Apprenticeships are often the first step in a career path that can lead to an additional trade, to supervisory, administrative or management positions, or to a self-employed business career!
Students who participate in this program will be trained in a specific set of skills leading to a registered apprenticeship program and will be able to obtain both apprenticeship hours and high school credits at the same time.
The combined knowledge and talents of the partners involved in OYAP creates the best possible learning/training situations for candidates in the program
The skilled trades offer career opportunities, job satisfaction and excellent economic rewards to young, motivated, bright students
Enter an apprenticeship at an earlier age - an advantage to both students and employers
At the end of the two or three-year program, you will:
have completed your credits for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
have earned an Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program Certificate
have completed a significant portion of the apprenticeship requirements as you continue toward attaining your Certificate of Apprenticeship and Qualification from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU)
have direct entry into the apprenticeship program at a Community College
Learn while building a successful career
Spend half of the school year in school and the other half at work
Continue the apprenticeship after earning the OSSD
Students may return for another semester or year if additional credits are needed
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