Apprentice Services
AIT Scholarships
Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarships recognize the excellence of Alberta apprentices and encourage recipients to complete their apprenticeship programs. Introduced in 2002, these scholarships are valued at $1,000 each.
Donors
For information about contributors to the scholarship fund, see the list of Scholarship Donors.
Providing/updating your consent
There are more than 900 scholarships available to apprentices in classroom instruction...and you don’t even have to apply to be eligible! All you need to do is consent and provide your Social Insurance Number (SIN) – it’s that easy!
Go to your MyTradesecrets account and click on the Applications tab to provide or update your consent and SIN. If you have more than one active application, click on Details in the right-hand column to update your information.
How to apply
Apprentices do not apply for these scholarships.
Recipients of an Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship are notified by November 1. Apprentices are reminded to check their address in their MyTradesecrets is current.
To be considered for an Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship, recipients must be both:
- a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident, and
- an Alberta resident as defined by the address on file in MyTradesecrets.
Eligibility
To be eligible for an Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship in trades with only one period of classroom instruction, you must be registered as an Alberta apprentice, and
- have passed your apprenticeship and industry training exam between August 1 and July 31.
Apprentices who are registered in trades with only 2 periods of classroom instruction AND have completed both periods between July 1 - June 30 are now eligible to apply for an AIT Scholarship. This removes the requirement for apprentices in these trades to have one period of classroom instruction remaining.
Trades with two periods of classroom instruction include:
- Auto Body Refinisher
- Commercial Appliance Service Technician
- Concrete Finisher
- Gasfitter - Class B
- Hairstylist
- Ironworker - Metal Building Systems Erector
- Ironworker - Reinforcing
- Mobile Crane Operator
- Water Well Driller
To be eligible for an Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship in trades with more than one period of classroom instruction, you must:
- be registered as an Alberta apprentice in a trade,
- have passed or received credit for your first or subsequent period apprenticeship and industry training exam between August 1 and July 31, and
- have at least one more period of classroom instruction remaining in your program.
Receiving your scholarship cheque
Cheques will be mailed by November 1 to the address in the recipient's MyTradesecrets profile.
Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship recipients:
- Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship recipients 2021
- Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship recipients 2020
- Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship recipients 2019
- Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship recipients 2018
- Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship recipients 2017
- Apprenticeship and Industry Training Scholarship recipients 2016
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