Every apprentice learns how to use the tools of his or her trade. But there hasn't been an easy way to teach apprentices how to build a solid financial future until now. Financial Tools for the Trades (FTT) is a financial education program tailored to apprenticeship. Port Jobs has created a series of tools for apprenticeship programs and their apprentices, including:

Financial Tools Workshop
Port Jobs leads a two-hour workshop to first year apprentices during their classroom training. Apprentices learn how to:

• Be prepared for the first year of apprenticeship,
• Manage their money using spending plans,
• Be in control of their credit, and
• Recognize the true cost of using credit.

A sample of the workshop presentation is available online.  Apprenticeship programs can receive a copy of the entire PowerPoint presentation by contacting Port Jobs (see below).

Survival Guide
This popular do-it-yourself manual covers the same topic areas as the Financial Tools workshop and adds information on saving and investing. The Survival Guide can accompany the workshop or be provided to apprentices as a stand alone piece. Download a trial copy of the Survival Guide. Guides can also be purchased from Port Jobs - visit the website to order now.

Financial Tools for Apprenticeship Programs
This guide provides an overview of the FTT program, the teaching tools, including the Financial Tools workshop and Survival Guide, and ideas for creating a Financial Tools program.

Coming Soon! Trainer Toolkit
Port Jobs is creating a trainer toolkit for apprenticeship programs that want to teach Financial Tools for the Trades in their classrooms.  The toolkit will include an expanded curriculum of four 1-hour modules, including:

• Be Prepared for Apprenticeship
• The Power of Spending Plans
• Make Credit Work for You
• Taking Control of Your Debt

The toolkit will include PowerPoint presentations, detailed instructor scripts, and other resources for instructors. Check back for more details or contact Port Jobs for more information.

To request materials or for more information
Contact Port Jobs by phone (206-728-3882) or email us.

Reproduction
Use of any portion of Financial Tools for the Trades materials must be credited to Port Jobs.

Apprenticeship programs and other organizations providing apprenticeship preparation training services are permitted to download the Survival Guide from the Port Jobs web site and duplicate up to 100 copies of such materials in whole or in part, but without any modification to the content, for the sole purpose of providing this information without charge to apprentices and students.

No other reproduction of any Financial Tools for the Trades materials is permitted without prior written permission of the copyright holder.

Financial Tools is a program of Port Jobs and is sponsored by the Port of Seattle.

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