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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
WHO SHOULD USE THIS FORM?
Consistent with 29 CFR 29 subpart B, prospective Standards Recognition Entities (SREs) that intend to recognize Industry-Recognized
Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs) must submit the information requested in this application to the Administrator of the U.S. Department
of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship (Administrator). This application must include all required policies and procedures, which will be
reviewed by the Administrator when making a recognition determination.

WHO CAN APPLY?
Types of entities that can become SREs include, but are not limited to, trade, industry, and employer groups or associations;
corporations and other organized entities; educational institutions, such as universities and community colleges; state and local
government agencies or entities; non-profit organizations; unions; joint labor-management organizations; certification and accreditation
bodies or entities for a profession or industry; or a consortium or partnership of entities such as those above.
Ineligible to Apply for DOL Recognition:
Under 29 CFR § 29.30, the U.S. Department of Labor (Department or DOL) will not recognize SREs that intend to recognize programs
that train apprentices to perform construction activities, consisting of: the erecting of buildings and other structures (including additions);
heavy construction other than buildings; and alterations, reconstruction, installation, and maintenance and repairs. After receiving
recognition, SREs may not recognize programs seeking to train apprentices in these activities.

HOW WILL DOL USE THIS APPLICATION?
Based upon the information submitted, the Department will determine whether the applicant is qualified to be recognized as an SRE of
IRAPs under 29 CFR 29 subpart B.

HOW SHOULD THIS APPLICATION BE SUBMITTED?
Applications should be submitted electronically using this online application form. Organizations interested in applying can simply click
the button below to begin the application process.

WHEN SHOULD AN APPLICATION BE SUBMITTED?
An entity must file this application when it seeks recognition from the Department to become an SRE. An SRE will be recognized for 5
years, and must reapply at least 6 months before the date that its current recognition is set to expire if it seeks re-recognition.
Once recognized, an SRE must provide notice through an updated application when it seeks to recognize programs in additional
industries, occupational areas, or geographical areas. The notice must be provided prior to the SRE implementing changes. The SRE
may not implement changes to where or how it recognizes IRAPs prior to the Administrator’s evaluation and approval.
Based on the information received, the Administrator will evaluate whether the SRE is or remains qualified for recognition, including its
qualification to recognize IRAPs in the new industries, occupational areas, or geographical areas identified.

QUESTIONS?
For any questions regarding the application or the application process, you can reach us by email at apprenticeship@dol.gov or by
phone at 1-877-US-2JOBS (1-877-872-5627)

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STANDARDS RECOGNITION ENTITY APPLICANT
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
OPTIONAL ATTACHMENTS

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Federal Tax Identification Number
(Tax ID) or Employer Identification
Number (EIN) of Standards Recognition
Entity Applicant

Acceptable file types:
.DOC(X), .XLS(X), .PPT(X), .PDF, .PNG,
.JPG, .TXT

(If your org anization does not have a Federal Tax
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Alternate proof of legal status for
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proof of its legal status. )

Website (If available):

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Name of Standards Recognition Entity
Applicant:

(Examples of acceptable documents: Articles of
Incorporation, SEC filings, Tax ID)

Street Address:

City:

State:

Select State

Zip Code:

Must be in XXXXX or XXXXX-XXXX format

POINT OF CONTACT INFORMATION
First Name:

Last Name:

E-mail Address:
Telephone Number:

Telephone EXT:

RELATED ENTITIES

Please list your organization's confirmed or potential partners (affiliates, foundations, consortia
members, parent/subordinate organizations etc.) that will be engaged in your recognition
activities. Please describe their roles, including relationships with subsidiaries or other related
entities that could reasonably impact impartiality.

SCOPE OF APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM(S)
Please select the industry(ies) relating to IRAPs
your organization is seeking to recognize.

Accommodation and Food Services
Administrative and Support and Waste
Management and Remediation Services
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and
Hunting

Please select the occupation(s) and list all credentials related to the IRAPs your organization
is seeking to recognize.
Follow these instructions to complete this section. Search and select an occupation, then enter the credential your organization is
seeking to recognize. To add multiple credentials per occupation, press enter within the credentials box. To add multiple occupations,
you must first complete any empty occupation fields before clicking on the plus sign next to the Occupation label.

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Please affirm that your organization will not recognize programs that seek to train apprentices
to perform construction activities, consisting of: the erecting of buildings and other structures
(including additions); heavy construction other than buildings;
and alterations, reconstruction, installation, and maintenance and repairs as
described in 29 CFR § 29.30.

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Along with the rest of this application, DOL will take into account where a prospective SRE
intends to recognize IRAPs in determining whether it has the appropriate knowledge required
by § 29.21(b). Please identify where you plan to recognize IRAPs. Please provide specific
areas as appropriate.
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National - in all 5O U.S. states and territories

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Regional (please specify)

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State - in multiple U.S. states/territories or a single state (please specify)

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CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE OF THE STANDARDS
RECOGNITION ENTITY
A. ORGANIZATION OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
Please provide documents describing your organization's operations, covering all of the
following elements:
• Your organizational structure, including the following, if appropriate given your operations:
o Lines of authority and responsibility of those associated with apprenticeship
programs and any credentials your organization offers; and
o A description of the separation between the individuals who create or
design your organization's apprenticeship program(s), if any, and the
individuals who would assess such program(s) and make recognition
decision(s). Note that you are not required to provide the names of any
individuals.
• How your organization has the resources to operate as an SRE for a 5-year period.
• Report any bankruptcies, relevant injunctions, debarments, or other
restrictions that may prevent it from being permitted to to conduct
business with the U.S. Federal Government and/or with members of its
industry sector from the past 5 years and specify the year the
bankruptcy or restriction occurred.

B.ORGANIZATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Please provide your organization's qualifications, experience, and
capability to perform as an SRE, covering all of the following elements:
• How (in detail) your organization has the qualifications and standing to serve as an SRE
of high-quality IRAPs by industry or occupational areas in the intended geographical
area. As part of your response, explain how your organization has the expertise to set
competency-based standards, through a consensus-based process involving industry
experts, for the requisite training, structure, and curricula for apprenticeship programs
in the industry(ies), or occupational area(s) in which you seek to be an SRE. Provide
examples of standards developed, if available.
• Please list the experts who will be involved in developing standards and describe their
experience and qualifications in detail. Please attach resumes for each expert.
• Your organization's experience, if any, conducting recognition or certification activities of
similar work-based learning, training, and/or credentialing programs.

C.PARTNERS
Please list any additional confirmed or potential partners, such as
educational providers, industry associations, or accrediting bodies that
will be engaged in your activities as an SRE and describe their roles.

D.CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND IMPARTIALITY

• Please provide your organization’s relationship with subsidiaries, or other related entities,
that could reasonably impact your organization’s impartiality in evaluating apprenticeship
programs for recognition.

• Please provide your organization’s approach to mitigating actual or potential conflicts of
interest that may arise, including any from your organization recognizing your own
apprenticeship programs or conflicts relating to your provision of services to actual or
prospective IRAPs. For example, please explain how you plan to recognize an apprenticeship
program operated by your organization or one of its partner organizations or subsidiaries.
Please list and attach specific policies, processes, procedures, or structures. Any entities
listed in Section II.A, B, and C above must be included in your description if they may apply
for recognition.
• Please provide your organization’s approach to recognizing, and validating compliance of,
IRAPs, and the means by which your organization would ensure that your decisions are
impartial, consistent, and based on objective and merit-based criteria; ensure that your
decisions are confidential except as required or permitted by subpart B, or otherwise
required by law; and are written in sufficient detail to reasonably achieve the regulatory
criteria. Such services include any type of advice, assistance, or consultation not required by
29 CFR 29 subpart B for which your entity may seek compensation. Please attach specific
policies, processes, procedures, or structures.
• Please provide your organization’s approach to mitigating financial or any other actual or
potential conflicts of interest that may arise. Please attach specific policies, processes,
procedures or structures.

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EVALUATING AND MONITORING ELEMENTS OF A
HIGH-QUALITY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Please provide your organization’s specific policies and procedures for evaluating and
monitoring high-quality IRAPs so that the programs it recognizes and monitors have
documented and verifiable evidence of all elements of a high-quality apprenticeship
program. Please provide your organization’s specific policies and procedures for
evaluating and monitoring to ensure IRAPs train apprentices for employment in jobs that
require specialized knowledge and experience and involve the performance of complex
tasks.

A. WRITTEN TRAINING PLAN
Please provide your organization's specific policies and procedures for evaluating and
monitoring each program's written training plan, consistent with your requirements and
standards as developed pursuant to the process set forth in§ 29.21(b)(l).

B. PAID WORK COMPONENT
Please provide your organization's specific policies and procedures for evaluating and
monitoring each program's paid work component, specifically that each program:

The length of the recognition

• Has evidence that apprentices will be paid at least the applicable minimum
wage (according to Federal, State, and local requirements) as part of their

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employment.
• Has defined circumstances under which the wages of its apprentices will
increase (or explains they will not increase during their apprenticeship); will
provide written notice to apprentices of those circumstances, and of their
wages during their apprenticeship.
• Has evidence that any charging of costs or expenses to apprentices complies
with all applicable Federal, State, or local wage laws and regulations, including
but not limited to the Fair Labor Standards Act and its regulations. This
application does not purport to alter or supersede an employer’s obligations
under any such laws and regulations.

Copy (or template) of your
organization's generic agreement
with program(s). Agreement must
include:
Commitment to fulfill the requirements of
the recognition to be offered
Access to personnel, facilities, and
documents as needed
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C. ON-THE-JOB INSTRUCTION/WORK EXPERIENCE
Please provide your organization's specific policies and procedures for evaluating and
monitoring each program's On-the-Job Instruction/Work Experience, specifically that each
program:
• Has documented and structured work experiences for apprentices.
• Will provide structured mentorship opportunities for apprentices throughout
the duration of the apprenticeship that invoIve ongoing, focused supervision
and training by experienced instructors and employees.

D. RELATED INSTRUCTION
Please provide your organization’s specific policies and procedures for evaluating
and monitoring each program’s related instruction, designed so that apprentices
demonstrate competency and earn credential(s), and so that apprentices are
provided progressively advancing industry-essential skills.
• Please list the entity(ies) that will provide the related instruction (the SRE, IRAP
provider, educational provider, or other). Please provide the following information
about each of those entities to the extent possible:
• Type of organization;
• Address(es) of potential educational partners;
• Type of instruction (college class, vocational education, online, etc.);
• Point of contact(s) at the institution(s); and
• Credential(s) or certification(s) gained at educational institution (if
applicable).
• Also summarize how your proposed evaluative processes support the development
of appropriate instruction related to work experience.

E. INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS
• Please provide your organization’s specific policies and procedures for evaluating
and monitoring each program’s occupations and occupational credentials. For each
program, identify the industry-recognized credential that will be offered, including
the following for each prospective IRAP:
o Name of credential(s);
o Organization issuing the credential(s); and
o As appropriate, O*NET Code and NAICS code information for each
credential highlighting for which occupations and industries apprentices
will earn the credential(s) during their participation in or upon
completion of their apprenticeship.
• Please provide your organization's specific policies and procedures to ensure
apprentices receive credit for prior knowledge and experience relevant to the
instruction of the IRAP.
• Please provide your organization's process for publicly disclosing the
credential(s) associated with any IRAP that is recognized.
• Please provide your organization's specific policies and procedures to ensure
the IRAPs it recognizes provide a working environment for apprentices that
adheres to all applicable Federal, State, and local safety laws and regulations
and complies with any additional safety requirements that your organization,
as the SRE, may require.
• Please state any additional safety requirements that your organization would
require beyond the requirements of Federal, State, and local safety laws and
regulations.

F. EQUAL EMPLOYER OPPORTUNITY (EEO) REQUIREMENTS
• Please provide your organization’s specific policies and procedures for evaluating,
monitoring, and requiring that each IRAP adhere to applicable Federal, State, and
local laws pertaining to EEO.
• Please provide your organization’s policies and procedures, as applicable,
regarding potential harassment, intimidation, and retaliation.
• Please provide your organization’s policies and procedures, as applicable, that
reflect your comprehensive outreach strategies to reach diverse populations.
In addition, please explain your approach for assigning responsibility to an individual to assist
IRAPs with EEO requirements.

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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
A. GENERAL RECOGNITION PROCESSES
Please provide your organization's proposed general processes, policies,
and procedures for recognizing and monitoring high-quality IRAPs,
including the policies and procedures for the suspension or derecognition
of an IRAP that fails to comply with the regulatory and SRE requirements
and for notifying the Department of such decisions, along with the
approach your organization will take to ensure that your organization will
retain and make available to the public performance- and outcome-related
metrics and data for each of the programs it recognizes.

B. STANDARDS RECOGNITION ENTITY AND RECOGNITION INTEGRITY
Does your organization plan to recognize its own apprenticeship
program(s) as IRAPs?

Please provide your organization's operations and the approach your
organization will take to ensure transparency, accountability, impartiality,
confidentiality, objectivity, and independence, covering all of the following
elements:
• Provide any organizational structures or reporting relationships that separate or
otherwise ensure your organization's objectivity concerning the programs/
elements/services it offers and the programs it recognizes and monitors.
• Provide the policies and procedures your organization will implement so that its
programs or program elements are evaluated and monitored in an impartial,
consistent and objective manner.
• Provide your organization’s policies and procedures to assure decisions are based on
objective criteria, and are impartial and confidential, and that IRAPs are evaluated on
a merit-based criteria.
• Provide your organization’s policies and procedures for complaints process against
IRAPs.

C. QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCESSES
Please provide your organization’s policies and procedures on how your
organization maintains or will maintain high quality in its recognition
processes and in the IRAPs it recognizes, covering all of the following
elements:
• Your assessment processes to ensure that apprentices are achieving the
competencies outlined in the standards that have been developed by the
consensus-based processes involving relevant industry experts; and
• The monitoring process that will be implemented during the recognition cycles.

D. CONSENSUS ON STANDARDS
Provide your organization's consensus-based process to approve
competency-based standards for training, structures, and curricula. The
Department is not prescribing any particular process for obtaining or
demonstrating consensus on standards. Instead, applicants must show
through their response to this form that they have obtained input from
appropriate industry experts and they have obtained consensus from
these experts on standards and that these standards will result in
effective training in skills that are needed or highly valued in an industry
or sector.

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ATTESTATION
As a representative of the Standards Recognition Entity described in Section I of this application, I hereby certify that I
have read and reviewed this application, including every page of supporting documentation, and that to the best of my
knowledge the information contained therein is true and accurate. I agree that the virtual signature I have entered will
be the electronic representation of my signature and initials for all purposes when I use them on documents - just the
same as a pen-and-paper signature.
Last Name

First Name

Middle Initial

Title

Signature

Date Signed

Confidentiality - Under this collection, the name of a potential Standards Recognition Entity will be posted on https://www.dol.gov/
apprenticeship if the U.S. Department of Labor issues a favorable recognition letter with respect to the entity. While information collected by
this application is generally subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Exemption #4 of FOIA (at 5 U.S.C.
§552(b)(4)) affords protection to submitters (such as Standards Recognition Entities) that are asked to furnish commercial or financial
information to the Federal Government. The Department will keep as private and confidential, and will not disclose, unless required by law,
any commercial or financal information provided to the Department under this section that is both customarily and actually treated as private
by the SRE or IRAP. The Office of Apprenticeship will provide an applicant notice and an opportunity to object before disclosing information
from the applicant. For more information, see 29 CFR part 70, "Production and Disclosure of Information or Materials,” especially 29 CFR §
70.26,
“Confidential commercial information.”

Public Burden Statement (1205-0536)
Persons are not required to respond to this collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Public
reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average approximately 107 hours and 10 minutes per response, including
the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information. Subsequent time for other activities are estimated to require an average of 137 hours and 50
minutes per response. The obligation to respond is required to obtain a favorable recognition from the Department under 29 U.S.C. 50. Send
comments regarding this burden or any other aspect of this collection of information including suggestions for reducing this burden to the
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room C-5321, Washington, D.C. 20210 (OMB Control
Number 1205-0536).

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