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The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) is a program for students that opens the door to work in apprenticeship occupations through the co-operative education program. Students have an opportunity to become registered apprentices and work towards becoming certified journeypersons in a skilled trade while completing their secondary school diplomas.
To be an OYAP student you need:
to have 14 credits
to be 15 years old OR
to be 16 years old to go on a construction site
to have co-op on your timetable
Steps To Construction
Steps To Construction
If you have any students for Semester 1, September 2025 who are interested in a construction placement where they will experience and explore a variety of Construction trades before they make their final career decisions – then the Specialized Trades Exploration Program To Construction is ideal for them. Students will have the opportunity to spend some time starting with the management team, then a variety of trades on a rotation with labourers, carpenters, plumbers, electricians and many other trades and earn up to 5 high school credits and 1 college credit. Placements may be on Hi-Rise, Low-Rise Construction sites, Hospitals, Industrial, Commercial, Institutional and TTC.
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Also new Construction Placements in civil engineering, structural engineering, project management, architecture, estimating, urban planning, health & safety, interior design
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Also New Construction Placements rotated at the TTC - Toronto Transit Commission
Students will rotate through 3 different trades at the TTC such as Sheet Metal, Overhead (Electrical) Streetcar, Repair Shop (repair overhead doors and small engine tools), Fire Protection (fire extinguisher maintenance & sprinkler system maintenance), Paint (repair drywall and paint) & Sign shop
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
Student resume
Signed Expression of Interest - (Application Front & Back)
Ontario Status Report
IEP
Teacher email advising if a student is interested in a placement on a construction site or TTC.
DEADLINE: FRIDAY May 16, 2025
You must submit an Expression of Interest on the student's behalf through the ELIS website. Your Student remains on your home school roll. Elvy & Ian do the pre-placement, integration, student monitoring and grading. Placements can be with any one of 25 construction builders such as Tridel, Greenpark Homes, Mattamy Homes etc. and mainly union environments as well as TTC and Hospitals. Students also visit union Training Centres. Attached is a flyer which highlights the program as well as a brochure for the student/parent/guardian. Also check out the links below for insight on the program If you have any questions, call Elvy directly on cell 416 985-3290.
STEP To Construction Promo Flyer
PACE
PACE
PACE: PRE-APPRENTICESHIP COOPERATIVE EDUCATION
PACE is a TDSB in-house construction program. Students have the opportunity to explore a skilled trade within the construction sector by participating in a co-op experience alongside a TDSB skilled trade employee.
Skilled trades placements are:
Electrician
Carpenter
Plumber
Bricklayer
Sheet Metal Worker
Heating and Air Conditioning
Placements are full day and students can earn 4 credits in cooperative education. Interested students must first be entered into ELIS by their co-op teacher.
DUE DATE for submitting names into ELIS is November 28, 2024
Semester 2
Applications Due: January 9, 2024
Interviews the following week.
Students will be placed centrally by OYAP. Teachers will be responsible for placement safety assessment, monitoring and assessment.
Partnership with the Building & Concrete Restoration Association of Ontario
Interviewed by OYAP
Paid co-op
26 credits, ready to graduate
Free training at George Brown College
Safety training included
Local Malvern OYAP
Local Malvern OYAP
Local Apprenticeship programs can be arranged, for instance we have had co-op students in the following placements:
Culinary at the Beacher
Auto Mechanic at Kal Tire
Painter/Decorator at Rix Real estate
Hair Styling at the Curl Lounge
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