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Serving CO & TX trades

DOL-Registered Apprenticeship Programs — Built for Your Business.

We handle the registration, the reporting, and the compliance — so you can train your own pipeline without the paperwork eating your year.

6–12 weeks From kickoff to your first registered apprentice
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  • For electrical, HVAC, mechanical & plumbing
  • Built for businesses with 25-200 employees
  • First-year program operations included
  • One business day response, every time

Free 20-min consultation

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No commitment. We'll respond within one business day.

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92%
Apprentice retention
vs 55% non-apprentice (DOL)
6–12
Weeks from kickoff to your
first registered apprentice
144+
Hours of related instruction
we coordinate per apprentice/year
2
States we cover today —
Colorado & Texas
Is this for you?

Built for mid-size industrial trades.

We say up front who we're built for — so you can decide if the rest of this page is worth your time.

✓ This is you

When we work well together.

  • Trade: Electrical, HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, instrumentation, controls.
  • Size: 25–200 employees.
  • Work: Commercial & industrial — data centers, healthcare, refineries, manufacturing, utility, government.
  • Decision-maker: Owner or operations decision maker. Already hiring apprentices informally, or actively considering it.
✗ Probably not

When we're not the answer.

  • National GCs with existing corporate training programs.
  • Businesses under 5 employees — the paperwork doesn't pay back yet.
  • Anyone wanting staffing services — we set up the program, you recruit and hire.
  • Anyone needing apprentices on Monday — registration takes 6–12 weeks.
What we handle

The distracting parts of running a program.

Apprenticeship programs work. Setting them up is months of paperwork nobody at your business has time for. We do that part.

1

Program Design

We build your program around how your business actually runs.

Trade designation, term length, wage progression, on-the-job hours, and training plan — written to match your work, not a template. Industry term: "apprenticeship standards"

2

DOL Approval

We file the paperwork and chase the responses. You stay on tools.

Submission to the right agency (federal or your state), back-and-forth on clarifications, and shepherding through approval. Typically 4–8 weeks. Where we file: Office of Apprenticeship or State Apprenticeship Agency

3

Apprentice Tracking

Every apprentice's hours, wages, and progress — kept current.

We register your apprentices in the federal database and keep their records up to date. Quarterly check-ins to make sure what we report matches what you ran. Federal system of record: RAPIDS

4

Compliance & Renewal

We keep the program in good standing year after year.

EEO documentation, apprentice-to-journeyman ratios, prevailing-wage records for IRA and Davis-Bacon jobs, and the annual program review. Nothing falls through. Bonus: documentation needed for IRA prevailing-wage tax credits

How it works

Four phases. Honest timelines.

We tell you 6-12 weeks because that's what it actually takes. No shortcuts, no over-promising.

01
20 minutes
Discovery Call

We learn how your business hires and trains today. You learn whether registration is the right fit.

02
2-3 weeks
Program Design

We write your program standards around your trade, your wages, your training. Reviewed with you before anything is submitted.

03
4-8 weeks
DOL Approval

We file. We respond to clarifications. You stay focused on running the business. State approval timelines vary.

04
Ongoing
Operations

Apprentice registration, reporting, quarterly check-ins, annual review. One year included in your fee.

FAQs

Questions we hear a lot.

What does it cost?
One fixed number, quoted on the discovery call. It covers Phases 02-04 for the first twelve months — program design through your annual review. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices. We tell you the number before you commit to anything.
Why not just do this ourselves?
You can. It's feasible if you have a dedicated HR or compliance person with time. We've seen businesses do it well. We've also seen it run for two years and stall because the operations team kept getting pulled to actual fires. The question is where your team's attention is most valuable.
Do you place apprentices for us?
No. We're not a staffing agency. We set up the program, run the compliance and reporting, and advise on selection and technical-school partnerships. The apprentices are your employees — recruiting and hiring stay with you.
How does this help with IRA / prevailing-wage work?
Inflation Reduction Act-funded projects that meet prevailing-wage and apprenticeship requirements unlock significantly higher tax credits. Davis-Bacon jobs require certified payroll and may require apprenticeship participation. Having a registered program makes you eligible — and provides the documentation to claim those bonuses cleanly.
What's a "design partner" cohort?
We work with 3-5 trades companies at a time during this early phase. They get materially reduced fees in exchange for working with us to shape the product around how their businesses actually operate. We're not trying to onboard hundreds of clients — we're doing this work well for a small number of partners.
What states do you operate in?
Colorado and Texas today. We chose these states deliberately — Colorado has an active State Apprenticeship Agency with established processes, and Texas has the federal Office of Apprenticeship pathway plus the largest industrial construction demand in the country right now. We'll expand as we find the right design partners elsewhere.

Ready to talk?

A 20-minute call. We tell you whether this makes sense for your business and whether we're the right partner. No deck, no sales pitch.

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