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First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
One apprenticeship title on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 2,900 hours, for Driver Manager (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| Driver Manager | 2081 | Competency-Based: 2,900 hours Hybrid: 2,900 to 3,900 hours Time-Based: 2,900 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).