THE CNMI Department of Labor wants to register at least 100 locals in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Registered Apprenticeship Program, CNMI DOL Secretary Laila Staffler said.
Staffler and CNMI DOL Workforce Investment Agency Program Manager Joseph Villacrusis were the special guest panelists at the general membership meeting of the Marianas Alliance of Non-Government Organizations on Sept. 28 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
According to a release on the CNMI DOL website, the Registered Apprenticeship Program is “designed to up-skill workers in demand-driven occupations” in the CNMI, including construction, hospitality, food service, and more.
Staffler and Villacrusis discussed how the program could be applied to shore up the workforce capacity of nonprofit organizations.
According to Villacrusis, certain “entry-level occupations” such as administrative assistants and data clerks registered as apprentices in the program could have 50% of their wages covered for up to a year.
Villacrusis said two nonprofit organizations — 500 Sails and MANGO — have registered apprentices in the Registered Apprenticeship Program.
The CNMI DOL website states that “incumbent workers” — people already employed at the job site — qualify to be registered apprentices.
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