LAC is managing 411 active Employers

1,400 telecom employer job request monthly

Placement rate of 90%++ of all program graduates

18 Employers in Utah supporting $23-25 per hr.

Pre-Apprenticeship

Apprentice

Academic Diplomas/Degree

Pre-Apprenticeship

• Short-term focused training on skills development
• Minimal entrance education requirements
• Direct articulation to high-skilled/high-wage jobs

-Apprenticeship

• Earn while you learn towards professional development
• Employer retention tool with wage commitments
• Employer/Employee agreement for mentorship

Academic Diploma/Degree

• Articulation agreements towards (1+1) degree program
• Certification alignment with industry certifications
• Career laddering into management / engineering careers

1100 telecom graduates (2-year total)

91.2% placement rate (2-year average)

84.1% retention level at the 1-year employment mark

T-Mobile NextTech Diversity Initiative

(7) Registered Apprenticeship Programs

(4) Licensed Diploma programs aligned to pre-apprenticeship

Articulation of diploma programs into an AS Degree

Pre-apprenticeship Articulation

Telecom AS Degree

Continuing Education

Apprenticeship

Career Progression

LAC Graduates

(Solution)

Industry (Obstacles)

Aging Workforce

Massive Workforce Shortage

38% Retention

9% African American

71% Veteran Graduates

84% Retention

42% People of Color/Woman

Pre-Apprenticeship

Apprentice

Academic Diplomas/Degree

Sustainable Middle Class

Earn While Learn

Reduce the Equity Gap

Clean Driving Record?

Clean Background?

(7 years)

Able to Pass Drug Test?

Under 240 LBS

(only for Tower)

Able to Travel? (2-4 weeks)

Have a Reliable form of Transportation?

Affraid of Heights?

Mechanical Background?

Can you work in the Elemets?

Training

• Can you commit to a 30-day telecom program?
• Can you commit to being in class 6 days per week, 12 hours per day for a month?

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Commitment

• You will be dropped from the program is you miss (1) day of class
• You will be removed from the program if you are tardy more than (2) times
• If your attitude is detrimental to the integrity of the program, you will be removed