Transcript Apprenticeship Training - Responding to Labour - CAF-FCA

Katherine Jacobs
Director of Research & Operations
Ontario Construction Secretariat
Canadian Construction Industry
… A Leader in Employment Growth
Demand for Construction Workers
 252,000 workers are required in Canada’s
construction sector over the next decade
 They anticipate attracting an estimated 152,000
first-time new entrants from Canada’s population
 This leave a gap of 100,000 workers
 In ONTARIO, the gap is 40,000 workers
Source: BuildForce Canada, Construction Looking Forward, 2014 -2023
Canadian Construction Industry…
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Rates Near Record Low
Trades in Demand
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Boilermakers
Construction Millwrights
Electricians
Floor Covering
Installers
• Glaziers
• Painters & Decorators
• Plasterers / Drywall
Installers
• Plumbers
• Refrigeration & AC
Mechanics
• Roofers & Shinglers
• Tilesetters
Source: BuildForce Canada, Construction Looking Forward, 2014 -2023
Construction Apprenticeship ….
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An Opportunity
”Ontario’s apprenticeship system is a key part
of building the well-educated and highly skilled
workforce the Province needs to compete in
the current and future economy.” Ontario Budget 2012
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Apprentice Profile
• Average age of a starting apprentice is 27
• 40% of apprentices have children
• Half of apprentices have had more than three
jobs prior to registering
• Half of registered apprentices were not aware
of their current program when they were in
high school
…No longer a transition from school to work
Source: Statistics Canada, National Apprenticeship Survey, 2007
What We Wanted to Know
Objectives:
1. Document joint
labour/management
contributions to training and
apprenticeship
2. Determine completion rates
for union and non-union
apprentices
Increasing Union
Role
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 95 Training Centers
 39 Training Delivery Agents
 $260 million capital
investment
 $40 million annually from
training contributions
Increasing Role
of Union
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4,000
Apprenticeship Enrollment at Union/Employer
Training Centres
3,500
3,000
3,626
3,537 3,561 3,531
185% increase
since 2001
3,365
3,192
2,775
2,500
2,321
2,000
2,441
2,136
1,860
1,500
1,000
1,271
500
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2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Unique Apprenticeship
Initiative
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 Safety Training & Skills
Development
 Expert Coaching &
Mentoring
 Creating Apprenticeship
& Career Opportunities
 Achieving Goals &
Dreams
Registrations Increase
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…Yet Completions Lag
Why are Completion
Rates Low?
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Measuring Completion
Rates
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Notional Completion Rate :
The number of apprentices that complete in a given
year, as a share of the number of new registrants in
a prior year, lagged by the prescribed duration of the
respective program
Measuring Completion Rates
Notional
rate is 50%
Number of new
Registrations in
2004
Time
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Program duration
4 years
Number of
Completions in
2008
2008
2009
Compulsory Trades More Likely to
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Complete
Looking at Research
Union / Non-Union
MTCU data allows a direct comparison of notional
completion rates for four compulsory trades:
1. Sheet Metal Workers
2. Plumbers
3. Steamfitters
4. Electricians
Greater Union
Success
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Union Supports
for Apprentices
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 Screening procedures and pre-requisites
 Financial support for apprentices, especially for tuition
 Remedial training for apprentices (math and literacy)
 Mentoring and counselling
 Workplace experience with multiple employers
 Supplementary training to enrich apprenticeship training
above the provincial standards
 Refresher training prior to the C of Q examination
Policy IssuesResearch
& Outcomes
 Focus attention on completions
 Utilize investment and know-how in union /
employer training facilities
 Implement apprenticeship requirements on all
government procured construction projects to
help create more opportunities
 Infrastructure Ontario (IO) to implement
apprenticeship requirements on
government procured construction
projects
Key Takeaway
Messages
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 Increasing enrolment in apprenticeship
viewed as means for addressing the need for
skilled workers
 Investment in apprenticeship enhances
innovation, productivity and social
development
 However, completion rates are low
Key Takeaway
Messages
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 Joint labour/employer training trusts have
found the key to raising completions rates
and building the skilled workforce
 Opportunity for all levels of government to
embrace and support apprenticeship
through procurement practices
Questions
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