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Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
One apprenticeship title on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 3,000 hours, for Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor | 2068 | Competency-Based: 3,100 hours Competency-Based: 3,000 hours Hybrid: 3,100 to 3,875 hours Hybrid: 3,000 to 4,500 hours Time-Based: 3,100 hours Time-Based: 3,000 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).