Apprenticeship intake

Apply to the cohort.Paid from day one.

Tell us your trade, your city, and how much time you can give each week. Detroit, Cleveland, and St. Louis run parallel cohorts — paid from week one, equity-holding owner at week twelve.

  • Electrical · Plumbing · HVAC · Carpentry · more
  • Reviewed within five business days
Apprentice intake
Rolling cohorts
Apprenticeship application
Your application is reviewed by the Stepsmith program lead within five business days. Share your trade, city, and availability — we do the rest.

We'll send a confirmation here once your application lands.

The city where you want to operate.

Availability

Provide your weekly hours, select specific days, or both.

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Run the diagnostic first

Three minutes. A tier recommendation.

Map your licensing, pricing, and capacity against the Stepsmith tier ladder before your application — it gives the program team more to work with.

Open the diagnostic

After you submit

Five business days, then a real human.
  1. 1Auto-receipt lands the moment you submit — your submission ID is on file.
  2. 2Program lead review against trade, city, and availability — five business days.
  3. 3Intake interview with the assigned journeyman mentor — 45 minutes, your city.
  4. 4Cohort placement in the next rolling intake — Detroit, Cleveland, or St. Louis.

Eligibility

Active license · non-material record.

Active journeyman license (or in process) in a skilled trade. Stepsmith underwrites context — a non-material record is reviewed, not auto-disqualified.

Read the eligibility details