About PSRAC

About PSRAC

History and Mission

In 2000, a grass-roots coalition of business people and educators organized the S.C. Registered Apprenticeship Roundtable (SCRAR) to address the lack of a formal, structured delivery system for registered apprenticeships in South Carolina. The mission of this non-profit was to promote, develop and implement registered apprenticeship training opportunities by means of partnerships and collaborative efforts throughout all segments of the South Carolina economy.

In 2004, the S.C. Workforce Investment Board funded a SCRAR initiative within the Upstate WIB creating a Registered Apprenticeship Demonstration Project. This effort successfully established the state's first regional registered apprenticeship delivery system.

In 2005, SCRAR became a 501(c)(3) and subsequently changed its name to the Palmetto State Registered Apprenticeship Council.

Functions

The functions of PSRAC shall be:

To promote regional and statewide registered apprenticeship delivery systems;
To promote the establishment of registered apprenticeship programs
To provide a forum for discussing mutual training goals;
To exchange and coordinate information on training;
To coordinate the efforts of state and local joint apprenticeship committees in the promotion and introduction of programs designed for the general welfare of apprenticeships in the state;
To encourage and promote collaborative efforts between labor, business, education, and government to support the development of registered apprenticeships in South Carolina.

Board of Directors

Chair : Frank Knapp
Vice-Chair : Mike Richardson
Board Treasurer : Estlean Cook
Secretary : Greg Moore
Board At-Large: Bernie Baum, Cushman Philips, Charles Sedgass

Meetings:

The PSRAC membership meetings are regularly held the Third Wednesday of December, February, April, June, August, October.

The Board of Directors meets monthly on the third Wednesday.

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