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Service Providers Managers Forum Apprenticeship Update All Staff Meetings Nov 25, 2008

Service Providers Managers Forum Apprenticeship Update All Staff Meetings Nov 25, 2008. Employment and Training Division Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Objectives. To update Service Providers on current status of Apprenticeship To share plans for Apprenticeship Expansion

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Service Providers Managers Forum Apprenticeship Update All Staff Meetings Nov 25, 2008

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  1. Service Providers Managers ForumApprenticeship UpdateAll Staff MeetingsNov 25, 2008 Employment and Training Division Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

  2. Objectives • To update Service Providers on current status of Apprenticeship • To share plans for Apprenticeship Expansion • To highlight the short and medium-term strategies already underway

  3. Current Conditions • Current economic conditions are changing, and in some regions and some sectors slowing • A predictably uncertain winter • Ontario is committed to and is responding to the need to meet the demand for a highly skilled workforce

  4. Knowledge and Skills Strategy • Increasing access and opportunity to grow Ontario’s skilled workforce – with a focus on assisting groups facing barriers to employment • Fostering a culture of training and continuous learning – with a focus on strengthening employer investment in workplace training • Transforming our postsecondary education and skills training system to reflect the needs of the new knowledge economy – with a focus on effectively meeting the needs of employers and learners

  5. Knowledge and Skills Strategy con’t • Activities will align with PSE Transformation: • Factored into capacity planning • Connected to growth in applied learning • Integrated into credit recognition and transfer • Activities will align with EO transformation: • Linked to re-development/design work on Skills Development, Second Career and Self-Employment • Supports EO service delivery transformation • Activities will align with modernizing apprenticeship: • Apprenticeship business process streamlining, implementation of EOIS • Potential College of Trades

  6. Apprenticeship • Ontario has the largest apprenticeship system in Canada. • Each province has responsibility for apprenticeship training and certification of skilled workers at the journeyperson level. • Red Seal certified workers can work anywhere in Canada where their trade is designated. • There are 110,000 apprentices learning a trade in this province today – which is 50,000 more than in 2002. • New annual apprenticeship registrations have grown from 17,100 in 2002 to more than 26,000 in 2007-08. • The Ontario government aims to increase apprenticeship registrations by 25 per cent to 2012.

  7. Apprenticeship Expansion • 2008 Budget announced an investment of $75 million over the next three years to expand apprenticeship • Higher registration and completion rates (32,500 registrations annually by 2012) • Increased relevance, matching apprentices with trades in demand • Build on existing programming and incentives

  8. Apprenticeship Expansion continued • Immediate focus on pragmatic and innovative system and program options • Pathways and Learning – Pre-, During- and Post-Apprenticeship • Existing Trades • New Trades • Streamline and modernised system and business practices

  9. Expansion Underway • The new funding is supporting the expansion of the following existing programs this year: • Expansion of the Co-op Diploma Program • Expansion of the Pre-Apprenticeship Program • Increase participation in the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program • Increase the apprenticeship per diem to training delivery agencies • Support for apprentices with disabilities • New Trade Development • $55 million over three years to Colleges and Training Centres for infrastructure,equipment modernization, and facilities updating • Ontario Skills Training Enhancement Program (OSTEP) • Apprenticeship Enhancement Fund (AEF

  10. Trade Expansion • Developmental Support Worker • Opportunities for up to 300 workers with a single employer in this area • Concrete Pump Operator • developed to address safety issues and is widely supported by the owners and operators of the equipment. • Personal Support Worker • Potential for fully integrated model with post-secondary system 10

  11. Modernizing Apprenticeship 11 Establishment of the Ontario College of Trades: • Encourage and attract individuals and employers to participate in the apprenticeship program • Raise the status of the trades • Serve and protect the public interest • Contribute to system that would be more responsive to economic needs, enhance the quality of the training, and expand the system

  12. Conclusion • While the economy is shifting and some sectors face certain challenges, it is a time of opportunity as well. • As industry retools, new trades will be developed and new technologies will be invented that require skilled workers. • 2 out of every 5 new jobs over the next 20 years will be in the skilled trades and technologies sector • Together, we are responding to the need to have a highly-educated and skilled workforce.

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