee on a long-term basis. \u201cThe apprenticeship program is for someone who wants to work long term and make them learn the baking, the mechanics, air conditioning, refrigeration, whatever it is to that skill that is driven by the industry,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Benavente\u2019s presentation, the apprenticeship program is eligible for a total of $445,000 to be disbursed over three years. <\/p>\n<p>The Northern Marianas Technical Institute and the Northern Marianas College will work with the training of the individuals and with business associations such as the Hotel Association of the NMI in order to keep the apprenticeship program running. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hotel industry is the perfect industry for this apprenticeship program, as they revolve around the certain jobs apprentices are hired for,\u201d Benavente said. <\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Apprenticeship program, contact DOL WIA at (670) 664-1708. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNMI Department of Labor Secretary Vicky Benavente brought with her the concept behind the recently&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":306044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[573],"class_list":["post-306043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-dol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}