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Apprenticeship Hours

Every hours entry filed before you leave the site.

Each apprentice's on-the-job hours by work process, classroom hours, competencies and wage steps on file, signed by the journeyworker who watched the work, ready when the registration agency asks.

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Free tool: next due date

Enter the date and the next one appears here.

Your customer sets this interval; no rule fixes one.

The rules, with where each one came from.

Each date this app counts and each check it runs on a save is listed here with its source and the day we last read it. Where a rule lives in a paid standard, we cite it and keep the same facts in our own layout; we never copy the standard's text or forms.

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sourced rules in this trade, each read on or after Oct 29, 2026.

Dates it counts

  1. Next progress review: the interval set in progress review every (months) from the last progress review.Set per customer; no rule fixes this interval.
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What it checks when you save

  1. A registered apprenticeship measures its term one of three ways: time-based, at least 2,000 hours of on-the-job learning under a work process schedule; competency-based, skills shown and verified by the sponsor; or hybrid, a set minimum of hours plus competency shown.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  2. A time-based program states its on-the-job hours; the rule sets at least 2,000.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  3. A hybrid program states its minimum on-the-job hours alongside the competencies an apprentice shows.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  4. A competency-based program still has apprentices complete on-the-job learning, and its standards say how that learning fits in.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  5. The program standards outline the work processes an apprentice trains in on the job, with the approximate time in each major process.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  6. Related instruction in technical subjects is part of every program, and 144 hours for each year of apprenticeship is recommended.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  7. Wages rise on a set schedule as skill is gained, and the entry wage is no lower than the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage where it applies.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  8. The sponsor reviews each apprentice's work on the job and in related instruction from time to time, and keeps progress records.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  9. The program standards set a numeric ratio of apprentices to journeyworkers and say whether it applies to the job site, workforce, department or plant.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  10. The probationary period counts in full toward completion and cannot exceed 25 percent of the program or 1 year, whichever is shorter.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  11. During probation either party may cancel the agreement without giving a cause.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  12. A sponsor's entry qualifications set a starting age of no less than 16.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  13. Credit for prior experience, training or skills is offered to every applicant on the same terms, with the wage of any step it grants.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  14. When the apprentice is a minor, a parent or guardian signs the apprenticeship agreement too.From 29 CFR 29.7, Apprenticeship agreement (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  15. An apprentice who transfers gets a transcript of related instruction and on-the-job learning, stays in the same occupation, and signs a new agreement when the sponsor changes.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  16. The sponsor registers each agreement and its changes, and tells the registration agency who completed, transferred, was suspended or was cancelled, with the reasons.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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  17. The sponsor records and keeps every apprenticeship record the Office of Apprenticeship or the state apprenticeship agency requires, and any other law asks for.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
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Asked, and answered from the rule.

How many on-the-job hours does a time-based registered apprenticeship need?

  1. A registered apprenticeship measures its term one of three ways: time-based, at least 2,000 hours of on-the-job learning under a work process schedule; competency-based, skills shown and verified by the sponsor; or hybrid, a set minimum of hours plus competency shown.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
  1. Related instruction in technical subjects is part of every program, and 144 hours for each year of apprenticeship is recommended.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.

How long can an apprenticeship probation last?

  1. The probationary period counts in full toward completion and cannot exceed 25 percent of the program or 1 year, whichever is shorter.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.
  2. During probation either party may cancel the agreement without giving a cause.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.

What is the youngest starting age for a registered apprenticeship?

  1. A sponsor's entry qualifications set a starting age of no less than 16.From 29 CFR 29.5, Standards of apprenticeship (eCFR), checked Oct 29, 2026.

What it keeps for you.

Program

Occupation, Program registration number, Registration agency, State of registration, How the term is measured, and more.

Work process

Work process, Approximate hours, Competency to show.

Wage step

Step, Starts after, Or after showing, Share of the journeyworker rate, Hourly rate.

Apprentice

Name, Date of birth, Under 18 when the agreement was signed, Parent or guardian signature, Employer, and more.

On-the-job hours

Week ending, Work process, Hours, Job site, Journeyworker who supervised, and more.

Related instruction

Course, Date or term ending, Hours, How it was taught, School or provider, and more.

Competency sign-off

Work process, Skill shown, Shown on, Verified for the sponsor by, How it was tested, and more.

Progress review

Reviewed on, On the job, Related instruction, Reviewer, Notes, and more.

Crew ratio count

Date, Job site, Apprentices on site, Journeyworkers on site, Note.

What your client receives.

The apprentice record, as the app issues it the moment the hours entry is saved: signed, dated and frozen, with what is next due. This one is filled with invented records so you can read it before you sign up.

Building owners read every report filed to them in one binder, free.

Sample Inspection Co. (fictional) · Apprenticeship Hours

Apprentice record

Avery Lund

Apprentice

Name
Avery Lund
Date of birth
Sep 11, 2026
Under 18 when the agreement was signed
Yes
Employer
Northgate Fabrication

and 12 more fields

On-the-job hours

Week endingWork processHoursJob siteJourneyworker who supervisedNote
Sep 11, 2026Avery Lund1 hourAvery LundJourneyworker who supervised 1Note 1
Aug 24, 2026Quinn Halvorsen43 hoursAvery LundJourneyworker who supervised 7Note 7
Aug 6, 2026Casey Brandt85 hoursAvery LundJourneyworker who supervised 13Note 13
Jul 19, 2026Sam Okafor127 hoursAvery LundJourneyworker who supervised 19Note 19
Jul 1, 2026Avery Lund2 hoursAvery LundJourneyworker who supervised 25Note 25
Jun 13, 2026Quinn Halvorsen44 hoursAvery LundJourneyworker who supervised 31Note 31

and 14 more on the full report

Related instruction

CourseDate or term endingHoursHow it was taughtSchool or providerInstructor
Course 1Sep 11, 20261 hourClassroomSchool or provider 1Instructor 1
Course 7Aug 24, 20265 hoursOnlineSchool or provider 7Instructor 7
Course 3May 28, 202615 hoursOnlineSchool or provider 3Instructor 3
Course 5Feb 11, 202610 hoursClassroomSchool or provider 5Instructor 5
Course 9May 10, 202619 hoursClassroomSchool or provider 9Instructor 9
Course 11Jan 24, 202614 hoursOnlineSchool or provider 11Instructor 11

Competency sign-off

Work processSkill shownShown onVerified for the sponsor byHow it was testedInterim credential issued
Avery LundSkill shown 1Sep 11, 2026Avery LundHands-on testInterim credential issued 1
Sam OkaforSkill shown 3May 28, 2026Sam OkaforWatched on the jobInterim credential issued 3
Casey BrandtSkill shown 5Feb 11, 2026Casey BrandtHands-on testInterim credential issued 5

Progress review

Reviewed onOn the jobRelated instructionReviewerNotes
Sep 11, 2026Meets the standardMeets the standardReviewer 1
May 28, 2026Below the standardBelow the standardReviewer 3
Feb 11, 2026Needs workNeeds workReviewer 5

Signature

Not signed in the app; signed on paper if at all.

A recordkeeping aid. It does not certify compliance and is not legal advice.

Every name, date and number on this sample is invented.

What Apprenticeship Hours costs.

Free

$0
  • 3 apprentices
  • 1 person

Solo

$9 a monthFounders price; list $19
  • 25 apprentices
  • 3 people

Crew

$24 a monthFounders price; list $49
  • 200 apprentices
  • 10 people

Company

$49 a monthFounders price; list $99
  • 2,000 apprentices
  • 25 people

All-Access

$74 a monthFounders price; list $149
  • 2,000 apprentices
  • 25 people
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