System and method of apprenticeship program management

A computer server apparatus for processing apprenticeship credentials incorporating:

• an apprenticeship identifier that uniquely identifies a student;
• a database that uses the apprentice identifier as an index to store data records associated with that apprentice;
• a plurality of portals that allow for stakeholders in the apprentice data records to have access to view a plurality of controlled subsets of the apprentice data records;
• a mechanism for at least one of the portals to update the data records associated with the apprentice identifier;
• a mechanism for calculating and displaying an indication of the level of credential that the student has met;
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• access for at least the regulatory agency to interrogate the apprenticeship credentials.

A method of predicting whether the capacity of apprenticeship training or trades training is adequate, the method comprising:

• creating a database of apprentices enrolled in apprenticeship or trades training programs in a geographic region;
• acquiring information regarding the training requirements for each of the apprenticeship or trades training programs in which the apprentices are enrolled;
• identifying the number of apprentices that have met the pre-requisites for a specific training program;
• identifying the number of apprentices that have greater than a threshold probability of completing the pre-requisites before the training program is offered;
• relaying the information regarding the number of apprentices to at least one Training Agent;
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• identifying if the training capacity in any geographic region is adequate to train all of the probably qualifying apprentices.