Apprentice School of Shipbuilding

Curriculum

The academic curriculum supports the entire apprentice program by providing each apprentice with the technical knowledge required for the mastery of a trade, and an opportunity to obtain an associate degree in business administration, engineering technology or engineering. The curriculum provides the educational foundation necessary for continued growth throughout a career.

Although an apprenticeship may begin at any time of the year, academic instruction in the World Class Shipbuilder Curriculum and electrical trade theory courses begins at the start of the next available term. Other trade theory courses are scheduled as needed and coordinated with the apprentice's craft training experience. Courses are held during work hours and apprentices are paid for all classroom attendance. All apprentices are required to successfully complete all courses in the World Class Shipbuilder Curriculum (WCSC) and the applicable courses in the Trade Related Education Curriculum.

The Trades Related Education Curriculum (TREC) consists of courses designed to support and reinforce the on-the-job training within an apprentice’s assigned trade. Apprentices who fail a course in either WCSC or TREC curricula will be subject to release from their apprenticeship due to academic failure.

Beyond the World Class Shipbuilder and Trade Related Education Curricula, qualified apprentices may be selected to pursue further studies in the Optional Pre-Advanced Curriculum (OPAC). OPAC consists of three additional academic semesters, taken over the course of one year, through Thomas Nelson Community College. Courses taken as part of this curriculum provide a foundation for future academics that are offered as part of one of our Optional Advanced Curricula (OAC). Apprentices will complete an OAC while participating in one of six available optional advanced programs that include: Advanced Shipyard Operations, Cost Estimation, Modeling and Simulation, Marine Design, Nuclear Test, or Production Planning. Apprentice selection for the optional advanced programs is based on performance in the WCSC, TREC, OPAC, and performance in assigned craft areas. As part of the OAC, Apprentices will complete the requirements for either an Associate of Science in Business Administration, an Associate of Science in Engineering, an Associate of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology with a Specialization in Marine Engineering, or an Associate of Applied Science in Electronics Technology with a Specialization in Electrical Engineering Technology. Degree requirements will be satisfied by the combination of courses taken through the Apprentice School, Thomas Nelson Community College, and/or Tidewater Community College. All of the aforementioned degrees can be pursued while participating in the Advanced Shipyard Operations, Cost Estimation, and Production Planning programs. The Associate of Science in Business Administration cannot be pursued through the Modeling and Simulation, Nuclear Test, or Marine Design programs.

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Graduation

Class of 2009

Class of 2008

Class of 2007

The Apprentice School currently has 16 academic instructors who teach more than 20 courses offered in the World Class Shipbuilder Curriculum, the Optional Pre-Advanced Curriculum, and the Optional Advanced Curricula.

The Apprentice School has more than 50 craft instructors who teach small groups of apprentices and supervise the students' production work in shops and aboard ships. These instructors are qualified craftsmen chosen for their interest in and aptitude for teaching. Six Lead Craft Instructors oversee the craft instructors and assist with the recording of grades, performance evaluations, attendance, apprentice rotations from one area of the shipyard to another location and general daily business.

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