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Apprenticeship Training Pathways

Apprenticeship is a work based post-secondary training program that leads to a Certificate of Qualification in a skilled trade. Most trade programs take 2-4 years (levels) to complete and combine approximately 80 percent paid-on-the job training with 20 percent technical training in the classroom. Knowing the three E's is your key to understanding apprenticeship programming.

Experience 

On-the-Job Practical Training with an employer is 80 % of an apprenticeship program. 

Once you successfully complete all three of these components in your specific trade program, you will receive a Certificate of Qualification in your trade. 

Education 

In-Class Technical Training is 20% of an apprenticeship program. 

Exam 

Successfully passing the final exam is the final step to achieving journeyperson status. 


Certificates of Qualification

Journeyperson: A provincial designation that indicates that a tradesperson has successfully completed the program designated by Apprenticeship Manitoba, and is therefore considered competent and is authorized to work in that trade as a fully qualified employee in Manitoba.

Red Seal: A journeyperson who, in addition, passes the interprovincial Red Seal examination receives a Red Seal endorsement. The Red Seal is proof that a tradesperson has met the national standard and is authorized to work anywhere in Canada without further examination (some exemptions in Quebec).


Practical/Technical Training

On-The-Job Practical Training hours are counted and reported to Apprenticeship Manitoba by an employer.  During this time the apprentice will be working under the guidance of a journeyperson or a Manitoba Designated Trainer.  Working together with an expert, an apprentice learns basic tasks and builds knowledge and skill.  Skill building over time will allow them greater degrees of independence and problem solving.

In-Class Technical Training hours are completed in a classroom.  In Manitoba, in-class technical training for Apprenticeship Manitoba is done at Red River College in Winnipeg, Assiniboine Community College in Brandon, University College of the North in The Pas, and a variety of private institutions. In-class technical training usually lasts 8-10 weeks of the year.


Apprenticeship Training in High School (Crocus Plains Technical Vocational Accredited Programs)

Crocus Plains offers accredited programs in: 

  • Automotive Technology
  • Carpentry
  • Collision Repair Technology (Automotive Painter & Motor Vehicle Body repairer)
  • Culinary Arts
  • Welding Technology

If a student completes the eight Grade 10–12 courses with an average mark over 70%, they will earn half of their Level One on-the-job training hours, and an exemption for in-class technical training hours once they formally register as an apprentice.  They will not be required to participate in a pre-employment course for level 1 from a post-secondary facility if they register within 2 years of graduation. They must find an employer, register as an apprentice, and complete the remainder of the required on-the-job practical hours to complete their level 1 standing.

  • Hairstyling
    Hairstyling students must complete all 12 courses from Grade 9-12 with an average of over 70%. If they pass their Apprenticeship practical exam at the end of Grade 12, they will leave Crocus Plains with 1400 of their required 1500 Level One on-the-job training hours. After formally applying to Apprenticeship Manitoba, earning their final 100 hours and being enrolled in Apprenticeship for one year, the student will successfully complete their Level One standing.

 

High School Apprenticeship Program

The High School Apprenticeship Program is available to students at all schools and provides them an opportunity to register with Apprenticeship Manitoba and begin earning on-the-job practical hours as well as high school credits.  Graduating students must notify Apprenticeship Manitoba of their intention to continue in apprenticeship in a post secondary program where they’ll be eligible for an exemption from personal contribution fees (depending on hours worked) for in-class technical training.  If they did not successfully complete an accredited vocational program in high school, they must register for and complete their in-class technical training at a post secondary facility and complete the remainder of their on-the-job practical training with an employer to fulfil their Level One requirements.

Students who both successfully complete an accredited vocational program and participate in HSAP may achieve the required in-class technical training hours and on-the-job practical hours to fulfil their Level One requirement and register at a post secondary facility for Level Two.  


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