Apprenticeship Opportunities Apprenticeship is recognized as one of the most efficient methods of training and educating skilled tradespersons. Apprentices develop competency on the job as employers provide the practical training in the trade, while the college provides related academic training in co-operation with the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training. Students get part of their training on the job from their employers and part while attending sessions at the college. The system works well because the student can immediately apply what he or she has learned at the college, back on the job. The next academic training makes sense because the student has the practical background to really understand.
Apprenticeship is a good route to take into many of the new jobs being created.
In a study of nearly 1,000 apprentices and skilled trades people, nearly 70 per cent said they chose the apprenticeship route for job security, the challenge of the job and the potential to make good wages. Most said that apprenticeship was a positive experience, that their job was interesting and they would advise others to consider it. Unfortunately, more than a third of the people, who eventually become skilled tradespeople, started their working life in unskilled jobs before finding out about skilled trades and apprenticeships. The college s customized training division has developed a high level of expertise and has become the trainer of choice for technical training in many subject areas. The college offers four skill training programs which have continuous intake no waiting for the start of a term.