NWI Food Council’s Farmer Apprenticeship

SPONSORING EMPLOYER APPLICATION

Thank you for your interest in the NWI Food Council’s Farmer Apprenticeship Program. Together in partnership, the NWI Food Council and the Center for Workforce Innovations, are excited to pilot Indiana’s first ever Farmer Apprenticeship Program approved by the Department of Labor. The term of Apprenticeship is 1.5 years and is competency-based. An apprentice can only enter the Farmer Apprenticeship Program by being hired by an accepted sponsoring employer.

Employers interested in sponsoring an individual into the Farmer Apprenticeship Program must submit an online application. The online application must include the name of the Sponsoring Employer, an authorized person's contact information, the name and contact information of the sponsored applicant and the location of the job where the apprentice will begin working.

In order for an applicant to be accepted into the Program, he or she must meet the physical, legal, communication and educational standards of the Apprentice Program and pass a substance abuse test.

The process for sponsoring an apprentice and the rules of the Program are set forth in the link below.