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Retraining Assistance

The Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) offers up to 12 months of training assistance to unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60. The program is provided to veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Labor.

The careers on this page are eligible for retraining under the program. Inclusion on this list does not guarantee that eligible education programs are available, and other restrictions may apply. Visit the VRAP website to learn more.

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Career Name Bright Outlook Green Apprenticeship
Actors
Apprenticeship
Advertising Sales Agents
Where in the military? Air Traffic Controllers
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Aircraft Mechanics & Service Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, & Systems Assemblers
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Airline Pilots, Copilots, & Flight Engineers
Ambulance Drivers & Attendants
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Appraisers, Real Estate
Architectural Drafters
Green
Apprenticeship
Assessors
Athletes & Sports Competitors
Where in the military? Audio & Video Equipment Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Automotive Body & Related Repairers
Apprenticeship
Automotive Glass Installers & Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Automotive Master Mechanics
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Automotive Specialty Technicians
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Barbers
Apprenticeship
Bicycle Repairers
Bright Outlook
Bill & Account Collectors
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Boilermakers
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Brickmasons & Blockmasons
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Broadcast Technicians
Apprenticeship
Brokerage Clerks
Where in the military? Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists
Green
Apprenticeship
Bus Drivers, School or Special Client
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Bus Drivers, Transit & Intercity
Green
Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Cardiovascular Technologists & Technicians
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Chemical Plant & System Operators
Green
Apprenticeship
Chemical Technicians
Green
Apprenticeship
Choreographers
Civil Drafters
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Civil Engineering Technicians
Coaches & Scouts
Bright Outlook
Coating, Painting, & Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Commercial Divers
Where in the military? Commercial Pilots
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Computer Network Support Specialists
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Computer Network Support Specialists
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Computer User Support Specialists
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Computer, Automated Teller, & Office Machine Repairers
Apprenticeship
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal & Plastic
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Construction & Building Inspectors
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Construction Carpenters
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Construction Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Cooks, Private Household
Where in the military? Correctional Officers & Jailers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Court Clerks
Crushing, Grinding, & Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
Apprenticeship
Cutting, Punching, & Press Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Data Entry Keyers
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Dental Assistants
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Dental Hygienists
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Dental Laboratory Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
Bright Outlook
Dietetic Technicians
Where in the military? Dispatchers
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Electrical & Electronics Repairers, Commercial & Industrial Equipment
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Electrical Power-Line Installers & Repairers
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Electricians
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers & Repairers
Apprenticeship
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
Where in the military? Emergency Medical Technicians & Paramedics
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Environmental Engineering Technicians
Green
Where in the military? Environmental Science & Protection Technicians, Including Health
Green
Apprenticeship
Extruding & Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
Apprenticeship
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, & Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
Apprenticeship
Farm Equipment Mechanics & Service Technicians
Apprenticeship
Fence Erectors
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
Where in the military? First-Line Supervisors of Police & Detectives
Where in the military? First-Line Supervisors of Production & Operating Workers
Green
Where in the military? Flight Attendants
Floor Sanders & Finishers
Forest & Conservation Technicians
Green
Fundraisers
Funeral Service Managers
Gaming Dealers
Where in the military? General & Operations Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Glaziers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, & Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
Apprenticeship
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
Green
Hearing Aid Specialists
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
Apprenticeship
Heating & Air Conditioning Mechanics & Installers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Heavy & Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers
Green
Apprenticeship
Highway Maintenance Workers
Home Appliance Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Industrial Engineering Technicians
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Insulation Workers, Mechanical
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Insurance Claims Clerks
Insurance Policy Processing Clerks
Insurance Sales Agents
Bright Outlook
Lathe & Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
Apprenticeship
Legal Secretaries
Apprenticeship
Library Technicians
Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Loan Officers
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Locksmiths & Safe Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Locomotive Engineers
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Machinists
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
Where in the military? Maintenance & Repair Workers, General
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Maintenance Workers, Machinery
Apprenticeship
Manicurists & Pedicurists
Where in the military? Mapping Technicians
Apprenticeship
Massage Therapists
Mechanical Door Repairers
Apprenticeship
Mechanical Drafters
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Mechanical Engineering Technicians
Apprenticeship
Medical & Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Medical Assistants
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Medical Equipment Preparers
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Medical Equipment Repairers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Medical Records & Health Information Technicians
Apprenticeship
Medical Secretaries
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Medical Transcriptionists
Apprenticeship
Merchandise Displayers & Window Trimmers
Apprenticeship
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators & Tenders
Apprenticeship
Mixing & Blending Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics
Apprenticeship
Molding, Coremaking, & Casting Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Morticians, Undertakers, & Funeral Directors
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Motorboat Mechanics & Service Technicians
Apprenticeship
Motorcycle Mechanics
Apprenticeship
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic
Apprenticeship
Municipal Clerks
Where in the military? Musicians, Instrumental
Where in the military? Nuclear Medicine Technologists
Where in the military? Nurse Anesthetists
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Nurse Midwives
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Nurse Practitioners
Bright Outlook
Nursing Assistants
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Occupational Therapy Assistants
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Apprenticeship
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
Where in the military? Opticians, Dispensing
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Orderlies
Bright Outlook
Outdoor Power Equipment & Other Small Engine Mechanics
Apprenticeship
Packaging & Filling Machine Operators & Tenders
Painters, Transportation Equipment
Apprenticeship
Painting, Coating, & Decorating Workers
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Paralegals & Legal Assistants
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Paving, Surfacing, & Tamping Equipment Operators
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Payroll & Timekeeping Clerks
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Pest Control Workers
Apprenticeship
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, & Gaugers
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Pharmacy Technicians
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Photographers
Apprenticeship
Physical Therapist Aides
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Physical Therapist Assistants
Bright Outlook
Pile-Driver Operators
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Pipe Fitters & Steamfitters
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Plumbers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Police Patrol Officers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Police, Fire, & Ambulance Dispatchers
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Power Plant Operators
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Prepress Technicians & Workers
Apprenticeship
Preschool Teachers
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Printing Press Operators
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Private Detectives & Investigators
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Procurement Clerks
Where in the military? Production, Planning, & Expediting Clerks
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Psychiatric Technicians
Where in the military? Purchasing Agents
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Radiation Therapists
Where in the military? Radio, Cellular, & Tower Equipment Installers & Repairers
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Radiologic Technologists
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Rail Car Repairers
Apprenticeship
Railroad Conductors & Yardmasters
Green
Real Estate Sales Agents
Bright Outlook
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Refrigeration Mechanics & Installers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Registered Nurses
Bright Outlook
Reinforcing Iron & Rebar Workers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Residential Advisors
Apprenticeship
Respiratory Therapists
Rough Carpenters
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Sales Representatives, Wholesale & Manufacturing
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Security & Fire Alarm Systems Installers
Bright Outlook
Segmental Pavers
Bright Outlook
Sheet Metal Workers
Green
Apprenticeship
Sheriffs & Deputy Sheriffs
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Singers
Skincare Specialists
Social Science Research Assistants
Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Green
Solderers & Brazers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where in the military? Stationary Engineers & Boiler Operators
Green
Apprenticeship
Stonemasons
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Structural Iron & Steel Workers
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Structural Metal Fabricators & Fitters
Green
Apprenticeship
Substance Abuse & Behavioral Disorder Counselors
Where in the military? Surgical Technologists
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Surveying Technicians
Apprenticeship
Tax Preparers
Team Assemblers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Telecommunications Equipment Installers & Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Telecommunications Line Installers & Repairers
Apprenticeship
Terrazzo Workers & Finishers
Apprenticeship
Tire Repairers & Changers
Tour Guides & Escorts
Transportation Security Screeners
Travel Agents
Travel Guides
Umpires, Referees, & Other Sports Officials
Upholsterers
Apprenticeship
Veterinary Technologists & Technicians
Bright Outlook
Where in the military? Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant & System Operators
Apprenticeship
Where in the military? Welders, Cutters, & Welder Fitters
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Welding, Soldering, & Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders
Apprenticeship
Wholesale & Retail Buyers
Green
Wind Turbine Service Technicians
Green
Apprenticeship