GovOps apprenticeships (web)
Citation
California Government Operations Agency (GovOps). “Apprenticeships.” Web page, date not stated. https://www.govops.ca.gov/the-future/apprenticeships/. Read 2026-11-09. Copy: raw/web/2026-11-09 GovOps apprenticeships.html.
Bottom line
- The page describes the state’s Apprenticeship Pilot Programs for state employees in the Greater Sacramento Area.
- It lists three programs: Information Technology (IT), Financial Services and Mainframe. Apprentices earn up to 25 college credits and a federal and state certificate of apprenticeship.
Background
GovOps is the state agency that oversees CDT, CalHR and other departments. This page is under its “The Future” section. It gives no date. Some text uses the future tense for 2019 and 2020 launches, so parts of the page are out of date.
Key claims
- “Managed by a Joint Apprenticeship Committee comprised of representatives of employees and employers and an educational representative, the Pilot provides upward mobility opportunities in the Greater Sacramento Area to state employees using training and development assignments.” (Apprenticeships)
- “Upon completion of the program, apprentices will have earned up to 25 college credits, completed up to two years of on-the-job training and will receive a certificate of apprenticeship awarded by the United States Department of Labor and the California Department of Industrial Relations.” (Apprenticeships)
- “The Apprenticeship Pilot Programs are supported by the Governor’s Office, Government Operations Agency, Labor and Workforce Development Agency, Department of Technology, CalHR and SEIU Local 1000.” (Apprenticeships)
- “The Information Technology Apprenticeship program is the first public sector program of its kind in the nation, and the initial cohort became the first to focus on networking.” (Information Technology Apprenticeship)
- “For up to two years, apprentices work in an IT unit, earn college credits through Sacramento City College and take an exam to become Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician certified.” (Information Technology Apprenticeship)
- “The program is planned to start 1st quarter 2020 with paid apprenticeships focusing on three roles: 1) Mainframe System Administration (MSA) 18 months 2) Software Engineer (SWE) 12 months 3) Application Developer (AD) 12 months” (Mainframe Apprenticeship)
Evidence and method
An agency program page. It describes the structure, partners and length of each program. It gives no counts of apprentices, completions or costs.
Limits
The page has no date, and its status text is old. The Financial Services program “is expected to launch Fall 2019”. The Mainframe program “is planned to start 1st quarter 2020”. It does not describe research computing or AI roles. DAS e-News 2024 zSystems apprenticeship (web) reports the Mainframe (zSystems) program in 2024, with three cohorts.