Apprenticeship Training: Apprenticeship training prepares the student for employment in various trades through structured programs underneath a journeyman in that trade, approved at the state and national levels by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, U.S. Department of Labor.

Generally, these programs require inmates to have completed the high school equivalency, but concurrent enrollment is sometimes possible. Each individual program is designed to enhance post-release employment opportunities by providing inmates with the ability to obtain marketable, in-demand employment skills. Programs follow standardized work processes with related trade instruction, which teaches specific job skills and leads to a Department of Labor apprenticeship certificate.

A large variety of standardized Department of Labor apprenticeships are offered throughout the Bureau and are highly encouraged; inmates may participate in 2,000 to 8,000-hour programs, which are supervised by local journeymen.