The longer track.
MMEG is developing a 12-month paid apprenticeship as the follow-on to Project Amp'd. Paid bench work across a recruited host-shop network, ending in the MTC. The program is in planning, not yet running. You can register interest now and we will reach out when Cohort 1 is staffed.
Honest about the stage.
Project Amp'd is the entry point. A shop-based cohort at Black Stone Bike Works, target Summer 2027, where young people learn the full workflow. It does not award a credential on its own.
The apprenticeship is the follow-on we intend to register with the Department of Labor. Twelve months of paid bench work, funded by employer placement fees and workforce-development grants, across a recruited host-shop network. It is how the MTC is earned.
We will not announce a start date, a host roster, or DOL registration before they are real. When the apprenticeship has a staffed cohort, this page will say so.
A trained techon a longer arc.
- 01You came through Project Amp'd (or you arrive with equivalent bench experience) and want twelve months on a real shop floor under structured sign-off. The capstone is the entry, not the exit.
- 02You want a credential that travels. The MTC certifies you against nine domains on a real shop floor and lands you in employer pipelines beyond the cohort host. The credential travels.
- 03You can commit to twelve months of paid bench work, rotating through host shops, instructor sync hours, and audit-grade documentation. The work is the test.
MTC. Nine domains.
The Micromobility Technician Certification is performance-based. Nine domains, A through I, each checked against a runbook step in a real shop. Domain A is the prerequisite gate (Safety). Domain I closes the loop with communication and customer handback. No multiple choice. No proctored test. The work is the test.
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Performance-based, not paper-based · the apprenticeship is how the MTC is earned, across all nine domains
Recruiting host shops.
The apprenticeship needs a multi-shop host network. Black Stone Bike Works anchors the program, and additional shops are being recruited across Chicago metro. Apprentices rotate on a quarterly cadence so the bench experience covers more than one shop's workload mix.
Shops host apprentices on employer placement fees and workforce-development grants: apprentices and shops do not pay MMEG, and shops do not pay the apprentice. The shop contributes bench space and instructor sync hours.
Run a shop? Email admin@mmeg.us to be added to the host recruitment list.
- Black Stone Bike WorksAnchor
- Host 02 – 10Recruiting
- Network size at launchTBD
When the apprenticeship is staffed, we will reach out.
The entry point into MMEG's training today is Project Amp'd. The apprenticeship is the follow-on once the host shop network and DOL registration land.