Delivering Fair, Equitable, & Validated Apprentice Assessment
Why Use APS In Your Training Program?
The APS Success Profile System addresses key challenges
commonly faced by union construction apprenticeship programs:
Consistency
APS ensures that screening and interview processes are standardized, minimizing variability and potential bias across evaluations.
Fairness
APS employs uniform, validated assessment processes recognized and awarded for treating all candidates equitably, ensuring unbiased selection based on merit.
Liability Protection
Standardized, validated screening practices significantly reduce potential legal liabilities for Trustees by ensuring fair and uniform candidate evaluation.
Right Talent
APS assessments precisely measure each candidate’s skills and potential for high performance, ensuring the selection of candidates who are most likely to succeed and contribute positively to their apprenticeship programs.
Accurate Apprentice Screening in Four Steps
Realistic Job Preview
Candidates watch a short online video to understand:
- What a union construction career involves
- What to expect—both the challenges and benefits
- What’s expected of them by the union
Candidates Complete The APS Success Profile
A 60-minute online assessment measuring aptitude, personality, and cognitive skills aligned with success in the trades.
Get Clear Results Online
Results are delivered with simple “traffic light” scoring—green, yellow, red—making it easy to sort applicants by readiness and mechanical reasoning.
Conduct Structured Interviews
Use behavior-based questions proven to be 4x more predictive of success than traditional interviews.
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Why use APS?List Item 1
APS sets the gold standard for fair, consistent, and validated apprentice screening. It ensures all candidates are evaluated on equal footing—improving selection quality while reducing risk and liability for training programs.
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Getting started with APSList Item 2
- A custom screening portal is built for your program
- Training is provided for your school administrators
- Interviewer training is scheduled for your Success Profile team
- Launch your recruitment process when you're ready
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Calculate Your Program's ROIList Item 1
Download the ROI Worksheet to estimate your annual savings from improved apprentice retention.
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Return on InvestmentList Item 2
The APS Success Profile System helps you recruit and retain more high-performing apprentices. While many programs lose 10% to 50% of apprentices annually, APS reduces costly turnover. Consider the training dollars, time, and resources lost each year to dropouts—and what your program could save with better screening.
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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