Useful OYAP Links & Resources
Carpenters Union – Training Centres (General Carpenter, Drywall)
Conestoga College – School of Trades – Programs
Essential Skills for Ontario’s Tradespeople
Gateway to the Trades – Trades program for 17+ years-old individuals
Government of Ontario – Apprenticeship
Government of Ontario – What’s an Apprenticeship?
Government of Ontario – What’s a Skilled Trade?
- Find a career you wouldn’t trade. Learn how to become a tradesperson, find resources if you’re an employer or currently working, and get job advice
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 804
Job Talks – Explore a trade through an interview of people working in the trade!
Laborers’ International Union of North America LiUNA Local 837 – (Construction Craft Worker, Concrete Finisher)
OYAP (Official Provincial Website)
OYAP (Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program) – Explore your Future Slide Presentation for the WCDSB & WRDSB students
Ontario Construction Careers Alliance (OCCA)
RED SEAL – Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program for the Skilled Trades
Skilled Trades “A Career You Can Build On”
The Plumbing and Pipefitters Union UA Local 527– (Plumbers, steamfitters, Welding, HVAC)
What Parents Need to Know – Government of Ontario PDF
Support Ontario Youth
Finance In the Trades – Grants and Benefits (Apprentices and Employers) – Consolidated
OYAP APPRENTICES:
Support for Apprentices – Government of Canada
Apply for the Tools Grant – Government of Ontario
Apprenticeship Grants for Apprentices – Government of Canada
Finishing an Apprenticeship – What to Do Next?, Grants for Apprentices – Government of Ontario
OYAP Apprenticeship – Apprentice Incentives PDF
OYAP EMPLOYERS:
**NEW 2023** – Achievement Incentive Program for Employers – Government of Ontario
Hire An Apprentice – All That You Need To Know! – Government of Ontario
Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit (Guidelines) – Government of Ontario
Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit – Government of Ontario
Support for Apprentices – Government of Canada
Support for Employers to Hire First Year Apprentices – Government of Canada
Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin
Videos – Employment in the NEW Manufacturing Workforce Planning Board WWD
Waterloo Catholic District School Board
5 Reasons To Work In The Skilled Trades
Video – Indigenous Youth in the Skilled Trades
BEP – What’s Next after OYAP? June 2024
Apprentice Search – Connects Employers to Apprentices
BIG CAREERS at Toromont CAT (Truck & Coach Technician or Heavy Equipment Technician)
Cool Jobs Canada – Youth Jobs in Canada
Government of Ontario – Minimum Age Requirements to Work in Ontario
NPAAMB – Indigenous Youth Employment & Training
Starling ( former Lutherwood) – (Employment Services)
Ontario Jobs and Employment– Government of Ontario
Steeds and Evans – Local company looking for workers
Apprentice Demand in the Top Ten Red Seal Trades: A 2019 National Labour Market Information Report
AppSearch & Pathway Programs – PDF & Links
Building Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act, 2021– Ontario laws & statute
Incentives and Supports for Apprentices – Government Of Ontario Document
Please see the Guidance and/or Cooperative Education office at your school for forms and more information.
Start An Apprenticeship – Government of Ontario
Women in Trades – new resource!
