UVA’s apprenticeship program, the first of its kind to be established by a state agency in Virginia, promotes careers in the skilled trades, offering paid, on-the-job training and technical education in carpentry, masonry, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, plumbing and electrical trades. UVA is accepting applications from candidates online through April 30, more information is available on the UVA Apprenticeship Program website

Apprentices look over their future opportunities at a job fair at Alumni Hall on Tuesday. (Photo by Dan Addison, University Communications)
Many former apprentices go on to careers at the University. Of the approximately 220 apprentices who have completed the program since it began in 1982, about 80% are either currently employed or have retired from the University.