Apprenticeship Links
Apprenticeship: Your Career Starts Now
Apprenticeship: A First Choice Post Secondary Option
Skilled Trades: Exploring Skilled Trades & Apprenticeships
Professional Organizations
Learn more about careers in skilled trades:
www.ilc.org (Independent Learning Centre)
www.tradeability.ca
www.apprenticetrades.ca
www.careersintrades.ca
www.skillscanada.com
www.skillsontario.com
www.skilledtrades.ca
Learn about careers in the construction industry:
Made with the Trades
The Ontario Construction Secretariat
Apprenticeship Subject Pathways (452K pdf)
Our Office Locations
Links to organizations providing classroom instruction to apprentices
Resources for employers:
Offering students work experiences
Co-operative education tax credit
Here's a site about jobs and the economy that teachers, parents and students can use:
Canadian Foundation for Economic Education
Still not sure what you would like to do? Visit this website:
Career Matters, Career Connection
Apprenticeship Search
www.apprenticesearch.com
This website will be of interest to anyone looking for more information on apprenticeships and employment availability in the skilled trades.
Career Gateway
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/career
Maintained by the Government of Ontario and provides online career and employment related resources. Provides information on topics such as Job Search Skills, Career Exploration, Workplace Issues, Post-Secondary Education and Distance Education.
Conestoga College Apprenticeship Programs
www.conestogac.on.ca
Conestoga College provides the "in-school" theoretical apprenticeship training in many skilled trades at their Kitchener and Guelph campus.
Government of Canada
www.canada.gc.ca
This site is the Government of Canada's main portal, you can access a wide range of information from this site.
Job Bank -National Site
www.jobbank.gc.ca
This is HRDC's national job bank web site. You can look at job postings for all areas of Canada or narrow your search to Kitchener and surrounding area.
Job Futures
www.jobfutures.ca
This site maintained by Human Resources Development Canada is an excellent resource for youth trying to make decisions about their career and training direction.
Job Futures - Career Awareness
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/career-carriere/index.html
Good resource for high school students trying to figure out the best courses to take or for anyone who is looking for work or career options. When preparing to make important decisions that will affect your future you need clear, reliable and up-to-date career information.
Made with the Trades
www.madewiththetrades.com
Construction career information with video clips from the Made with the Trades video series and a chance to hear from actual apprentices and tradespeople in 25 various construction trades. Maintained by the Ontario Construction Secretariat, this site provides the most up-to-date career information for Ontario's construction industry.
Ministry of Education
www.edu.gov.on.ca
This is the main Ministry of Education website. This site will allow you to do a wide variety of education and related searches.
Ministry of Education and Curriculum Documents
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/policy.html
Maintained by Ministry of Education and features secondary school curriculum guidelines and other curriculum resource documents.
Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/apprenticeship/appren.html
Maintained by Government of Ontario, this site provides information on What is Apprenticeship? Loans for Tools, Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, Apprenticeship office locations, Summary Report on Apprenticeship and Reform Consultations.
Ministry of Labour - Employment Standards
www.gov.on.ca/LAB/es/ese.htm
Employment Standards Act establishes minimum terms and conditions of employment called employment standards and sets out rules on such things as hours of work and overtime pay etc. Not a resource for finding apprenticeship information but it is an important resource for letting you know how these rules apply to you as an employee.
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/apprenticeship/appren.html
Maintained by Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. OYAP allows students to earn registered apprenticeship training while completing requirements for their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Promotes skilled trades as a pathway to lifelong employment and gives students the chance to explore the skilled trades as a potential career pathway.
Skills Canada
www.skillscanada.com
SKILLS CANADA is a national non-profit organization consisting of a variety of people from Industry, Education, Labour and Government. Help young people develop the skills in Technologies and Trades, as well as the Employability Skills they need so they can have all the Career Opportunities they deserve.
Skills Work
www.skillswork.com
Through various programs Skills Canada touched the lives of over 17,000 young people across Ontario last year.
Want Ads in Southam
www.careerclick.com
This site allows you to search the want-ads in all of the newspapers that Southam Inc. publishes. You need to register and create an e-resume to use the site. Once you have posted your e-resume, the "Job Alert" feature will advise you of any new ads that match your qualifications.
Women in Trades and Technology (WITT)
www.wittnn.com
WITT National Network (WITT NN) is an education and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and assisting in the recruitment, training and retention of women in trades, technology, operations and blue collar work (TTO/BCW) across Canada.
Youth Employment Strategy
www.youth.gc.ca
Government of Canada's action plan to help young Canadians access learning opportunities, career information and work experience. Strategy brings together a number of existing Government of Canada programs and services for youth. Also creates new youth programs and services through partnerships with business, labour, industry, non-profit groups, communities and other levels of government.
Youth Link
www.youth.gc.ca/youthlink/ythlink_e.shtml
This site is a great resource for youth to aid them in making transition from school to work. It provides many links that might be of interest to you e.g., Awards, Bursaries, Job Search, Entrepreneurship, Travel.
Youth Opportunities Ontario
www.youthjobs.gov.on.ca
Maintained by Government of Ontario and is geared to showing you how start your own business. A one-stop resource that allows you to access over 3,500 websites related to youth and employment. Links are provided to the following sites:
- Job Connect - career and employment prep services
- Young Entrepreneurs - get help starting your own business
- Apprenticeship - train to become a skilled worker
- Ontario Summer Jobs - student summer jobs and self employment
- Ontario Internship Program allows students to gain experience in the Ontario Public Service
- Career Gateway - career exploration on the Internet; Job Market - a quick reference for career planning
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Downloads
Guidelines for Meeting with Training Consultant (61k pdf)
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Local Links
For more information about the cooperative education programs at each school in the Niagara Region, click on the school's logo below. Not all schools will have a cooperative education homepage. Please forward any inquiries to the individual schools by mail, phone, or fax.
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