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Apprenticeship Standards

Service Trades

Employment in the service sector generally involves attending to the needs or requests of people. Service trade apprenticeships include utility workers (electric line worker), personal service workers (barber/cosmetologist and cook/chef) and public safety trades (firefighter and correctional officer).

Applying for apprenticeship in the industrial and service sectors involves applying directly to the company that operates an apprenticeship program. Although the Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards has set minimum entry requirements for each individual trade, eligibility requirements will vary from employer to employer and trade to trade. Most employers require a high school diploma or equivalent, math and reading skills.

Some companies may list apprenticeship opportunities with the local Job Center, technical college or in the classified ads of the local newspaper.  To obtain additional information, contact the local Apprenticeship & Training Representative