"Registered apprenticeships" may be operated by union or non-union organizations or companies.  Union apprenticeship programs are known as Joint Apprenticeship Training Council, or JATC, programs because they are governed by a body made up of both employers and construction employees that "jointly" manage the training program.

In addition to the general benefits of registered apprenticeship listed on the previous page, there are several key advantages of joint apprenticeship programs:

• if you are accepted into a joint program, nearly all joint programs help place you into the construction job where you will "earn while you learn"
• workers must pay a one-time union initiation fee and monthly dues, but are never charged tuition or fees for the training program
  
• all trainees receive union benefits, including full family health care coverage, per the individual craft contract
• all trainees receive standardized wages that progress with each year of training
• local and national research demonstrates that joint programs retain and graduate a higher percentage of apprentices
• research also demonstrates that joint programs recruit, retain and graduate a higher percentage of women and individuals of color
  

Joint Construction Apprenticeship Training Programs
(Statewide and Denver Metro Area Programs)

Each of the programs below has different eligibility requirements and procedures, please contact programs directly or attend an Emily Griffith School of Opportunity orientation session to learn more about which program might be the best fit for you.