Refocusing Apprenticeship is an initiative funded by Human Resources Development Canada in partnership with the Apprenticeship Training Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture, Nova Scotia Community College, University College of Cape Breton, and College de l'Acadie. B0W 2L0 Background Information Apprenticeship is a structured system of supervised training leading to certification in a designated trade, occupation or craft.
Apprenticeship combines the acquisition of skills with training.
Traditionally, in each year of apprenticeship, apprentices have been required to leave their place of work for periods from three to eight weeks to attend technical training sessions. For many employers and apprentices this arrangement has become increasingly inconvenient. Employers lose the productivity of a valuable employee and apprentices often must incur the expenses related to traveling to the training institution. Refocusing Apprenticeship is a pilot project exploring the potential of a new approach to the delivery of apprenticeship training. The intent is to make technical training more accessible and, therefore, less onerous for the employer and the apprentice to accommodate in their schedules.