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Welcome Trades Information Session April 2014. Agenda. Welcome, Introductions, Overview Route to Journeyman Status Secondary School Apprenticeship ACE-IT. Mr. Frazer Smith SSA Co-ordinator. Route to Journeyman Status. If you want to become a trades person Four years (trade dependent)
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Agenda • Welcome, Introductions, Overview • Route to Journeyman Status • Secondary School Apprenticeship • ACE-IT
Route to Journeyman Status If you want to become a trades person • Four years (trade dependent) • Work experience and technical training
Technical Training • The school portion of becoming a journeyman • Hands on and theory combined
Secondary School Apprentice (SSA) • the opportunity to begin an “apprenticeship” while still in high school • Earn high school credits for work under a trades person • also called SSA, Secondary School Apprentice
Secondary School Apprenticeship(SSA) Work based training / learning • 4 courses – 11a&b, 12a&b • Each course = 120 hours • 480 worked hours towards ticket • ITA matches 480 hours = double hours towards ticket!!!
Secondary School Apprenticeship(SSA) ITA SSA Scholarship $1000 cash • Completion of SSA (480 hours) w/in 3 months of grad year • Graduate with a Dogwood (regular grad) • C+ average in grade 12 courses
Accelerated Credit Enrolment to Industry Training (ACE-IT) • Students attend TRU or OC during their grade 12 year. • Students end up with Level 1 Technical Training • SD 58 will pay the tuition, approx $3000
ACE-IT Family responsible for remaining fees which vary by trades but include: • Living expenses • Tools, learning guides, student fees • Total $1400 to $2400 (approximately)
How? • School District 58 students have reserved seating for TRU Foundations program (2 per trade if applying by the early registration deadline, May 2) • We also have 1 seat reserved in each of the OC trades programs
TRU Foundations-Application Process • The application comes from Mrs. Kuzio or Mrs. Musgrave • Student application portion • 4 reference forms for you to hand out • Counsellor form to be completed with Mr. Bowden
TRU Foundations-Application Process • Completed applications are given to Mrs. Kuzio or Mrs. Musgrave and we will send it to TRU for processing • A letter of welcome will be sent from TRU with the next step instructions • Students must successfully complete the Accuplacer • A program shadow will have to be completed by the given due date • Mandatory orientation at TRU
OC Application Process • Meet with Mrs. Kuzio, who will then contact OC • Students fill out the regular application as found on the OC website. • Students need to sign a release of information form so the school can access records (marks, attendance).
