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What is OYAP?
What is OYAP?
OYAP Goals:
Help students start training in a skilled trade during high school.
Support smooth transitions from school to the workforce.
Give employers a chance to mentor and train future skilled workers.
Address skilled trade shortages by encouraging more youth to enter the trades.
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
As part of the Pathways initiative, OYAP gives students in Grades 10 to 12 the chance to explore and begin training in over 140 skilled trades while earning their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Through Cooperative Education placements, students gain real-world experience, earn wages, and work toward becoming certified journeypersons.
Students can pursue apprenticeships in fields like:
Construction
Culinary Arts
Horticulture
IT
Education Support
Hairstyling
Transportation
…and more!
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consider the trades!
consider the trades!
OYAP-FAST
OYAP-FAST
Focused Apprenticehip Skills Training
Starting in the 2025–2026 school year, students in Grades 11 and 12 can take part in OYAP-FAST, a new accelerated option within the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP). This program offers hands-on learners the chance to gain expanded apprenticeship experience through 8 to 11 co-op credits in the skilled trades while working toward their Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).
Students who successfully complete the program will receive an OYAP-FAST seal on their diploma and have it listed on their Ontario Student Transcript (OST).
Want to get a head start in the trades while still in high school?
Select OYAP-FAST when choosing your courses in myBlueprint or talk to your Guidance Counsellor for more information on eligibility and completion requirements!
Contact Information:
Samantha Brace
OYAP, Technological Studies, Pathways
braces@hdsb.ca
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