James Bay Lowlands

Secondary School Board

Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)

Handbook

Prepared By: Matt Turner

Experiential Learning Coordinator

school:  705-336-2900

cellular:  705-336-7261

fax: 705-336-2190

 

NORTHERN LIGHTS SECONDARY SCHOOL

P.O. BOX 304

MOOSONEE, ONTARIO

P0L 1YO

 

2004/2005

Northern Lights Secondary School

Department of Experiential Learning

Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)

 

 

Apprenticeship Training: 

The #1 career path for school to work transition students

 

 

FACT SHEET

 

What is Apprenticeship?

 

-         “Apprenticeship” refers to the period of time when a student/worker is learning and performing specific skills required to become a licensed person in a trade.  A person who has successfully completed an apprenticeship is referred to as a “Journey Person”.  Depending on the trade, the duration of an apprenticeship changes, anywhere from 2-5 years.  There are 137 different trades in Ontario.

-         Apprenticeship usually consists of 80-90% on-the-job training provided by a qualified Journey Person, and the other 10-20% is delivered as in-school training provided by a community college or other approved training delivery agent.

-         Apprenticeship is available in the Construction, Industrial, Service and Motive Power sectors.

-         Trades are either Restricted/Compulsory or Voluntary.  Restricted/Compulsory trades are ones where persons performing these skills sets must be registered as apprentices with the local apprenticeship office.  Voluntary trades are ones where persons performing these skill sets do not have to be registered, however, registration is recommended.

-         For a detailed look at each trade, please refer to the “Trades Reference Table”

 

What is the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)?

 

-         OYAP is a program designed to give high school students a head start in the trade of their choice.

-         Students may begin to accumulate hours and skills in a trade while earning Cooperative Education credits towards their high school diploma/certificate.

-         Careers in the skilled trades are high paying, rewarding and in demand!!

 

 

Benefits of OYAP:

 

            Students: 

 

-         Introduces grade 11 and 12 students to careers in the trades and connects them with potential employers.

-         Provides effective school to work transition.

-         Enables high school students to register as apprentices and carry forward competencies from employer to employer.

-         Accelerates a career in the skilled trades by 8-10 years compared with the Provincial average.

-         Enables students to benefit from low-cost in-school training (theory) as part of the apprenticeship program.  This is usually completed after high school.

 

Employers:

 

-         Allows an employer to “preview” future employees.

-         Allows an employer to custom fit training of apprentices for their specific workplace.

-         Your business will be seen as providing a community service through the training and eventual employment of our youth.

 

Responsibilities Under OYAP:

 

            It is Expected That Students Will:

 

-         Learn the skills of the trade, keep an up-to-date and accurate record of accumulated hours and competencies and record these in a Training Standard or Schedule of Training.

-         Notify the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities of any changes to the Training Agreement or of any circumstances which prevent the completion of the Contract of Apprenticeship.

-         Carry the Apprenticeship ID card during on-the-job training.

-         Agree to attend in-school apprentice training.  This usually begins after high school is completed and provides the theoretical component of the apprenticeship program at little or no cost to the apprentice.

 

It is Expected That Employers Will:

 

-         Provide a Journey Person (Restricted/Compulsory trades) or qualified trainer (Voluntary trades) to supervise the training of the apprentice.

-         Sign-off all competencies achieved by the apprentice in the Training Standards or Schedule of Training.

-         Monitor and verify the accumulated hours served by the apprentice.

 

 

It is Expected That the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Will:

 

-         Ensure workplaces meet apprenticeship requirements and trainers have the credentials to train apprentices.

-         Approve the Application for Apprenticeship Training and maintain records of each registered apprentice.

-         Work in partnership with School Boards, Colleges and Employers in the registration of OYAP students.

-         Cover most of the costs for apprentices to attend the in-school training and provide loans for tools.

-         Administer trade and competency examinations and issue certificates and transcripts.

-         Monitor the training of all registered apprentices.

 

It is Expected That the OYAP Coordinator Will:

 

-         Liaise with coop teachers, guidance counselors, school administration, employers, colleges and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

-         Provide the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities with the names of students identified for official registration as apprentices.

-         Assist the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities with the monitoring of apprentices.

-         Promote OYAP within the school and community.

 

 

 

OYAP:  GENERAL INFORMATION

 

1)  Apprentice ID Card:

 

-         The apprentice ID card is a wallet-sized card given to a registered apprentice indicating their name, trade and contract identification number.  It is issued by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

 

 

2)  Certificate of Apprenticeship:

 

-         A certificate of apprenticeship is issued by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and acknowledges an apprentices’ completion of an approved apprenticeship program.  A person holding this certificate must still write and pass a qualification examination for their trade.  This certificate is recognized throughout Canada.

 

 

 

 

3)  Certificate of Qualification:

 

-         The Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities issues a certificate of qualification to a person who has successfully passed the Ministry qualification examination for a trade.  The certificate indicates that the holder possesses the skills and knowledge required to perform the work associated with the trade.  This certificate is recognized throughout Canada.

 

4)  Training Standards and Schedules of Training:

 

-         Registered apprentices are provided with an industry approved Training Standard or Schedule of Training.

-         This document outlines the competencies required to become a qualified Journey Person.

-         The apprentice is required to have competencies signed off by their Sponsor once they become proficient with that competency.

The Training Standards/Schedule of Training provides an important record of the apprentices’ training and allows the apprentice to carry forward competencies to new employers.

 

 

 

 

1)  The Apprenticeship Certification Act (ACA):

 

-         Oversees most trades in the Motive Power, Industrial and Service sectors

-         Apprenticeship is competency based, with time records kept as benchmarks.

-         Trades are classed as either Restricted or Voluntary.

 

Requirements under the ACA:

 

-         Apprentices must possess a grade 12 equivalent or must be enrolled in OYAP.   Students may begin working towards these apprenticeships under OYAP:

-  in grade 11 & 12 and

-  are enrolled as full-time secondary school students and

-  be at least 16 years of age and

-  posses at least 16 secondary school credits.

 

Key Elements of the ACA:

 

-         Apprentices are registered under their Sponsor (Journey Person responsible for their training).

-         New training agreements are required for each Sponsor, or each change of Sponsor.

-         Multiple training agreements can be registered with more than one employer.

-         Training may occur in more than one trade concurrently (for example, Baker & Cook).

-         Wages may be waived to allow for the participation of OYAP students.

 

 

 

 

2)  The Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act (TQAA):

 

-         Oversees most trades in the Construction Sector.

-         Apprenticeship is time based.

-         Trades are classed as either Compulsory or Voluntary.

 

 

Requirements under the TQAA:

 

-         Apprentices must posses a grade 10 equivalent or must be enrolled in OYAP.  Students may begin working towards these apprenticeships under OYAP:

-  in grade 11 & 12 and

-  are enrolled as full-time secondary school students and

-  be at least 16 years of age and

-  posses at least 16 secondary school credits.

 

 

Key Elements of the TQAA:

 

-         Apprentices train in one trade at a time.

-         The Contract of Apprenticeship moves with the apprentice.

-         Any transfer to a new employer must be approved by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities - Apprenticeship Branch.

-         Employers must abide by ratios based on the number of apprentices to Journey Persons.

-         Wage rates of apprentices are stated in the Contract of Apprenticeship.

-         Wage rates may be waived to allow for the participation of OYAP students.

 

 

 

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact Matt Turner @ (705) 336-2900 or maturner12@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 

 Northern Lights Secondary School

Department of Experiential Learning

Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
 
Trades Reference Table

 

Abbreviations:

 

M:          Motive Power

S:           Service

I:            Industrial

C:           Construction

ACA:     Apprenticeship and Certification Act

TQAA:  Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act

 

Notes:

 

-         All apprenticeships under ACA trades are competency based, and focus on the Training Standards.  In ACA trades, hour totals are used as benchmarks.

-         All apprenticeships under TQAA trades are time based.

-         ACA has restricted trades and TQAA has compulsory trades, but the idea is the same:  Students must be registered apprentices when working with these skill sets.

-         There are 137 total skilled trades in Ontario.

 

 

ACA Restricted Trades:

Under ACA, Coop/OYAP students who perform skill sets in restricted trades must be registered as apprentices.

 

 

Trade

Code

Sector

Grade

Length (hours)

Alignment & Brakes Technician

310E

M

12

5400

Auto Body & Collision Damage Repairer:  Branch 1

310B

M

12

7000

Auto Body Repairer:  Branch 2

310Q

M

10

5000

Automotive Electronic Accessory Technician

240E

M

12

3000

Automotive Service Technician

310S

M

12

6500

Fuel & Electrical Systems Technician

310C

M

12

6500

Hairstylist

332A

S

12

3020

Motorcycle Technician

310G

M

12

5000

Transmission Technician

310D

M

12

6000

Truck & Coach Technician

310T

M

12

6000

Truck & Trailer Service Technician

310J

M

12

4000

Water Meter Installer

800A

I

12

672-1008

ACA Voluntary Trades:

Under ACA, Coop/OYAP students in trades identified as voluntary do not have to be registered as apprentices.  However, registration is recommended.

 

Trade

Code

Sector

Grade

Length (hours)

Aboriginal Early Childhood Educator

620B

S

12

4680-6480

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

610C

I

12

7200

Appliance Service Technician

445A

I

12

5280

Arborist

444A

S

12

4000-6000

Automotive Glass Technician

274L

S

12

2000-4000

Automotive Painter

410N

M

12

3600

Baker

423A

M

12

4280-5280

Baker-Patissier

423C

S

12

5130-6130

Bearings Mechanic

615A

S

12

4000-6000

Blacksmith

600P

I

12

5280-7280

Cabinetmaker

438A

I

12

8000

Carperson (Railway)

268A

I

12

6280-7280

Chef

415C

S

12

2260

Child & Youth Worker

620A

I

12

4440-6240

Composite Structures Technician

267G

S

12

4000-6000

Construction Craft Worker

450A

C

10

2400

Cook:  Assistant:  Branch 1

415B

S

10

3000

Cook:  Branch 2

415A

S

12

6000

Dairy Herdsperson

640D

S

12

3520-5520

Draftsperson:  Mechanical

614A

I

12

6000-8000

Draftsperson:  Plastic Mould Design

614B

I

12

6000-8000

Draftsperson:  Tool & Die Design

614C

I

12

6000-8000

Early Childhood Educator

620C

S

12

3280-5280

Early Childhood Educator – Inclusion Practices

620G

S

12

2820

Educational Assistant

620E

S

12

3568-5568

Electric Motor Rewind Mechanic

446A

I

12

6000-8000

Electric Control (Machine) Builder

617A

I

12

5000-5400

Electronic Service Technician

416E

S

12

8000

Elevating Devices Mechanic

636E

I

12

8000

Facilities Mechanic

255W

I

12

3520

Facilities Technician

255B

I

12

5280

Farm Equipment Technician

425A

M

12

6280

Fitter:  Assembler (Motor Assembly)

661H

I

12

6520-7520

Fitter:  Structural Steel Plateworker

437A

I

12

5400

Fitter: Welder

616F

I

12

4000-6000

Fruit Grower

640F

S

12

3520-4520

Gemsetter/Goldsmith

606G

S

12

5520-7520

General Machinist

429A

I

12

7280

Heavy Duty Equipment Technician

421A

M

12

6280

Trade

Code

Sector

Grade

Length (hours)

Heavy Equipment Operator:  Dozer

636C

C

12

2000-2500

Heavy Equipment Operator:  Excavator

636B

C

12

2000-2500

Heavy Equipment Operator:  Tractor/Loader/Backhoe

636A

C

12

2000-2500

Horse Groom

600H

S

12

4000

Horse Harness Maker

219D

S

12

6000-8000

Horticultural Technician

441C

S

12

3400-5400

Hydraulic/Pneumatic Mechanic

277Z

I

12

6400-7400

Industrial Electrician

442A

I

12

8160

Industrial Instrument Mechanic

447A

I

12

7000-8000

Industrial Mechanic Millwright

433A

I

12

7280

Information Technology Support Analyst:

Hardware

634B

S

12

7000-8000

Information Technology Support Analyst:

Help Desk

634A

S

12

7000-8000

Information Technology Support Analyst:

Network

634C

S

12

8000

Locksmith

259L

I

12

5000-6000

Machine & Tool Builder & Integrator

430M

I

12

7280

Marine Engine Technician

435B

M

12

4000

Motive Power Machinist

410K

M

12

5340

Mould or Die Finisher

277M

I

12

4000

Mould Maker

431A

I

12

7280

Native Clothing & Crafts Artisan

296B

S

12

3640

Native Residential Construction Worker

296A

C

12

4000

Network Cabling Specialist

631A

S

12

4000

Optics Technician (Lens & Prism Maker)

225A

I

12

8000

Packaging Machine Mechanic

609C

I

12

8000

Parts Technician

240P

S

12

5400

Pattern Maker

443A

I

12

7280

Pool/Hot Tub/Spa Service Technician

237S

S

12

5520

Pool/Hot Tub/Spa Installer

237T

S

12

5520

Powered Lift Truck Technician

282E

M

12

6280

Precision Metal Fabricator

200G

I

12

8000

Process Operator:

Refinery, Chemical & Liquid Processes

246F

I

12

5280-6480

Pump Systems Installer

263F

I

12

4000

Recreation Vehicle Mechanic

690H

M

12

6000-7000

Retail Meat Cutter

245R

S

12

3460

Roll/Grinder Turner

602H

I

12

4000-6000

Saddlery

219C

S

12

5440

Saw Filer/Fitter

611B

I

12

600-8000

Ski Lift Mechanic

297A

I

12

4000-6000

Small Engine Technician

435A

M

12

4000

Trade

Code

Sector

Grade

Length (hours)

Special Events/Conference/Meeting Coordinator

297B

S

12

5000

Surface Blaster

278B

I

12

3760

Swine Herdsperson

640S

S

12

3520-4520

Tire Wheel & Rim Mechanic

295A

M

12

3700

Tool & Cutter Grinder

602C

I

12

4000

Tool & Die Maker

430A

I

12

7280

Tool & Gauge Inspector

239B

I

12

4000

Tool/Tooling Maker

630T

I

12

8000

Turf Equipment Technician

421C

M

12

5000

Water Well Driller

605B

I

12

4520

Welder

456A

I

12

6000

Wooden Boat Rebuilder/Repairer

211W

S

12

7000-8000

 

 

 

TQAA Compulsory Trades:

Under TQAA, Coop/OYAP OYAP students who perform skill sets in compulsory trades must be registered as apprentices.

 

Trade

Code

Sector

Grade

Length (hours)

Electrician:  Construction & Maintenance

309A

C

10

5 X 1800

Electrician:  Domestic & Rural

309C

C

10

4 X 1800

Mobile Crane Operator:  Branch 1

339A

C

10

3 X 2000

Mobile Crane Operator:  Branch 2

339C

C

10

1000

Tower Crane Operator

339B

C

10

2 X 2000

Plumber

306A

C

10

5 X 1800

Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Mechanic

313A

C

10

 5 X 1800

Sheet Metal Worker

308A

C

10

5 X 1800

Steamfitter

307A

C

10

5 X 1800

 

 

TQAA Voluntary Trades:

Under TQAA, Coop/OYAP students in trades identified as voluntary do not have to be registered as apprentices.  However registration is recommended.

 

Trade

Code

Sector

Grade

Length (hours)

Brick & Stone Mason

401A

C

8

4 X 1400

Cement (Concrete) Finisher

244G

C

10

4500

Cement Mason

419A

C

8

3 X 2000

Construction Boilermaker

428A

C

10

4 X 1650

Construction Millwright

426A

C

10

4 X 2000

Drywall, Acoustic & Lathing Applicator

451A

C

10

3 X 1800

Drywall Finisher & Plasterer

453A

C

8

4 X 1600

Trade

Code

Sector

Grade

Length (hours)

Floor Covering Installer

448A

C

10

4 X 1500

General Carpenter

403A

C

10

3844-7200

Glazier & Metal Mechanic

424A

C

10

4 X 2000

Heat & Frost Insulator

253A

C

10

4 X 1600

Ironworker

420A

C

10

3 X 2000

Construction Lineworker

434B

C

10

1 X 2500 & 2 X 2000

Power Lineworker

434A

C

10

4 X 2000

Painter & Decorator:

Commercial & Residential:  Branch 1

404C

C

10

3 X 2000

Painter & Decorator:

Industrial Painter & Decorator:  Branch 2

404D

C

10

3 X 2000

Precast Concrete Erector

244K

C

10

2 X 1800

Precast Concrete Finisher

244L

C

10

2 X 2250

Reinforcing Rodworker

452A

C

10

2 X 2000

Restoration Mason

244H

C

10

3 X 2000

Roofer

449A

C

10

2 X 2000

Sprinkler & Fire Protection Installer

427A

C

10

4 X 1800

Terrazzo, Tile & Marble Setter

241A

C

10

4 X 2000

 

 

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

 

Please Contact Matt Turner @ (705) 336-2900 or maturner12@hotmail.com