Raw training history
Record theory, observation, drawing, synthetic skin, setup, supervised tattooing and other work you actually performed. This is your private chronology.
Free private training log
Tattoo Apprenticeship Hours Log & Requirement Tracker.
Log the training you actually did, then keep raw time separate from what the selected source-backed rule allows to count. Track supervisors, procedures, requirement buckets and mentor review without pretending the log itself grants a license.
13 source-backed profilesCustom mentor trackCSV + JSON + PDFBrowser-local
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The counting model
Log everything. Count only what the selected rule allows.
A studio day can contain useful apprenticeship work that does not belong in a specific official hour bucket. Keeping those two facts separate is more accurate than deleting the work or pretending every logged hour counts.
Requirement progress
The selected profile decides which entries feed each hour, procedure, performance or duration target. The entry explanation shows why a specific activity did or did not count.
Profile snapshot
A project stores the profile version and verification date it started with. If the maintained profile later changes, you get a visible review decision rather than a silent rewrite.
License questions stay separate
Training progress is only one part of many licensing systems. Use the U.S. tattoo artist license requirements navigator for the credential and authority path.
Source-backed, not universal
Tattoo apprenticeship rules are not one national 2,000-hour template.
The public profiles model only requirements supported by the cited authority. Local rules remain local, alternate qualification paths remain visible, and missing evidence is never converted into a made-up target.
Minnesota example
Useful training can still count as zero toward one requirement.
Minnesota's supervised-tattoo experience rule excludes activities such as drawing and synthetic skin from that specific 200-hour log. The tracker can retain them without adding them to that bucket.
Virginia example
One total is not enough.
Separate theory, sanitation/disinfection, practical training and performance targets remain separate. Recognized prior credit is recorded only when a program actually awards it.
Cambridge example
Local rules must stay local.
The Cambridge profile is labeled as Cambridge, Massachusetts rather than being presented as a statewide Massachusetts apprenticeship rule.
Privacy and evidence
Keep the working log useful without turning it into a client database.
Training records need enough structure to reconcile with mentor or authority records. They do not need client identity or medical information.
Use anonymous references. If another shop record identifies a procedure, store a non-identifying reference such as an internal record number, not the client's name or contact details.
Export before you move devices. The active log persists locally in IndexedDB. JSON backup is the portable restore format; CSV and PDF are human-readable working artifacts.
Official forms still win. A StencilStudio PDF may help a mentor review records, but it is not a verified signature, affidavit or government filing. Where an official log exists, reconcile against that form.
FAQ
A training tracker, not an apprenticeship authority.
The tool is deliberately conservative about what it can prove.
No. It records training activity and calculates progress only against the selected source-backed profile or a custom mentor target. Licensing, local authority, exam, application, facility and other requirements must be verified separately with the issuing authority.