Delivering Fair, Equitable, & Validated Apprentice Assessment
Why Use APS In Your Training Program?
The APS Success Profile System was designed to address four common challenges
among Union construction apprenticeship programs:
Diversity
The screening and interview processes used by programs are not always uniform and often do not promote diverse and inclusive selection of candidates.
Fairness
The assessment has won awards for its design and application to treating all candidates the same regardless of race, gender, or related.
APS is the gold standard for fairness and equity in candidate selection.
Liability
Non-uniform screening and selection not only creates fairness and equality issues, but possible legal liability for Trustees.
Right Talent
More accurate assessment of talent and potential for high performance.
Accurate Screening of Apprentices in Four Steps
A Realistic Job Preview
Start with a brief online video that explains a career in union construction. The video is helping people have the right understanding of :
- What it means to have a career in construction
- What to expect – an honest look at the good and the bad
- What the union expects of t
- What to expect – an honest look at the good and the bad
- What the union expects of them
Candidates Completes APS Success Profile
A 60-min online based test. The assessment evaluates candidates’ aptitude, personality, and cognitive capabilities related to a career in construction.
Your Program Receives Assessment Results Online
Assessment results are returned with easy-to-use “traffic light” indicators (green, yellow, and red) to group applicants by assessment score and mechanical reasoning capability.
Interviews are Held with Behavior Based Questions
Interview is based on a technique that research has shown to be 4x more effective at predicting success than traditional interviews.
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Why use APS?List Item 1
APS sets the gold standard for fairness, equality, and uniformity in how apprentices enter programs. It promotes diversity and reduces liability
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Getting started with APSList Item 2
We create your custom portal.
We schedule school administrator training.
We schedule your Success Profile interviewer training.
You launch when ready to start recruiting.
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Calculate your program ROIList Item 1
Download ROI Form
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Return on InvestmentList Item 2
The Success Profile System is designed to help you hire and keep more high-performing apprentices. Many programs lose upwards of 10% of their apprentices each year, and some lose nearly 50%. Calculate what your program may be losing each year on apprentices who leave or are expelled.
Testimonials
"APS worked closely with us to customize it to our trade so that it really fit our needs and what we're looking for in our apprentices. That has translated into a lot of enthusiasm and interest across our Apprentice programs."
Tom Haun
Administrator, Insulation Industry International Apprentice and training Fund, Lanham, MD
"APS Has been excellent to work with. The whole process has been great. I can really see how this is going to help us get higher quality people into the program and avoid the ones who talk a good game but don't work out."
David Soika
Apprenticeship Coordinator Local 12, New York, NY
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