The Best Kept Secret: Apprenticeships

by Rebecca A. Eckland

Are you looking for a well-paid, and stable career, but you don’t want to spend an enormous amount on tuition and fees to get it?  If you like working with your hands and are interested in earning a credential that could potentially take you anywhere around the world, then apprenticeship programs are offered through a partnership between TMCC and the Northern Nevada Apprenticeship Coordinator’s Association (NNACA) that can lead you to a journeyman’s card and an associate’s degree. 

“Most people think of career pathways as either trades or education,” said Dean of Technical Sciences Barbara Walden. “Yet, the partnership between TMCC and the Construction Unions blends the two systems and gives apprentices an opportunity to earn both Journeyman status and an associate degree.”   

In other words, apprentices earn an education and hands-on experience without the costs typically associated with higher education or even most conventional forms of professional development: there’s no tuition, and while some learning takes place in a classroom, the majority of learning and work is literally “on the job”— which means you’re being paid to learn how to be a full-time professional in one of many exciting careers. 

Read the entire article at the TMCC website: https://www.tmcc.edu/news/2021/09/best-kept-secret-apprenticeships