Apprenticeship and Skilled Trades
What is an Apprenticeship?
An apprentice actively learns a skilled trade on the job by working with and learning from experienced workers, while getting paid.
Apprenticeship also includes learning in a classroom from instructors who know the trade. This learning may take place on a college campus or in a union training centre.
For most trades, apprenticeship involves working for a year and then switching to studying in class for eight to 12 weeks, either full or part-time. It takes between two to five years to complete an apprenticeship.
Trades fall into the following sectors:
- Construction (e.g. Construction and Maintenance Technician)
- Industrial (e.g. Welder)
- Motive power (e.g. Automotive Service Technician)
- Service (e.g. Hairstylist)
Get help and advice
If you need help or advice at any point before, during or after your apprenticeship, contact Employment Ontario or visit:
Hamilton Apprenticeship Office
Ellen Fairclough Building
119 King Street West, 8th floor
Hamilton, ON L8P 4Y7
905-521-7764
1-800-668-4479
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