A professional who directs and coordinates apprenticeship training programs in accord with state and federal policies and standards. Responsibilities include:

• Interprets and clarifies state and federal policies governing apprenticeship training programs, and provides information and assistance to trainees and labor and management representatives.
• Visits establishments to ensure that existing programs conform with training standards, investigates discrepancies, and submits progress reports.
• Suggests operational methods to improve existing programs, to adapt programs to production needs, to develop new training programs, and to recruit and select trainees.
• Negotiates with labor and management representatives to resolve training problems and to promote establishment of effective new programs.
• Reviews and evaluates requests for training programs and investigates establishments to ascertain if facilities, supervision, and training methods meet government standards.
• Evaluates training programs to determine eligibility for application of veterans benefits.
• May assist in resolving labor relations issues relating to training programs, such as wages, hours, supervision, and bargaining agreements.