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    Apprenticeship and Skilled Trades
    What is apprenticeship and skilled trades?

  • A practical method of learning specific work skills that combines 2 destinations: work and college
  • Becoming a certified tradesperson requires a combination of on-the-job training (80 - 90% of the time) and in-school training usually done at the local college (10 - 20% of the time)
  • The apprentice observes a qualified journeyperson performing skills on the job, practises the skills, and finally performs those skills him or herself; wages increase as skills develop
  • The length of an apprenticeship varies depending on the trade, usually lasting 2 - 5 years
  • There are over 130 skilled trades in Ontario that can be classified into four sectors: Construction, Industrial, Motive Power and Service.

    • Who is apprenticeship and skilled trades for? If you answer YES to the following, consider the apprenticeship pathway:
  • You enjoy hands on learning and have good mechanical and spatial abilities
  • You enjoy fixing things, assembling and disassembling structures
  • You are able to solve problems, determine why something does not work and how it can be done better
  • You may wish to own your own business one day
  • You enjoy challenging tasks that require good problemsolving skills
Arts, Communications and Recreation (NOC 5)

Are you interested in any of the following?
Sketch, draw, paint, play musical instruments, write stories, poetry and/or music, sing, dance, act, take photos, be physically active.

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Business, Finance, (NOC 1) Sales and Service (NOC 6)

Are you interested in any of the following?
influence, persuade, perform, lead, manage to meet organizational goals for economic gain, make decisions, meet people, initiate projects, give talks or speeches, organize activities, lead a group, work with data using clerical or numerical ability, carry out tasks in detail and follow through on others' instructions.

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Health, (NOC 3) Natural and Applied Sciences (NOC 2)

Are you interested in any of the following?
work with people, promote health as well as the treatment of injuries, conditions and diseases, observe, learn, analyze, investigate, evaluate, solve problems, work independently, analyze data, do research, deal with abstractions, explore a variety of ideas, perform lab experiments, do complex calculations, understand scientific methods and theories

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Information Technology (NOC 2)

Are you interested in any of the following?
observe, learn, analyze, investigate, evaluate, solve problems, work independently, do research, deal with abstractions, explore a variety of ideas, do complex calculations.

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Social Sciences Government and Human Services (NOC 4)

Are you interested in any of the following?
work with people, relate to economic education, political, legal and social systems, help people solve social issues.

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Trades, Transport and Industrial Technologies (NOC 7, 8, 9)

Are you interested in any of the following?
work with people, relate to economic education, political, legal and social systems, help people solve social issues.

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