Conducting utilization analyses helps sponsors identify deficiencies and determine whether they need to set utilization goals. The analyses provide sponsors with a method for assessing whether possible barriers to apprenticeship exist for particular groups of individuals by determining whether the race, sex, ethnicity, and disability status of apprentices in a sponsor’s apprenticeship program is reflective of qualified individuals in the sponsor’s relevant recruitment area. The results of the analyses will help sponsors decide whether and how to develop and engage in targeted outreach and recruitment activities to help meet Equal Employment Opportunity requirements.
What is the benefit to conducting these analyses?
Equal Employment Opportunity
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The workforce analysis should use the sponsor’s apprentice data, regardless of whether or not the sponsor is also the employer.
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Generally, it should not. If journeyworkers are eligible for enrollment in the apprenticeship program, those workers should be included within the sponsor’s availability analysis. However, currently employed journeyworkers should not be included in the sponsor’s workforce analysis.
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The availability analysis looks at the racial, sex, and ethnic breakdown of qualified individuals available for apprenticeship in the sponsor’s recruitment area. Individuals are considered qualified if they meet the basic requirements for enrollment in the apprenticeship program. Registration Agencies work closely with each sponsor during regular compliance reviews to develop and conduct an availability analysis.
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The regulations do not require utilization analyses or goal calculations for older workers or veterans.
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