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Secondary School
Apprenticeship
Program
Did You Know?
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70% of all high school students will not
go directly to college or university:
travel, job, post-secondary
Job Openings By Level of Education:
• 15% will require some high school
• 17% will require high school graduation
• 25% will require university degree
• 43% will require work-based training
Canada’s Seven Generations
Number of Canadians in Each Generation (millions)
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4
6
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10
Up to 1920 (2.0m)
Depression (2.5m)
WWII (2.2m)
Baby Boom (10m)
Baby Bust (5.5m)
Echo (6.5m)
Millennium (1.0m)
12
Retirees outnumber new entrants
BC Population Aged 15-24
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BC Population Aged 55-64
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2010
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2020
Retiring population (aged 55-64) will outnumber new entrants
(15-24) for first time ever by 2010.
Are There Opportunities?
Canadian population is aging.
 Skills shortage in trades areas.
 Attitudes are shifting towards trades.
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What Is Apprenticeship?
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Work-based training combined with
post-secondary education
Three-way contract between employer,
apprentice and Industry Training
Authority
BC’s apprenticeship website:
www.itabc.ca
How Apprenticeship Works
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Years 1-4
Find an employer
Work for 8-10 mos.
Technical training for
1-2 months
70% to pass
Eligible for EI
Exam -TQ Cert.
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SSA
Find an employer
Work 480+ hours
Graduate/Start
Technical Training
70% to pass
Eligible for EI after
grad
Exam – TQ Cert.
Career Paths In The Trades
College
Instructor
 Contractor
 Consultant
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Inspector
 Manager
 Sales
 Employer
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Get Their Attention:
Earn While You Learn
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
Bachelor of
Education
$20,000
$10,000
Electrician
$0
($10,000)
Yr.
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How To Become An Apprentice
Three ways to begin an apprenticeship:
1. Direct Entry
2. Secondary School Apprenticeship (SSA)
3. Dual Credit Program to SSA
Are you a hidden apprentice?
What is SSA?
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BC registered apprentice in enrolled in
secondary school graduation program
480 SSA hours = 16 credits = first 3 months
In or out of school time
Ongoing intake
Grade 12s – must register by June 1st
Contact SSA Teacher in each high school
Langley SSA Growth
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SSAs
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Benefits to Students
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16 credits towards
graduation
Learn and earn
Head start to career
Seamless transition
from school to work
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Jobs in demand
Allows mobility
Debt free
Acquire skills
employers want
$1,000 Scholarship
SSA Scholarship
Criteria include:
 Complete 480 hours of required paid work
 Graduate with C+ average in Grade 12
courses (regular Dogwood or Adult)
 Work 1100 hours in a trade after graduation
 Apply by November 15th
 Obtain $1,000!
Benefits to Employers
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Young, enthusiastic workers
Initiate proper skill
development of new
workers
Access to large labor force
How Employers Find Employees
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Networking
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Family & Friends
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Agencies & Unions
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Canada Employment Centres
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Newspaper Ads
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Where Job Seekers Look
Benefits to Parents
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Sets you up with useful skill set
You can make $$ in career of choice
Improves your self-confidence
Gets you out of the house
Can help fix your house!
DUAL-CREDIT Programs
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Welding, KPU
Millwright, KPU
Masonry, KPU
Practical
Horticulture, KPU
Metal Fabrication
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Sec &
PostSec
Aircraft Structural
Technician, UFV, at
Abbotsford Airport
Baking/Pastry, VCC
Early Childhood
Education, Langley
College
ACE IT PROGRAMS
Hairdressing, ACS
• Feb ’06 – 16; Feb. ’07 – 18
• Feb ’08 – 18; Feb. ’09 - 15
Piping/Plumbing, LSS/BCIT
• Feb ’07 – 14; Feb. ’08 – 17; Feb. ’09 - 20
Carpentry, ACS/KPU –
• Feb ’07 – 17; Feb. ’08 – 13; Feb. ’09 - 13
Automotive Service Technician, ACS/KPU
• Feb’08
- 18; Feb. ’09 - 19
Program Information Sessions &
Open Houses
Are often held spring and fall.
Trades Tours and Workshops
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Electrical Workshop – Oct. 21
Hairdressing Workshop – Dec. 1
Building Sector Workshop – Feb. 25
Transportation Sector Workshop – Mar. 23
If you are interested……
In becoming involved with the
Secondary School Apprenticeship Program,