Ontario Colleges Apprenticeship Programs

Do you like to learn by doing? Are you interested in working in the skilled trades?

If so, Ontario's colleges can help. The 28 publicly-funded colleges of Ontario help educate more than 25,000 apprentices across the province each year.

An apprenticeship is a form of job training that enables you to learn by doing. As an apprentice you work under the supervision of a person skilled in the job you wish to learn. That individual teaches you how to do the work. As part of all apprenticeships, there is an in-school educational component. This educational component is provided at one of the colleges in Ontario.

 

There are many paths to becoming an apprentice. The traditional approach to becoming an apprentice is to find an employer willing to teach you the trade and then contact the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and officially register as an apprentice. The educational component of your apprenticeship may be taken at one of the publicly-funded colleges in Ontario. For details regarding the traditional apprenticeship system, see the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities website.

If you are not currently registered as an apprentice, the colleges of Ontario can help you get started. Check out the pre-apprenticeship programs offered at a number of colleges. These programs give you shop/lab experience, academic upgrading and Level 1 apprenticeship in-school training so that you are more prepared to find an employer to take you on as an apprentice. It is important to research which particular programs are being offered at any individual college before applying as program offerings vary from year to year.

 

If you wish to pursue an apprenticeship and a college diploma at the same time, (and are not currently registered as an apprentice), many colleges offer Co-op Diploma Apprenticeship programs. These are programs that combine a college diploma program and apprenticeship training. Applicants must meet academic eligibility standards for entrance into this program, but having employer sponsorship before registering is not required.

another program that available in this college are:

• Certificate Program
• Diploma Program
• Applied Degree Program
• Collaborative/ Join Degree Program
• Graduate Certificate Program
• Co-op Placement Program