Resources

Find information to answer your questions about SkillBridge policy and more.

• Military Members
• Industry Partners
• General Guidance
• Fair Labor Standards & Federal Opines

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Military Members

• DODI 1322.29 Job Training, Employment Skills Training, Apprenticeships, and Internships (JTEST-AI) for Eligible Service Members
• SkillBridge Program Brochure
• SkillBridge Program Participant Ethics Brief

• Air Force Instruction 36-2670, Total Force Development
• Career Skills Program Personnel Services Delivery (PSD) Guide

Industry Partners

• SkillBridge Program New Partner Information Session
• SkillBridge Training Plan Required Elements
• Guidance for Collecting Self-Reported Data

General Guidance

• SkillBridge Opportunity Types: Information on the types of opportunities available to SkillBridge participants.
• DOD Engaging with Industry: Communications with Industry
• DoDI 1344.07 (Personnel Commercial Solicitation on DOD Installations). 30 March 2006
• DoDI 1000.15 (Procedures and Support for Non-Federal Entities Authorized to Operate on DOD Installations), 24 Oct 2008

• Department of Defense (DOD) Transition Assistance Program: Bolsters opportunities, services, and training for transitioning service members; the mandatory components are applicable for all service members who have at least 180 continuous days or more on active duty, including the National Guard and Reserve.
• TAP classes, online courses, curriculum and resources can be at: Transition Assistance Program (tapevents.mil)
• Army
• Navy
• Air Force
• Marine Corps
• Coast Guard
• Military Installations: The DOD Military One Source’s official site for searching for and accessing information about U.S. military installations.

• Army COOL
• Navy COOL
• Air Force COOL
• Marine Corps COOL
• Coast Guard COOL

• United Services Military Apprenticeship Program (USMAP): A military training program that provides active duty Navy, Army, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard service members the opportunity to improve their job skills and complete civilian apprenticeship requirements while on active duty.
• Department of Labor (DOL) Registered Apprenticeship Resource Hub: The DOL's compilation of resources and information on registered apprenticeships.

• Military Installations: The DOD Military One Source’s official site for searching for and accessing information about U.S. military installations.

• MilGears: A DOD platform designed to support career planning and professional development for military members and veterans. The MilGears suite of tools allows users to see how their military-earned knowledge, skills, and abilities translate to civilian life by generating customized career and educational pathways based on their unique training and experience.
• DOL Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS): VETS is committed to helping America's veterans, separating service members and their spouses by preparing them for meaningful careers, providing employment resources and expertise. You can find information on the DOL American Job Centers CareerOneStop and learn about career options via MyNextMove.
• National Labor Exchange: Search for jobs from veteran-friendly employers and locate resources for veterans in your state.

Fair Labor Standards & Federal Opines

Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) concludes that "active-duty Service members who participate in the SkillBridge program would not be covered by the FLSA, the Davis-Bacon Act, the SCA, and the CWHSSA. As emphasized throughout, these aforementioned statutes were not intended to prevent potential businesses like yours from participating in the SkillBridge program by providing on-the-job training opportunities and instruction at a place and in a manner which would most benefit Service members who will soon be leaving the military. To find otherwise would be a disservice to those who serve our country in uniform."

• "This letter, FLSA2019-14, is an official interpretation by the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division for purposes of the Portal-to-Portal Act. See 29 U.S.C. § 259. This interpretation may be relied upon in accordance with section 10 of the Portal-to-Portal Act, notwithstanding that after any such act or omission in the course of such reliance, the interpretation is "modified or rescinded or is determined by judicial authority to be invalid or of no legal effect."

Department of Labor Opinion Letter: Jurisdictional inquiry concerning whether businesses participating in the Department of Defense's SkillBridge Program constitute federal contractors for the purposes of Executive Order 11246, as amended (E.O. 11246); Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Section 503), 29 U.S.C. § 793; and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended (VEVRAA), 38 U.S.C. § 4212.

• "As a cooperative agreement is a statutorily defined legal instrument separate from that of a procurement contract, participation in the SkillBridge Program is not sufficient by itself to render an employer or industry participant a covered federal contractor subject to E.O. 11246, Section 503, or VEVRAA. See 31 U.S.C. §§ 6303-6305; Partridge, 141 F.3d at 924-25 (holding that OFCCP regulations do "not apply to all agreements between the federal government and third parties" due in part to the separate statutory definitions of a contract, a grant, and a cooperative agreement embodied in the Grant Act)."
• Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs Under The Fair Labor Standards Act