Apprenticeship & Work-Based Learning for Businesses and Employers
May 31, 2020
Businesses and employers are the bedrock of work-based learning. The most effective programs are those that are developed with the insight and guidance of employers or industry associations to ensure that workers are actually being trained in skills that they will need on the job.
Companies such as Lockheed Martin, John Deere, Nissan, Honda, Best Buy, and others use work-based learning to attract, grow, and retain a talented workforce. Businesses that invest in work-based learning see immense benefits, including improved productivity, decreases in the number of defects, increased innovation, improvements in employee engagement, and increased workplace diversity and inclusion.
Learn more about work-based learning and apprenticeship for your industry:
WBL Resources for Businesses and Employers
This National Apprenticeship Week, Let’s Support Employers in Developing Equitable Apprenticeships
Apprenticeship can put workers on pathways to jobs in well-paid careers, but many workers don’t have opportunities to benefit from all that apprenticeship offers. JFF calls on employers to take our pledge to promote inclusion…
The Next-Gen IMT Apprenticeship: A Return on Investment Study
This study measures the business impact of the Industrial Manufacturing Technician Registered Apprenticeship program on six apprenticeship sponsors. Apprenticeships are drastically underutilized as a standard part of the development and training of the American workforce.…
The Business Case for Work-Based Learning
JFF can help JFF works with top companies like Lockheed Martin, John Deere, Nissan, Honda, and Best Buy to put work-based learning into action. We help companies assess their business drivers, evaluate talent needs, and…
4 Strategies for Incorporating Equity and Diversity in Your Apprenticeship Program
This brief pulls up 4 approaches businesses are using to increase equity and diversity in their apprenticeship programs. This brief pulls up 4 approaches businesses are using to increase equity and diversity in their apprenticeship…
Employer Leadership Spurs Apprenticeship Action: A Lesson from Chicago
Companies show that when apprenticeship is used as part of a business strategy, everybody wins.
Growing Equity and Diversity Through Apprenticeship: Business Perspectives
More than 20 leading employers and industry associations share strategies for making apprenticeship programs more accessible to people from underrepresented populations. Despite the ongoing evolution of apprenticeship programs, there have been concerns that not all…
Work-Based Learning with Small Business
Work-based learning models offer employers an opportunity to develop a skilled local workforce Work-Based Learning: A Talent Development Opportunity for Your Small Business Useful For: Small Businesses This guide describes how and why small…
How Health Care Employers Can Build Their Workforces With Apprenticeships
Apprenticeship can help health care employers recruit, train, and retain top-level talent.
Making Work-Based Learning Work for Retail
This guide is designed to provide an overview of work-based learning models and advice on how to implement them to develop stronger talent for the present and the future. This guide is designed to provide…
Registered Apprenticeship Program Registration Process Packet
This step-by-step manual details the registration process for a registered apprenticeship. This step-by-step manual details the registration process for a registered apprenticeship. This step-by-step manual explains the registration process and provides a workbook for mapping…
Strategies for Implementing OJT Simply and Effectively
This guide addresses key misconceptions of on-the-job training (OJT) and provides specific implementation tactics used by local workforce areas. This guide addresses key misconceptions of on-the-job training (OJT) and provides specific implementation tactics used by…
JFF WBL Bookshelf: Businesses and Employers
Our favorite resources on work-based learning for businesses and employers from across the field.
Businesses and Employers with WBL Programs
JFF Supports Lockheed Martin’s Apprentice Workforce
JFF worked with Lockheed Martin to transform an inefficient, state-by-state apprenticeship model into a centralized and streamlined national program. Background Lockheed Martin corporation is one the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies. The company employs…
Building Workers' Skills at Ralph H. Simpson Co.
An Illinois manufacturer uses the Industrial Manufacturing Technician apprenticeship program to build its workers’ skills. The Industrial Manufacturing Technician (IMT) apprenticeship program provides frontline manufacturing production workers with the knowledge and competencies needed in the…
JFF Drives Talent Growth for John Deere
JFF partnered with John Deere to build and deliver a national apprenticeship program for agriculture and equipment technicians and heavy construction equipment mechanics. Background John Deere is one of America’s most successful, resilient, and iconic…
Reflecting Community Composition with Mercy Health + Saint Joseph Mercy Health System Apprenticeship Program
Talent and workforce leaders at Mercy Health + Saint Joseph Mercy Health System share steps they took to diversify their apprenticeship cohorts to be more reflective of the communities they serve.
Diversity in Apprenticeship is a Building Block of Coleman Spohn Corp.
Coleman Spohn Corp. President Lonnie Coleman explains why a diverse apprenticeship program is a key component for his business.
Manufacturing Opportunities for All with Lippert’s Apprenticeship Program
Manufacturer Lippert Components offers a bilingual apprenticeship program to help the 33% of their team members who are Latinx reach their fullest potential.
Treehouse Uses Apprenticeship to Grow Diversity in Tech
Seeing a need across the industry, Treehouse has developed a business model from placing underrepresented workers into tech apprenticeships.
Work-Based Learning in Action
*Work-Based Learning in Action* is a series of case studies highlighting effective models of work-based learning. Work-Based Learning in Action is a series of case studies highlighting effective models of work-based learning. JFF has identified…