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As a pre-apprentice, students will follow the permitted hours of work for minors as stated by the Wage and Workplace Standards Unit. This means no more than 6 hours per day on school days, 8 hours Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; 6 days/32 hours per week; during the hours of 6 am – 10 pm (11 pm if no school the next day). 

Students must set up their own apprenticeship using the below information:

• You can pick from one of the current sponsors here: http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/progsupt/appren/SponsorReport.htm

-   If the employer is already a current sponsor, you must call them to see if they will sponsor you as an apprentice.

-  Once you have been hired, then the employer submits the AT-5 application to the CT Apprenticeship Program office and one of their field representatives will meet with you, a parent/guardian (if under 18 years old), and the employer.

• Or, to find a new sponsor (if you are not interested in any of the above), you can look at this a list of current apprenticeable occupations: http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/progsupt/appren/WorkSchedules/apptoc.htm

-  Once a student is able to identify an employer who is going to sponsor them as an apprentice, the employer should submit a sponsor application AT-2 (for new sponsors). http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/progsupt/appren/sponsor1.htm

Once the forms are submitted, a field representative will contact the employer to schedule a meeting and process the registration.

>>>If you have any more questions not covered above, email Maricel.Pathammavong@ct.gov