Apprentice Services
Maintain your Records
Maintain your records and submit all required information to make sure you receive all the information you need about your apprenticeship, and that you receive credit for your hours.
Keep your contact information up to date
Update your mailing address, phone number, text number or email address through your MyTradesecrets account if your information has changed.
- This ensures all relevant information reaches you.
Update your sponsor information when you change sponsors
If you leave your sponsor and you start with a new sponsor, submit your Notice of Release or Request for Approval of Apprenticeship Education through your MyTradesecrets account.
- For your work experience/on-the-job training hours to be applied to your apprenticeship program, your sponsor must sign-off the hours. If you change sponsors without submitting your Notice of Release or Request for Approval of Apprenticeship Education, you may not be able to receive credit for hours.
Submit your Record Book at the end of each period
At the end of each period of your apprenticeship, complete and submit your blue Record Book (or Competence Portfolio) through your MyTradesecrets account.
- Ensure both you and your sponsor have completed the appropriate sections, as instructed in the blue Record Book, to document your hours of on-the-job training and competencies practiced.
Cancel your apprenticeship if you're no longer pursuing your trade
If you are no longer pursuing your apprenticeship, please advise your local Apprenticeship and Industry Training office so your registration can be cancelled.
New Record Book
A new version of the Record Book is currently in use in the following apprenticeship program:
- Electrician (for all apprentices registering on or after February 4, 2025).
The new Record Book format will be released for additional programs in phases over the coming years.
Key Changes
The new Record Book works in almost the same way as the previous version, with some key changes:
Competence Verification
- Apprentices must have a qualified mentor verify that they are competent in a minimum number of on-the-job activities each period (refer to the progress tracker for specific requirements).
- Some competences are mandatory, while others are optional.
- Sponsors must endorse that a qualified mentor has verified the apprentice’s competence in the required tasks (in the End of Period Sponsor’s Competence Endorsement).
- Only the Sponsor’s end-of-period endorsement must be submitted to AIT.
Hours
- The apprentice must still earn a minimum number of hours each period and have them verified by their sponsor.
Certificate of Progress
- Record Books no longer contain a space for a Certificate of Progress stamp at the end of a period.
- This is recorded digitally and can be viewed through the apprentice’s individual MyTradesecrets account.
- Record books now have an Identification Label with an apprentice’s name, ID number, trade, and on-the-job training start date.
Progress Tracker
- Record books now include an overall progress tracker to help apprentices make sure they have met all the requirements to complete each period.
- This is not an official record of completion but is provided for the apprentice and sponsor to use for their own tracking purposes.
Using the New Record Book
- You work with a qualified mentor to develop competence in the required on-the-job activities for your period of apprenticeship.
- A qualified mentor verifies your competences and signs off in your Record Book.
- Your sponsor endorses that a mentor has verified your competences.
- Your sponsor records your on-the-job hours in the hours table.
- You submit the competence endorsement and the hours table through your MyTradesecrets account or in person at any AIT office.
Video: Introducing the new Record Book