OYAP- FAST
Focused Apprenticeship Skills Training (FAST) is an accelerated stream within the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program that will allow students in Grades 11 and 12 to participate in more apprenticeship learning through additional co-operative education credits while completing their OSSD.
To participate in OYAP-FAST, students must meet the OYAP eligibility requirements:
- Students must be 15 years or older
- Have completed 14 credits toward the OSSD
- Must be enrolled as a part-time or full-time student in a secondary school or continuing education program
- Students (and their parent(s)/guardian(s), if required) must also complete an OYAP participant application form
- Must sign a parent/guardian consent to participate in OYAP-FAST
- Be flagged in the school student management system (SMS)
Completion requirements for OYAP-FAST include that a student has:
- Earned 8 to 11 cooperative education credits with their placement component in the skilled trades.
- Registered as an apprentice (obtained a Registered Training Agreement (RTA)) by the time they complete their eighth cooperative education credit.
Students who meet the above completion requirements and all other OSSD requirements will be awarded the OYAP-FAST seal on their OSSD, and OYAP-FAST will be listed in the Specialized Program field of the Ontario Student Transcript (OST). If a student has already been granted an OSSD, it cannot be exchanged for an OSSD with the OYAP-FAST seal.
How to Register:
- During the course selection process in myBlueprint, choose OFAS11 (if entering grade 11) or OFAS12 (if entering grade 12).
- Once the option sheet process closes, students must meet with their guidance counsellor to declare interest.
- A Consent To Participate form must be completed as part of a student’s intent to participate in the program. This form can be obtained from the student’s Guidance Counsellor during a program planning meeting.
All students who enroll in co-op must complete the following:
- An online Co-op Program Selection Form
- Two Teacher References using the Student Readiness Form
- Parent & Student Consent to Participate Form
