Apprentage: The Platform Apprenticeships Deserve

Executive Summary

Registered Apprenticeship is a proven system built by practitioners and partners over decades. Apprentage builds on that foundation to operationalize the U.S. Department of Labor's modernization intent—augmenting required compliance with measurement and insight. It brings employer ROI, equity visibility, and interoperability with WIOA and federal systems—while reducing administrative burden.

What Employers Deserve — and What Apprentage Delivers

• ROI with administrative ease. Built-in ROI calculator aligned to ETAOP 2022-36, tied to hours, completions, productivity, and retention. Real-time dashboards show cost-to-productivity, wage progression, and retention curves. Proactive compliance checks help prevent audit risk before it happens.
• Clarity from complexity. Standardized apprenticeship data model (Supabase/Postgres mapped to PIRL/WIOA). Automatic entity resolution across IDs, names, and cohorts. LLM-powered analytics and plain-language insights for every employer.
• Partnership with less paperwork. Employers own their data, benchmarks, and insights. Automated 30/60/90-day improvement plans via LLM synthesis. Compliance-ready exports for WIOA and ETA-9179 submission—minimizing manual reporting.
• Equity you can see. Cohort-level equity analytics using Gini-based distribution and early retention thresholds. Risk flags (e.g., Gini > 0.4, <70% early retention) with drill-down by occupation, gender, and race (PIRL-aligned).
• Interoperability by design. PIRL-compliant exports, WIOA §116 performance integration, and RAPIDS sync. Education partner support (credit articulation) and forward-compatible with DOL modernization APIs.

System Design: Built for Interop and Measurement

• Data layer: Supabase/Postgres with JSON APIs mapped to RAPIDS/PIRL
• Analytics layer: ROI engine aligned to ETAOP 2022-36; retention, wage, and completion metrics
• Intelligence layer: TableLLM for analysis and GPT-driven narrative insights and action plans
• Delivery layer: Real-time dashboards, employer benchmarks, and compliance-ready exports

Policy Alignment at a Glance

• System Interoperability (NPRM §29.13): JSON APIs, PIRL/RAPIDS mappings, exports
• Employer ROI Transparency (ETAOP 2022-36): Embedded ROI calculator and productivity metrics
• Equity Visibility (29 CFR §30): Cohort-level equity reporting with disaggregation and risk flags
• WIOA Performance Integration (§116(b)): Real-time retention and completion metrics, export-ready
• Continuous Improvement (§116(e)): Narrative insights and 30/60/90-day plans to drive action

Outcomes You Can See

• A single source of truth for apprenticeship data, mapped to workforce standards
• Side-by-side visibility of cost, productivity, retention, and wage progression
• Equity dashboards that turn aspiration into measurable progress
• Compliance readiness without duplicating effort

Implementation in Weeks, Not Months

1. Connect data (CSV, APIs, or RAPIDS/PIRL-mapped imports)
2. Auto-map entities, cohorts, and programs
3. Review baseline dashboards and ROI metrics
4. Turn on exports for WIOA and ETA-9179 submission
5. Receive your first 90-day improvement plan