What clients need to know about pursuing a career in the skilled trades, using the knowledge and opportunities available through Ontario’s Apprenticeship system.
Building the capacity of service providers to support their clients when working in the skilled trades is one of their goals.
Step by Step Infographic to navigating the process
Why choose trades? Videos
A Day in the Life of Trades
Navigating Resources
Financial & Educational Support
The pathways into, and through, what can seem to be a complex system – and how understanding each of our roles in that system can create a solid foundation for apprentices working their way throughout it.
Community Literacy of Ontario (CLO) and Laubach Literacy Ontario (LLO) are pleased to share our newest resource, Apprenticeship and Skilled Trades: Annotated Resource Guide, featuring 26 newly added resources to support Get SET practitioners.
This curated collection includes:
• Skills for Success–aligned curriculum
• Trade-specific learning booklets (drywall, painting, roofing)
• The Get SET Apprenticeship Toolkit
• A four-module series on creating apprenticeship-friendly LBS services
• Readiness assessments and upgrading tools
• Research reports and routing maps
• Webinars on pre-apprenticeship, apprentice supports, and exam preparation
• Apprenticeship podcast series
These practical, field-informed resources are designed to help agencies strengthen apprenticeship exploration, readiness, retention, and certification success. They can also be found in the Apprenticeship tab of the Literacy Resources and Discussion Forum.
A database to help Get SET practitioners find culminating tasks, milestones and tasks when they are working with individuals on an Apprenticeship Goal Path.