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The Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program expanded into the southern part of the greater Rochester and Finger Lakes region at the Genesee Valley BOCES in Mount Morris, Livingston County.   Three advanced manufacturing businesses across the region selected five students from

FINGER LAKES YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS HOSTS FIRST-EVER “SIGNING DAY” IN A ROCHESTER HIGH SCHOOLProgram matches dozens of students for job shadows and paid co-ops throughout city of Rochester and Monroe CountyRochester – The Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program (FLYAP) held

Spencerport – Dozens of students from across the westside of Monroe County and the city of Rochester attended the Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program’s “Signing Day” celebration on Wednesday, March 3, 2022 at the Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES in Spencerport.  These

The Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program (FLYAP) continued the 2021-22 Signing Day period at the Wayne Finger Lakes (WFL) BOCES in Stanley.  Eleven students from the Finger Lakes Technical and Career Center (FLTCC) and one student from Canandaigua Academy have

The Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program (FLYAP) kicked off the Signing Day period of the 2021-22 program year at the Genesee Valley BOCES in Batavia.  More than 30 students signed on with 7 companies throughout the region.  Twelve students have

The Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program team has been working with dozens of students and companies for both virtual and in-person Matching Days. Check out some of our photos from the Orleans Niagara BOCES Matching Day held on December 8th!

The Rochester Technology and Manufacturing Association (RTMA) and Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program (FLYAP) celebrate the 7th annual National Apprenticeship Week throughout the week of November 15 – 19, 2022. The week kicked off with a celebratory press conference Tuesday

On Tuesday, September 29th, the FLYAP team was at the GLOW With Your Hands event at the Genesee County Fairgrounds. We got to speak with hundreds of 8th – 12th grade students from schools around the GLOW region. We had

September 15, 2021 RTMA Director of Workforce Development Rich Turner presented the Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program to the Monroe County School Boards Association at its September meeting.  Dozens of school superintendents, board members and administrators joined the meeting in-person

  Learn How to Leverage the Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program   Rochester Technology and Manufacturing Association Executive Director, Bob Coyne, will give an in depth presentation outlining the Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program.  This presentation, at Haas Demo Day,

Click below to watch the Executive Director of the Rochester Technology and Manufacturing Association, Bob Coyne, talk about the Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program on the Greater Rochester Enterprise Why ROC segment. https://www.rochesterfirst.com/why-roc/a-career-path-for-youth-seeking-an-educational-alternative/

Click below to listen to the Executive Director of the Rochester Technology and Manufacturing Association, Bob Coyne, talk to the Greater Rochester Enterprise about why the Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program is so great!   Greater Rochester Enterprise · GRE

The Rochester Technology and Manufacturing Association partnered with its Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program, Genesee Community College, the Genesee County Economic Development Council and Genesee Valley BOCES in Batavia to hold the first ever Genesee Valley Pre-Apprenticeship Program.  Five young

June 9, 2021The Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program presented to the Champion Academy at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park. Youth learned about careers in manufacturing and received a hands-on demonstration.        

The Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program (FLYAP) has completed its last Signing Day Event of the 2020-2021 Campaign on April 28th at the Wayne-Finger Lakes Career Tech Center. The program was created in 2018 and designed to recruit and engage

The 2020-2021 program year for the Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program wrapped up on April 27 at the Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES- Finger Lakes Technical and Career Center. Five students signed on with three companies in the region. Congratulations to

Click below to watch a 2 minute recap of the Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program’s 2021 Signing Day for the Monroe #1, Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES’s and Edison Tech.  The FLYAP team also placed apprentices in the Orleans Niagara and Genesee

To celebrate our new Youth Apprentices that signed at the Monroe 2 – Orleans BOCES, we’ve put together an automated flipbook to commemorate the evening! Thank you to everyone in attendance that helped make this night special for these students,