Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Apprenticeship America Inc is a registered company whose registered office is at 110 N Ankeny Blvd Suite 200, Ankeny Iowa 50023. Apprenticeship America Inc owns www.ApprenticeshipAmerica.com. The following terms and conditions (“TOS”) govern all use of the ApprenticeshipAmerica.com website (“Website”) and all content, services, and products available at or through the Website (“Services”). This is a contract with Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”). Please carefully read the following terms before accessing this site or using a course.

The information contained in this site is for general guidance on topics selected by Apprenticeship America Inc. Such information is provided on a blind-basis, without any knowledge as to the reader’s industry, identity or specific circumstances. The application and impact of relevant laws will vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. There may also be delays, omissions, or inaccuracies in information contained in this site. The information on this site is provided with the understanding that Apprenticeship America Inc and various authors and publishers’ providing such information does not constitute the rendering of legal, accounting, tax, career or other professional advice or services. As such, information on this site should not be relied upon or used as a substitute for consultation with professional advisors.

Apprenticeship America Inc may alter, suspend, or discontinue this site at any time for any reason, without notice or cost. The site may become unavailable due to maintenance or malfunction of computer equipment or other reasons.

By using this site, you agree to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Apprenticeship America Inc from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and all costs and expenses of defense, including but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, resulting directly or indirectly from a claim by a third party that is based on your use of this site in violation of these terms.

By accessing the site (which includes, visiting, registering, purchasing or accessing a course) you accept and agree to all of the covenants and conditions imposed in this agreement. If you do not agree to these terms, you may not access the site. By using this service, you agree that you have read, understand, and agree to these terms. You also agree to review this Agreement periodically to be aware of modifications to the agreement, which modifications Apprenticeship America , INC (“Apprenticeship America ”) may make at any time. Your continued use of this site will be deemed your conclusive acceptance of any modified agreement.

1) General

1.1) Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) reserves the right to change the content used at any time.

1.2) Students who enroll in a course have lifetime access to the site materials.

1.3) All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

1.4) These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Iowa and the United States of America.

1.5) If you do not agree with these Terms and Conditions you must cease the the use of the website immediately and notify Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) of your intent not to continue.

1.6) By using the site, you represent that you are 13 years of age or older. If you are under 18, you represent that you have the consent of a parent or guardian to access the site and the services provided.

1.7) Apprenticeship America Inc complies with FERPA regulations. We ensure that any personal data or educational records collected through our services are handled in accordance with FERPA standards. By enrolling in our services, users acknowledge and agree to our handling of their personal data in compliance with FERPA.

1.8) Apprenticeship America Inc is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with all relevant data protection laws, including the GDPR and CCPA where applicable. Our use of your personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy, which can be accessed at [Privacy Policy – Apprenticeship America] (insert link).

2) Your Apprenticeship America Account

2.1) A registered account (“Account”) is the area in our Website, which is accessible via a password and contains personal information regarding the user.

2.2) You are responsible for maintaining the security of your Account and fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the Account.

2.3) You must immediately notify Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) of any unauthorized uses of your Account or any other breaches of security.

2.4) Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.

2.5 Registration of a user requires the user to provide a valid email address for the communication between eLearning Industry and the user along with a valid name, amongst other information required pursuant to Section 6.4.a below.

2.6. Users retain sole ownership of all personal data provided to Apprenticeship America, including data associated with educational records, assessments, and other personally identifiable information. Apprenticeship America uses this data solely for the purposes outlined in this TOS and our Privacy Policy, and users retain the right to control the use, access, and deletion of their personal data as described in these documents.”

3) Cancellation Policy

3.1) If a student cannot access the course online via ApprenticeshipAmerica.com because they fail to meet the required system requirements given on the website.​

4) e-Learning Materials

4.1) The training material is property of Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”)

4.2) This training material has been prepared, maintained, updated, and distributed by Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”)

4.3) The use of the training material on our courses is restricted to the Registered User who has been supplied with the log-in details by a registered partner of Apprenticeship America Inc. as part of an authorized course.

4.4) The Registered User shall not copy, share, modify, transmit, distribute, or in any way, exploit the copyrighted materials provided by Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) other than for their own individual training. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited by law and any violators will be prosecuted.

4.5) The Registered User shall not permit anyone else to copy, use, modify, transmit, distribute, or in any way, exploit the copyrighted materials.

4.6) The materials made available by Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) are provided “as-is” without warranties of any kind, either expressed, or implied, including, but not limited to, all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement.

4.7) Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) does not warrant that the materials will be error-free including technical inaccuracies, nor free of viruses, or other harmful matter. The entire cost of any necessary service, repair, or correction, is the Registered User’s responsibility.

4.8) Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) may make improvements, or changes, to this material at any time without prior notification.

4.9) All other trademarks, service marks, and trade names in this material are the marks of the respective owners and any unauthorized use is prohibited.

4.10) All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

4.11) These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Iowa and the United States of America.

4.12) If you do not agree with these Terms and Conditions you must cease to use the platform immediately.

5) Access to the courses

5.1) Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) strives to provide the course content to its Students on a continuous basis. To that end, Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) will take all commercially reasonable efforts to provide uninterrupted Access of the courses to its students. However, from time to time, students may be unable to Access the courses due to conditions beyond Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) control. Such conditions include, but are not limited to force majeure, acts of God, power outages, and the acts of computer hackers and others acting outside the law. Also, from time to time, access may be unavailable due to software issues, server downtime, increased internet traffic or downtime, programming errors, regular maintenance of the system, and other related reasons. In response to any unavailability of the courses to its Students, Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) will take all commercially reasonable steps to ensure access is restored within a reasonable period of time. The term “commercially reasonable,” as used in these Terms, shall mean reasonable efforts taken in good faith without an unduly or burdensome use or expenditure of time, resources, personnel, or money.

5.2) Apprenticeship America, INC (“Apprenticeship America ”) endeavors to provide the highest quality content to its Students. To that end, Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, or discontinue any aspect or feature of this Site in whole or in part, including, without limitation, the content, availability, Access and/or the Terms of this Site. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions will be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which notice may be made by posting such changes on this Site.

5.3) Users are solely responsible for ensuring that they have sufficient and compatible hardware, software, telecommunications equipment, and Internet service necessary for use of the Site.

6. Registration/Sign-Up

​6.1) Content published on Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) is accessible by all visitors. However, certain features and services may require registration. Users may register (“Create New Account”) on-site (for example, at https://Apprenticehshipamerica.com/sign-up/. Upon signing-up, an Account is created for the user. Users who sign-up on-site are required to confirm their registration by clicking on an activation link sent to them via email. All active user accounts have the capability to view course materials.

Users are required to provide part or all of the following information below:

1. First and last name

2. Email address

3. School name, and state

4. Phone

5. Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) reserves the right to reject any registration request at its sole discretion.

7.) Communication and Account Notifications

7.1. Users can expect to get notifications about their account via text message for test scores, new job availability and one on one communications to setup check in meetings,  as well as One Time Passwords (OTP) or 2-Factor Authentication Codes (2FA) each time you log into the website (message costs may be incurred). Only registered users in an apprenticeship program will receive notifications about their account via text messages.   

7.2. You can cancel the SMS service at any time. Just text “STOP” to the short code. After you send the SMS message “STOP” to us, we will send you an SMS message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed. After this, you will no longer receive SMS messages from us. If you want to join again, just sign up as you did the first time and we will start sending SMS messages to you again.

7.3. If you are experiencing issues with the messaging program you can reply with the keyword HELP for more assistance, or you can get help directly at [email protected] 

7.4. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages

7.5. As always, message and data rates may apply for any messages sent to you from us and to us from you. You will receive no more than 1-4 automated text messages per week. If you have any questions about your text plan or data plan, it is best to contact your wireless provider.

7.6. If you have any questions regarding privacy, please read our privacy policy: https://apprenticeshipamerica.com/privacy-policy/

8) Third Party Content; Hyperlinks

8.1) Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) makes no warranty, either expressed or implied, of the accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of the information provided by third parties. This includes, but is not limited to, any information found on a link located on this site that allows users to access information found on another site. Additionally, Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) does not warrant the existence or functionality of any website which can be accessed through a link located on this site.

While Apprenticeship America may include links to external sites or services for user convenience, these third-party sites operate independently of Apprenticeship America and may have their own privacy policies and practices. We encourage users to review the privacy policies of any linked sites, as we do not control or assume responsibility for the privacy or security of information shared on these third-party sites.

8.2) Copyrights, Trademarks, and Other Proprietary Rights.

8.3) Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) or its third party content providers shall retain all worldwide rights in the intellectual property in and on the Site, including, but not limited to, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, inventions, ideas, trade secrets, the source code, the HTML code, the “look and feel” of the Site, its color combinations, layout, and all other graphical elements, and the copyrights in and to its original content. You should assume that everything you read or see on the Site is copyrighted, trademarked, or otherwise protected and owned or licensed by Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”).

8.4) Except as expressly stated on the Site or in these Terms, nothing that You read or see on the Site or in the courses may be copied, reproduced, modified, distributed, transmitted, republished, displayed or performed for commercial use without the prior written consent of Apprenticeship America, INC (“Apprenticeship America ”), except as provided in these Terms. Nothing in these Terms grants you an express or implied license to use any of Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America”) intellectual property.

9.) Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

9.1) Users’ access this site at thier own risk. The site is provided on an “as is, as available” basis without warranty of any kind, expressed, implied, or statutory, and any and all warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of third parties’ rights are specifically disclaimed. Apprenticeship America , INC (“Apprenticeship America ”) does not warrant any particular result from the use of the software or site. Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) does not warrant that the information on the site is accurate, complete, or complies with any particular law or regulation, or that the operation of and your access to the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, virus-free or completely secure.

9.2) Under no circumstances and under no legal theory (tort, contract or otherwise) shall Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) or any of its affiliates, agents, employees, shareholders, directors, officers, third party content providers, successors or assigns be liable to you or any other person or entity for any indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages of any character, including without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, loss of data, loss of productivity or contract, or any and all other commercial damages or losses.

9.3) Your use of this site is at your sole risk and any content that you download is downloaded at your own discretion and risk, and you are solely responsible for any damage to your computer system in excess of the amount Apprenticeship America , INC (“Apprenticeship America ”) received from students for a course, and for any loss of data that results from the downloading of any such content, including any damages resulting from computer viruses.

9.4) In no event will Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) be liable for any damages in excess of the amount Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) received from the student for access to a course, even if Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) have been informed of the possibility of such damages, or for any claim by any other party.

9.5) In no event will warranties provided by law, if any, apply unless they are required to apply by statute notwithstanding their exclusion by contract.

8.6) This disclaimer is applicable to any damage or injury resulting from the negligence or an omission of Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”), computer virus or other similar item, telecommunications errors, or unauthorized access to or use of user information through theft or any other means. Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”) is not liable for criminal, tortious, or negligent actions or omissions of third parties that affect this site.

10) Confidentiality / Non-disclosure

10.1) As a result of the provision of our Services to you, and whether due to any intentional or negligent act or omission, we may disclose to you or you may otherwise learn of or discover, our documents, business practices, object code, source code, management styles, day-to-day business operations, capabilities, systems, current and future strategies, marketing information, financial information, software, technologies, processes, procedures, methods and applications, or other aspects of our business (“Information”).

10.2) You hereby agree and acknowledge that any and all of our information is confidential and shall be our sole and exclusive intellectual property and proprietary information.

10.3) You agree to use our Information only for the specific purposes as allowed in this TOS.

10.4) Any disclosure of our Information to a third party specifically including a direct competitor is strictly prohibited and will be vigorously challenged in a court of law.

10.5) All obligations contained herein shall survive the termination of this TOS.

10.6) Furthermore, you acknowledge that our information is proprietary, confidential, and extremely valuable to us, and that we would be materially damaged by your disclosure of our Information.

10.7) You acknowledge and agree that monetary damages provide an insufficient remedy for the breach of this confidentiality obligation and that we shall be entitled to injunctive relief.

11) Indemnification

11.1) You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Apprenticeship America Inc (“Apprenticeship America ”), its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of the TOS.

12) Arbitration

12.1) Any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration by a single Arbitrator in Ankeny, Iowa, USA in accordance with the then-current rules of the American Arbitration Association.

12.2) In the event that any party fails to submit any dispute arising from this agreement to mediation first, or fails to meaningfully participate in mediation, that party will not be entitled to attorney’s fees as provided in this paragraph.

12.3) Any judgment upon the award entered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction.

12.4) Costs of arbitration, including reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in arbitration as determined by the Arbitrator, together with any reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by prevailing party in Court enforcement of the arbitration award after it is rendered by the Arbitrator, shall be paid to the prevailing party by the party designated by the Arbitrator or Court.

Updated 10-30-2024