Registered Apprenticeship Information System (RAIS)

Program certification of person, category

Program certification refers to a document showing that a person fulfilled the requirements by his or her jurisdiction. In most instances, an apprentice is issued a certificate if he or she completes such requirements as supervised on-the-job training, technical training as well as passing one or more examinations. Most trade qualifiers, meanwhile, become certified once they pass an examination.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Time relative to the program duration