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• Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Statistical Profiles 2014 Statistical Profiles ii tradesecrets.alberta.ca Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Apprenticeship at a Glance • Alberta has more than 50 designated trades and occupations. • Apprenticeship programs in most of the designated trades are three to four years in length. • Approximately 80 per cent of an apprentice’s time is spent on the job under the guidance of a certified journeyperson or qualified tradesperson. The other 20 per cent involves formal instruction provided at, or through, a public post-secondary institution. • Apprenticeship begins with finding an employer. Employers hire apprentices, pay their wages and provide on-the-job training supervised by a certified or qualified tradesperson. • Most apprentices are eligible for employment insurance while attending formal instruction. Apprentices who demonstrate financial need may qualify for a grant or loan while attending formal instruction. • The most common age for Alberta apprentices to register in their first trade is 19. • While in high school, students can become apprentices through the Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP). In RAP, they obtain on-the-job training and work experience as credit toward both an apprenticeship program and a high school diploma while earning an income. • As of March 31, 2014, approximately $6.7 million has been awarded to Alberta apprentices through the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Family of Scholarships. • Alberta’s apprenticeship and industry training system relies on a network of approximately 170 committees made up of more than 700 individual industry representatives. Trade and occupational committees are composed of equal numbers of employers and employees. • Formal instruction is most often delivered through ‘block release’, where the apprentice spends a block of time, generally eight weeks per year in classroom instruction. Formal instruction may also be offered in other formats in some trades such as competency-based apprenticeship training (CBAT), distance delivery, weekly apprenticeship training system (WATS), mobile delivery, and blended learning. • Although Alberta has only 12 per cent of Canada’s labour force, it trains approximately 18 per cent of the country’s apprentices. • Alberta recognizes apprentices from other jurisdictions in Canada at the same level as their home jurisdiction, and facilitates that transition to ensure that the best interests of those apprentices are met. • Alberta welcomes tradespeople from other jurisdictions and recognizes all Canadian trade certificates. Alberta also promotes the acquisition of the Interprovincial Standards Red Seal. • Alberta has produced more tradespeople with an Interprovincial Standards Red Seal than any other jurisdiction in Canada. tradesecrets.alberta.ca Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board iii Apprenticeship Statistics at a Glance - 2014 • As of December 31, 2014, there were more than 70,500 registered apprentices – the highest number ever in Alberta. • In 2014, just under 24,000 new apprentices registered – an increase of more than 50% since 2010. • As of December 31, 2014, approximately 3,600 Aboriginal people were registered in Alberta as apprentices. • As of December 31, 2014, just over 6,300 women were registered in Alberta as apprentices. • More than 1,400 high school students were registered in the Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP) in 2014, and were employed at over 1,000 employer sites. • More than 3,100 apprentices who started RAP in high school are currently continuing in a regular apprenticeship program. • More than 4,100 individuals who began their apprenticeship through RAP have gone on to complete their program and become certified journeypersons. (See Table 10) • In 2014, apprentices were being trained at more than 15,000 employer sites around Alberta. • In 2014, more than 10,500 individuals were certified in Alberta’s designated trades and occupations. (This includes completed apprentices and individuals issued occupation and qualification certificates). • The majority of graduates who participated in the 2011/2012 apprenticeship graduate survey expressed satisfaction with: o the overall quality of on-the-job training (95%); o the overall quality of their technical training (96%); and o their experience with the apprenticeship program – 96% would still have chosen to become an apprentice. • According to a 2012 survey of employers, overall satisfaction with Alberta’s apprenticeship and trade certification system remains high with 92 per cent of respondents expressing satisfaction with the system. • The majority of employers who participated in the 2012 employer survey expressed satisfaction with: o the skills of certified journeypersons (95%); o apprenticeship technical training (86%); and o the effectiveness of on-the-job training (96%). • Innovation and Advanced Education staff completed more than 10,400 shop registrations through site visits in 2014. These site visits provide an opportunity to promote apprenticeship and industry training programs, and work with employers and apprentices to ensure the successful completion of apprenticeship training. iv tradesecrets.alberta.ca Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Structure and Organization of the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training System...
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