Catalyte’s Digital Media Apprenticeship

Do you love being on the computer? Interested in learning how to create successful digital ad campaigns? Want to learn more about reaching people through leading media platforms? Catalyte’s Digital Media Apprenticeship might be for you.  Got a diploma? You’ve got options!

NAME: Catalyte’s Digital Media Apprenticeship

WHAT: Learn fundamentals of digital media management buying.

WHERE:  The first part of the apprenticeship, the development process, is 100% online. Students who successfully complete the development process will pursue the second part of the apprenticeship, the deployment duration, in Philadelphia, PA (There are other locations available around the country as well.)

PROGRAM/CLASSES: Learn audience targeting and ad optimization strategies. You will have hands-on media buying experience in leading platforms such as The Trade Desk, Google Ads and Facebook/Meta. The learning phase and deployment phase of the apprenticeship will provide you with the technical skills needed to create, manage and optimize digital ad campaigns within advertising/media platforms. Also develop important interpersonal skills like communicating with team members, giving and receiving feedback, adhering to client requests and meeting deadlines.

TIME COMMITMENT:  Development process lasts 8 weeks; Deployment duration lasts 6 months to 2 yrs.

COST:  Free! You will receive your local minimum wage for 30 hours per week for the first 8 weeks. Starting in week 9, pay will increase to $40,000/year paid hourly ($19.24), and you will receive additional benefits including paid holidays and time-off, health, vision and dental benefits.

REQUIREMENTS:  18 years old. Have computer proficiency and high-speed/broadband internet access.

FOR MORE INFO: Click HERE or HERE or HERE.

NOTE: Everyone who wants to join a Catalyte apprenticeship is first required to complete a screening for that career pathway.

“All one needs is a computer, a network connection, and a bright spark of initiative and creativity to join the economy.” ~ Don Tapscott

Patient Care Tech Apprenticeship

Do you love the idea of helping people? Are you known for being a person of compassion? Hoping to develop clinical skills? Interested in exploring a career in the healthcare industry but hoping to avoid 4 years of college? The Patient Care Tech Apprenticeship might be for you.  Got a diploma? You’ve got options!

NAME: Patient Care Tech Apprenticeship

WHAT: Learn to work collaboratively with the nurses within the unit you are assigned to provide care and treatment of patients.

WHERE:  Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Paoli Hospital, Riddle Hospital, Bryn Mawr Hospital, and Lankenau Medical Center, all in PA.

PROGRAM/CLASSES: Learn caring for patients by assisting with their daily living activities, taking vital signs, Accu-Checks, Phlebotomy, EKGs, and other nursing assistant responsibilities.

TIME COMMITMENT:  8 weeks

COST:  Free! Also, earn $2,500 bonus upon successful completion of the program and given opportunity to pursue a part-time or full time Patient Care Tech career at several locations.

REQUIREMENTS:  High school diploma.

FOR MORE INFO: Click HERE.

NOTE: Tuition reimbursement opportunity for employees who want to further their career.

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
— Mahatma Gandhi

Golf Course Maintenance Apprenticeship

Do you enjoy being outside? Concerned about environmental stewardship? Love the game of golf? Are you interested in earning industry and national credentials? Check out Tyler Bloom’s Golf Course Maintenance Apprenticeship. Got a diploma? You’ve got options!

NAME: Tyler Bloom’s Golf Course Maintenance Apprenticeship

WHAT: Learn various aspects of turf care, from golf courses to sports fields, manufacturers, technology, various grass types and environments.

WHERE:  Plymouth Meeting, PA

PROGRAM/CLASSES: Learn construction management, cultivation practices, playing surface management, irrigation maintenance, plant, disease, weed, and tree identification and much more!

TIME COMMITMENT:  40+ hours per week

COST:  Free! Earn to learn program starting at $15 per hour.

REQUIREMENTS:  High school diploma. Passion for golf.

FOR MORE INFO: Click HERE.

NOTE: Overtime is expected between 10-15 hours during peak periods of the growing season. Program offers tuition assistance as well as structured pay increases every 90-days based upon performance and achieving benchmarks. New cohorts offered every 3 – 6 months.

“Be decisive. A wrong decision is usually less disastrous than indecision.” — Bernhard Langer, professional golfer.

Elevator Industry Apprenticeship

Interested in an earn to learn apprenticeship using complex machinery with great benefits? What to earn an average salary of over $80,000 a year? Want a reliable career that requires little to no experience? Learn to install or assemble elevators, moving walkways, dumbwaiters, and escalators through this amazing apprenticeship. Got a diploma? You’ve got options!

NAME: National Elevator Industry Education Program (Apprenticeship)

WHAT: Learn about generators and motors, essential tools, aerial lift, hydrolics, maintenance and more.

WHERE:  Programs located in almost every state in the country, including Philadelphia, PA.

PROGRAM/CLASSES: Training begins with 6 months online training program. After completion of this program, there is a combination of classroom and on-the-job training.

TIME COMMITMENT:  Apprenticeship program typically takes 4 to 5 years.

COST:  Free, paid training provided as part of employment. Most apprentices make 40% or more of an average elevator technician’s salary.

REQUIREMENTS:  High school diploma. 18 years old or older. Must pass elevator aptitude test (tests candidates on basic arithmetic, reading comprehension, mechanical comprehension, and general tool knowledge).

FOR MORE INFO: Click HERE and HERE

NOTE: For Spring 2024 Philadelphia training program click HERE and then click on the tab on the United States Map located in Philadelphia.

“Life is an elevator, up and down. Just make sure you get off at the right floor.” Keith Douglas

PPPL’s Network/Telecommunications Apprenticeship

Do you want to do hands-on work? Interested in learning how to install network/telecommunication systems? Want to learn the basics of copper wiring and fiber optics? Want to be part of a quality training program while receiving paid, on the job training? PPPL’s Network/Telecommunications Apprenticeship may be for you! Got a diploma? You’ve got options!

NAME: PPPL’s Network/Telecommunications Apprenticeship

WHAT: Learn how to install network/telecommunications systems.

WHERE:  Princeton, NJ

PROGRAM/CLASSES: 6000 hours of instruction, including how to install copper wiring & fiber optics, how to install telecommunications systems, fundamentals of computer networks, how to troubleshoot network connectivity issues, how to troubleshoot communications issues and more!

TIME COMMITMENT:  4 years

COST: Free!

REQUIREMENTS: High school diploma, motivated, ready to learn and be challenged, ability to lift 50 lbs.

FOR MORE INFO: Click HERE.

NOTE:  Students receive benefits and typically work 40 hours per week. 90 day probation period for the program.

“You can’t build these machines unless you have people who can think with their hands as well as their heads; people who can make things; people who can repair things …. That kind of skill is a super intelligence on its own.” – Steve Cowley, Laboratory Director

Butcher Apprentice Program

Would you like the opportunity to receive free butchery training free of charge? If you’ve got a diploma, you’ve got options. Read on to find out about Whole Food Markets’ Butcher Apprentice Program.

NAME: Whole Food Markets’ Butcher Apprentice Program

WHAT: Learn the art of butchery as well as culinary skills.

WHERE: Opportunities available in PA & NJ.

PROGRAM/CLASSES: Learn butchery, culinary training, animal welfare, and safe food handling skills. Learn how to cut, plate, & merchandise meat products.

TIME COMMITMENT: 12 month training program

COST: Free! Paid, on the job training.

REQUIREMENTS:  Passion for natural foods & animal welfare. Ability to work in fast-paced environment. Ability to communicate in clear and respectful manner. Respect for proper knife handling.

NOTE:  No experience necessary!

FOR MORE INFO: Click HERE.

“I would just have to find a hog, slaughter it, butcher it, cure the meat, then fry it up. Thinking about the bacon—the potential of bacon—gives me hope. Not all is lost if bacon isn’t. Seriously.”
― Rick Yancey

Hearing Aid Specialist Training

Did you know you can prepare to become a hearing aide specialist and prepare for your licensing exam in as little as 3 – 6 months? The Hearing Aid Specialist career is a field that is rapidly growing, and the average salary is over $50,000 a year! If you’ve got a diploma, you’ve got options. Check out these two online training programs:

NAME: Hearing Aid Academy & International Hearing Society’s Distance Learning Course

WHAT: Hearing Aid Specialist Training

WHERE: Online courses will prepare you for your licensing exam

PROGRAM/CLASSES: Learn how to interview the patient, test the patient’s hearing, analyze test results, diagnose hearing loss, select the appropriate hearing instrument, fit and dispense hearing aids to patients, & more.

TIME COMMITMENT: Self-paced; average student takes 6 months.

COST: $$ Very reasonable considering how quickly a student can move into a well-paying career.

REQUIREMENTS:  H.S. Diploma; Other requirements may apply depending on the state you live in. Please contact the programs for details.

NOTE: Programs have alliances with employers who are anxious to interview students nearing graduation.

FOR MORE INFO: Click HERE or HERE.

“The flood of sounds, noises, and voices which suddenly break into the consciousness of the person who has not heard them for years is very much like the first impact of direct sunlight on a person who has lived in a dungeon.” – Attributed to Sidney Blackstone

TAIA’s Affordable Electrician Training Program

Are you interested in becoming an electrician? Want a job where you can work with your hands and have steady employment? Looking for a career training program that’s affordable? If you’ve got a diploma, you’ve got options. TAIA’s Electrician Training Program may be a great fit for you. Located here in Philly!

NAME:  TAIA’s Electrician Training Program

WHAT: Learn electrical basics, tools, circuits, etc. Learn to repair or replace residential & commercial wiring. Learn to install lighting, appliances, alarm systems, identify electrical problems and read blue prints.

WHERE: 6328 Paschall Ave, Phila, PA 19142

PROGRAM/CLASSES: 3 courses, teaching theory and hands-on electrical skills

TIME COMMITMENT: 10 weeks per course

COST: $600 for courses 1 & 2. Pay as you go.

NOTE: Hybrid of online classes for theory and in person for hands-on experience. Access to a computer and printer is required.

FOR MORE INFO: Click here.

“Electricity is really just organized lightning” ― George Carlin

NJ Water Association’s Water Operations Apprenticeship Program

Are you interested in keeping our water clean? Want to work for a growing industry and earn while you learn? New Jersey’s Water Association’s apprenticeship may be a great career move for you.

NAME:  NJ Water Association’s Water Operations Apprenticeship Program

WHAT: Keeping NJ’s drinking water clean; manage water facilities

WHERE: New Jersey

PROGRAM/CLASSES: Water Operations Specialists

TIME COMMITMENT: 2 year program; 4000 hours on-the-job training

COST: Free! Earn while you learn.

REQUIREMENTS:  18 years or older, background check, drug screening, high school diploma

NOTE: To see a brochure with program details, click here.

FOR MORE INFO: Click here.

For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it. – Marcus Samuelsson

Auto Glass Installation Apprentice

A high school diploma is all you need to get started for many fulfilling careers. Do you like cars? Looking for a hands-on career? If you’ve got a diploma, you’ve got options! Check out Safelite’s Auto Glass Installation Technician Trainee program.

NAME: Safelite Auto Glass Installation Technician Trainee program

WHAT: Repair & replace vehicle glass.

WHERE: Opportunities in Philadelphia, Fairless Hills, Norristown, & Cherry Hill, NJ

PROGRAM/CLASSES: Learn to repair & replace vehicle glass; no experience necessary

TIME COMMITMENT: No time limit given

COST: Free! & with starting pay of $19.75 per hour, increasing after certifications are met

REQUIREMENTS: High school diploma, driver’s license, ability to lift 75lbs

NOTE: Tuition reimbursement offered to further education & great benefits package

FOR MORE INFO: Click here.

“When you look at a piece of delicately spun glass you think of two things: how beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.” -Tennessee Williams