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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,

March 10, 2021Signing Day for the Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program at the Genesee Valley BOCES. More than a half dozen companies in the GLOW Region signed nearly 20 high school juniors and seniors for job shadows and paid co-ops.

March 3rd, 2021The Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program hosted its annual ‘Signing Day’ on March 3rd for 32 high school juniors and seniors at Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES in Spencerport.  Fourteen companies are offering students from Monroe #1 BOCES, Monroe 2-Orleans

February 18th, 2021On Thursday, February 18th, 2021, at Brad Hazel Machining in Knowlesville, it was another successful signing day. Jordan Boccacci-Phillips and Kyle Lonnen (pictured below) are both seniors doing paid co-ops. Congratulations to both, we can’t wait to watch

February 11th, 2021The Finger Lakes Youth Apprenticeship Program expanded to the Orleans Niagara BOCES region. Over the past few weeks seven companies signed 9 youth to paid co-ops. Another successful Signing Day! Congratulations to all!  

National Apprenticeship WeekOpportunities in ManufacturingRochester Business Journal Op Ed on National Apprenticeship Week https://rbj.net/2020/11/16/national-apprenticeship-week-shines-light-on-opportunities-in-manufacturing/