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Placements in Skilled Trades
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Placements in Skilled Trades
Work Placement
Job Description:
Youth will gain skills and experience through paid, entry-level work placements of up to four months that connect them to apprenticeship pathways. It will help participants develop skills and gain exposure to construction and trades-related occupations, build professional networks, and advance toward long-term careers in the skilled trades.
Pre-apprenticeship
There are programs that can introduce you to the skills and techniques used in a skilled trade. Completing one of these programs may help you get hired as an apprentice. Find the programs and schools available to help realize your career goals.
Apprenticeship
An apprenticeship allows you to earn money while you learn and is a great path into a career in the skilled trades. As an apprentice, you learn the trade on the job under the supervision of experienced professionals (journeypersons). In addition, you take classes at a college or training centre. Find out how to become an apprentice with step-by step instructions.
Trade experience
If you have skilled trade experience and training but did not complete an apprenticeship program, you may be eligible to be assessed. Based on this assessment, you may be able to write the trade certification exam as a “trade qualifier”. Each province and territory has its own licensing/certification requirements for trade qualifiers. Explore all of the Provincial and Federal Territorial Programs and Services available and find your own trade.
Canadian Armed Forces
Find your career in skilled trades with the Canadian Armed Forces. Explore in-demand opportunities that offer competitive pay, paid education and training, comprehensive benefits, and a pension plan. Additional financial incentives, including signing bonuses and recruiting allowances, may be available for select occupations.
Red Seal endorsement
Pass the Red Seal examination to receive a Red Seal endorsement. The Red Seal is a valuable professional credential, recognized across Canada as proof that a tradesperson has met the national standard in their trade. The Red Seal Program creates common standards and examinations for provinces and territories and covers 54 trades in Canada. Explore the Red Seal Trades and take your career where you want it to go.
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The Government of Canada
Sustainable Development Goal Focus:
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Application Instructions:
A skilled trade is an exciting, in-demand career path. There are more than 300 designated trades in Canada and of those, 54 are Red Seal trades.
To address the challenges that can stop apprentices from completing their training and moving into permanent jobs.
Starting later this fall, tradespeople who complete an apprenticeship and earn certification in one of the eligible Red Seal trades will be able to apply for a $5,000 completion bonus. The bonus will also be available to those who received their certification on or after April 1, 2025.
Provide income supports for those between training and work.
Provide a $400 weekly top-up through the Apprenticeship Training Grant while apprentices attend mandatory in-class technical training, paid in addition to Employment Insurance. This grant is expected to launch in spring 2027.