AIIA believes that a large apprenticeship system can increase youth employment, improve the matching of skills and jobs, lower inequality, enhance skills and productivity, and diversify routes to rewarding careers...
In October 2015, AIIA helped convene an international team led by the Urban Institute to develop Competency-Based Occupational Frameworks (CBOFs) for the U.S. Department of Labor. The CBOFs will help employers and their partners develop competency-based apprenticeships and register them with the Department...
More recently, apprenticeship has expanded into new fields, including many once thought to require a college degree, such as IT, healthcare, energy, business, advanced manufacturing, culinary arts, customer service, hotel and restaurant management and sales.