Apprenticeship Is...
 

                         .... A journey to success! Apprenticeship is the route you take to get the knowledge
                         and skills you need to become an Alberta Certified Journeyman.

                         Apprenticeship combines on the job training under the supervision of a qualified
                         tradesperson (Journeyman) and classroom instruction at a post-secondary
                         training establishment.
 
 

  It's A Partnership and  More!
 
 

                         Basically, apprenticeship is a partnership. An employer, through a journeyman,
                         provides most of the training to the apprentice so he or she can learn the skills of the
                         trade. To help this partnership along, Advanced Education and Career
                         Development, an Alberta government department, registers the apprentice, offers
                         advice if it's needed and monitors the apprentice's progress. The Department also
                         arranges for the formal (classroom) instruction part of the process.
 

     Who's Responsible for What?
 
 

                         To get started, the apprentice and the employer apply for and sign an
                         Apprenticeship Contract .

                         This contract is registered with Advanced Education and Career Development.

                         Once you become an apprentice, you are responsible for attending classes and
                         completing your on-the-job training. Your employer is responsible for giving you the
                         training you need to learn the trade and for paying you 45 % to 90% of the shop's
                         journeyman wage rate, depending on how far along you are in your training. The
                         employer is also responsible for keeping up your record book which records the
                         on-the-job training being provided, the hours worked, the type of work done and an
                         evaluation of your performance as an apprentice. The apprentice then forwards the
                         record book to the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Office at the nearest
                         Career Development Centre at the end of each period of training.
 

    Are There Different  Kinds of Apprentices?
 
 

                         Apprentices can be regular, full time apprentices or, if they are full time high school
                         students, they can be RAP apprentices.

                         Regular (full time) apprentices spend about 80% of their time on the job. The other
                         20% is the formal training. Between the two, you get 100% of the skills and
                         knowledge you need!