The Ocean State is training the next generation of fishers through Registered Apprenticeship
Registered Apprenticeship is not just for the skilled trades! More and more employers are using Registered Apprenticeship to build their workforce – and reaping big rewards. Working Nation updated their excellent video on the Commercial Fisheries Center Registered Apprenticeship, detailing how Registered Apprenticeship is bringing new opportunities in an industry that needs to recruit new talent and wrote about how Building Futures’ work to expand Registered Apprenticeship to new industries is part of a nationwide trend.
Read the full Working Nation article here.
Rhode Island’s Commercial Fishing Industry is a big economic multiplier for the Ocean State. When Fred Mattera of the Commercial Fisheries Center Rhode Island heard from fish captains who increasingly needed help recruiting crews, he turned to Building Futures for support in building a new commercial fisher registered apprenticeship program for the Ocean State.
“When I got out of high school I was looking for a trade where I could start making money right away…The first time I went out, I was expecting the worst. But once I got out there, I was loving it…I knew right then and there I was made for this.”
Kameron Rebello completed his apprenticeship and is now an engineer on F/V Odyssey and F/V Trade Winds and is training to be their fill-in captain for the 2025 season.
“Apprenticeships are the original four year degree…people earn more, faster and without debt through registered apprenticeship.”