ARC Workforce Academy — Registered Apprenticeship Training

U.S. DOL Registered Apprenticeship · Program #2026-AL-141731

Earn a paycheck while you learn a trade.

ARC Workforce Academy delivers the related technical instruction for Registered Apprenticeships in the Electrical, Plumbing, and HVAC/R trades across the Birmingham metro — combining online coursework with paid, on-the-job training that leads to a nationally recognized credential. Concrete & construction trades coming soon.

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Provider at a Glance

Provider: YES Electric LLC
Provider #: 8651
RAP #: 2026-AL-141731
Registered: May 21, 2026
Trades: Electrical · Plumbing · HVAC/R
Instruction: Online RTI

Why It Matters

America needs skilled tradespeople — and the trades need you.

The fastest, debt-free path into a stable career is hiding in plain sight.

🛠️A nationwide trades shortage

For a generation, young people were pushed toward four-year degrees while the electricians, plumbers, and HVAC technicians who actually keep the country running quietly aged toward retirement. Today those experienced workers are leaving the trades far faster than new ones are coming in, and hundreds of thousands of good-paying skilled-trade jobs sit unfilled across the country — including right here in the Birmingham metro. Every home, hospital, factory, and data center depends on this work, and demand only keeps climbing. For anyone willing to learn, that shortage isn't a problem — it's opportunity: real job security in work that can't be shipped overseas or automated away.

📈Apprenticeship is the way in

A Registered Apprenticeship is the proven way to step into those careers without taking on debt. Instead of paying tuition and hoping for a job at the end, an apprentice earns a paycheck from day one — working shoulder-to-shoulder with experienced professionals on real job sites while completing the classroom instruction that builds true expertise. Pay rises on a set schedule as skills grow, and graduates finish with a nationally recognized U.S. Department of Labor credential and zero student debt. For many people it's the most direct route to a stable, middle-class living and a skill they can carry anywhere — even build their own business on. It's a path to a better life: earned, not borrowed.

Apprenticeship Programs

Three trades. One pathway to a credential.

Every program pairs paid on-the-job learning (OJL) with online related technical instruction (RTI), registered with the U.S. Department of Labor and the Alabama Office of Apprenticeship.

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Electrician

CIP 46.0302 · RAPIDS 0159TB · Time-Based

On-the-job learning6,000 hrs
Related instruction432 hrs
Wage progression$13 → $33/hr
CredentialDOL Certificate

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Plumber

CIP 46.0503 · RAPIDS 91171TB · Time-Based

On-the-job learning4,000 hrs
Related instruction298 hrs
Wage progression$13 → $28/hr
CredentialDOL Certificate

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HVAC/R

CIP 47.0201 · RAPIDS 90559CB · Competency-Based

Program length~1 year
Related instruction288 hrs
Wage progression$13 → $25/hr
CredentialDOL Certificate

Concrete mixer truck pouring at a job site

Coming Soon

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Concrete

Construction Craft Laborer · Registration in progress

A Concrete / construction-trades apprenticeship is being added to ARC Workforce Academy. Paid on-the-job learning with online related instruction — enrollment opening soon.

Tuition & Fees

Published program costs

Tuition covers all related technical instruction (RTI), course materials, and online curriculum access for the full program. Tuition is identical for every student regardless of funding source. Apprentices are paid wages by their employer throughout on-the-job learning. The figures below reflect the cost listed on the Alabama Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL).

Program	Delivery	RTI Hours	Total Tuition
Electrician ApprenticeshipCIP 46.0302 · RAPIDS 0159TB	Online · Time-Based	432 hrs	$10,000$2,500 / semester
Plumber ApprenticeshipCIP 46.0503 · RAPIDS 91171TB	Online · Time-Based	298 hrs	$10,000$2,500 / semester
HVAC/R ApprenticeshipCIP 47.0201 · RAPIDS 90559CB	Online · Competency-Based	288 hrs	$7,500$1,875 / semester

LAST-DOLLAR POLICY ARC Workforce Academy applies a last-dollar tuition policy: after WIOA Individual Training Account (ITA) funds and any other aid are applied, YES Electric LLC covers any remaining balance so eligible apprentices incur no out-of-pocket tuition cost. ITA funding covers up to four semesters per participant, subordinate to the North Central AlabamaWorks Area 4 cost categories.

WIOA & ETPL

Approved for public workforce funding

ARC Workforce Academy's apprenticeship programs are Registered Apprenticeships and are listed on Alabama's Eligible Training Provider List — automatically eligible for WIOA Individual Training Account funding.

Apprentices and instructors in a vocational training classroom

Training built for working adults

Related technical instruction is delivered 100% online, so apprentices can keep working full-time while they study. There are no out-of-pocket tuition costs for eligible participants — between WIOA ITA funding and our last-dollar policy, the cost of training is covered.

Our team works directly with your local AlabamaWorks Career Center to confirm eligibility and process your Individual Training Account.

#8651AlabamaWorks Provider

ETPLListed & ITA-Eligible

4Semesters ITA Coverage

$0Out-of-Pocket (Last-Dollar)

Don't pay out of pocket — let WIOA fund your training.

Eligible job seekers can use a WIOA Individual Training Account (ITA) through their local AlabamaWorks Career Center to cover apprenticeship tuition. Veterans, dislocated workers, and adults seeking a skilled-trade career are encouraged to apply.

You may qualify if you are

An adult or dislocated worker
A veteran or transitioning service member
Seeking a skilled-trade credential
Referred by an AlabamaWorks Career Center

Get Started

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Call, email, or visit us to begin an application. We'll help you confirm WIOA eligibility through your local Career Center.

ARC Workforce Academy · a program of YES Electric LLC

6351 10th Street S, Lipscomb, AL 35020

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