Please complete the following application to be considered for one of the Director-appointed positions on the State Apprenticeship Council.
Creation of the State Apprenticeship Council (CRS 8-15.7-105)
The director shall establish the state apprenticeship council to provide advice and guidance to the state apprenticeship agency on the operation of the state’s apprenticeship system. The SAC:
- Is composed of persons familiar with apprenticeable occupations;
- Includes an equal number of representatives of employer and employee organizations and includes members of the public who must not number more than the number of representatives of either employer or employee organizations;
- Includes all the members of the Committee on Apprenticeship in the Building and Construction Trades (CABCT) and the Committee on Apprenticeship in New and Emerging Industries (CANEI)
CABCT (for apprenticeships in the building and construction trades) and CANEI (for apprenticeships outside of the building and construction trades) shall perform the following duties:
- Advise the SAA on the minimum standards for registration of apprenticeship programs;
- Advise the SAA on state plans, rules, and administrative procedures pertinent to the operation of apprenticeship programs and equal employment opportunities in apprenticeships;
- Support the SAA in communications, technical assistance, and promoting promising practices in registered apprenticeship programs; and
- Provide an annual report to the executive director with apprenticeship data disaggregated by age, race, gender, veteran status, disability, and industry.
State Apprenticeship Council Membership:
Per CRS 8-15.7-103, the director shall appoint ten voting members familiar with apprenticeable occupations to the Committee on Apprenticeship in the Building and Construction Trades as follows:
- Four representatives from employer organizations, one of whom represents a statewide employer organization, one of whom represents an employer involved with an apprenticeship program targeting populations with barriers to employment, and one of whom represents a statewide organization of general and specialty commercial construction contractors that is knowledgeable about registered apprenticeship programs
- Four representatives from employee organizations, one of whom represents a statewide employee organization
- Two representatives of the public
Per CRS 8-15.7-104, the director shall appoint eight voting members to the Committee on Apprenticeship in New and Emerging Industries who represent, and are regularly evaluated to ensure that the representation aligns with, high-demand jobs, as stated in the annual Colorado talent report prepared pursuant to section 24-46.3-103(3), as follows:
- Three representatives of employer organizations that are not within the building and construction trades; at least one of whom represents an employer involved with a program explicitly targeting populations with barriers to employment, including women, people of color, ex-offenders, and persons with disabilities; one of whom represents youth with barriers to employment; and one of whom represents out-of-school youth
- Three representatives from employee organizations that are not within the building and construction trades
- One representative from a qualified intermediary
- One member of the public
Application Process
- To be considered for a Director's appointment in the CANEI or CABCT, please complete this form.
- Anyone needing an alternate way to apply in lieu of submitting this electronic form, can print, complete, and mail this form to us, or contact Apprenticeship Colorado for assistance at (720) 204-8608
- For more information about the State Apprenticeship Council, please visit https://apprenticeship.colorado.gov/about/state-apprenticeship-council
- If you have any questions or problems with the application please contact our office at apprenticeship@state.co.us