Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act

The act:

• provides the Minister with the authority to establish apprenticeship education programs, industry training programs, and designated trades,
• provides AIT (through the Registrar) with the authority to administer apprenticeship education programs and industry training programs, including issuing credentials, 
• establishes the Alberta Board of Skilled Trades,
• provides AIT (through the Administrator) with the authority to administer the designated trades, including issuing and tracking journeyperson certificates,
• prescribes offences and penalties under the act,
• provides for transitional matters between the former Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act and the Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act.

AIT acts as the Registrar and Administrator under the STAE Act.

• Role of the Registrar Fact Sheet
• Role of the Administrator Fact Sheet

The STAE Act is modernizing apprenticeship education and skilled trades regulation in Alberta and creating a more flexible and efficient system by...

• Introducing education credentials for apprenticeship graduates.
• Adding the ability to restrict or unrestrict individual activities within trades.
• Expanding eligibility to sponsor apprentices beyond individual employers.
• Modernizing the language used in reference to apprenticeship and the trades.
• Establishing the Alberta Board of Skilled Trades.
• Clarifying roles of system partners.
• Expanding apprenticeship education to professions outside of the designated trades.
• Expanding trade designation to professions not suited to apprenticeship education.
• Strengthening on-the-job mentorship for apprenticeship education programs.