Apprenticeship programs are not used extensively in the United

States. Currently, they involve a very small proportion of the

workforce, estimated to be only 0.! percent. "n contrast,
apprenticeships involve !.# percent of the workforce in
$ermany.

Apprenticeship programs are most highly developed
in $ermany, where they lead to examination and certification in
approximately %00 occupations.

As institutionali&ed in
$ermany, 'About !# percent of each class of middle school
graduates enter apprenticeship training in fields ranging from
skilled manufacturing to office work. (ver ) years, these
would*be*apprentices spend % days per week in on*the*+ob
training and at least day per week at a state*supported
vocational school.,