Why Use APS

Applicants who don’t know the trade/aren’t ready for the opportunity of apprenticeship/don’t understand being in the Union.

• Intelligence tests that don’t relate to job skills don’t help
• Candidates that don’t know what they are signing up for in the first place
• Interviews that produce little information about applicants and often are not scored or ranked in a uniform or organized manner.

Fair, Equitable, Accurate & Validated

• Multiple years of research and development on the application of the screening to various trades
• Use the best hiring practices known
• Uses the best hiring practices known and proven by top public and private employers across the US
• Taps the top experts in talent assessment and screening
• Provides the most fair and uniform interview and assessment system available anywhere
• Custom-build all of it for union construction

What are the direct operational and economic benefits?

• Avoid likely failures and reduce drop-out rates
• Save time for instructors
• Reduce liability on Trustees
• Recapture serious dollars in training costs from lower drop rates
• Better raw material for apprentice instructors
• Build highly competitive workforce
• Maintain market share and high-quality union brand