Apprenticeship finds its roots during the European medieval period (1300-1500) with Masters of construction and artisanal trades passing on their knowledge and training to unskilled youth in return for their unregulated “indentured" servitude. This class system of Apprentice, Journeyman & Master came to North America during the colonial period. Over the next 500 years, the apprenticeship …
In 1911, Wisconsin Progressives wrote and implemented the first registered apprenticeship law in the nation, which redefined the traditional apprenticeship model to include classroom instruction and state registration of the indenture. This model – a collaboration of government advisory bodies, higher education and industry/labor organizations – remains largely unchanged today.
