"America must not only teach but celebrate the skilled laborers that produce and maintain the world's greatest machines, buildings, products and infrastructure, innovations that improve our quality of life, help keep us safe, and have the power to inspire, awe, and wonder", said President Trump.
The order doubles funding for apprenticeship grants to $200 million by pulling money allotted for existing job-training programs.
Trump's visit to Waukesha County Technical College celebrated collaborations between educational institutions and the private sector in a county that backed him for president by 2-to-1 over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
It calls on the federal government to review 43 existing workforce development programs spanning 13 agencies to make them "more accountable and effective", the official said.
Companies have long complained that they can't find trained people to fill highly technical jobs, and apprenticeship programs have sprung up around the country.
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Ms sanders also said says the president was pleased with attorney general Jeff Sessions' evidence to Congress on Tuesday. Trump took to his Twitter account Thursday morning to denounce the report.
"It really gave me a jump start to get into a field that I had no prior experience in", said Haban, who now coordinates apprentice programs for the company.
Volkswagen has touted apprenticeship programs at its Chattanooga manufacturing plant as a way to bridge the USA skilled labor gap. He said he wants every high school in America to offer apprenticeship opportunities and hands-on-learning. Filling millions more jobs through apprenticeships would require the government to massively ramp up its efforts. Of the 146 million jobs in the United States, about 3.5 percent - or slightly more than a half-million - were filled by active apprentices in 2016.
"As we train the next generation to do their jobs, all of us here have to do our jobs, we have to join forces and hands and join together to restore american dream for all of our people", added Mr. Trump.
"Scaling is the big issue", said Robert Lerman, a fellow at the Urban Institute. Senior White House officials who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity say Trump will direct the Labor Department to issue broad standards for the company-designed apprenticeships. Most expenses from apprenticeships are incurred by the employers.
Nationally, disapproval of Trump's handling of the presidency hit a new high of 60% in the most recent Gallup daily tracking poll, completed on Monday. The order is created to streamline apprenticeship training to give more certification responsibility to businesses rather than relying on the Department of Labor.
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