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What is the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)?
The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) is a School to Work program that opens the door for students to explore and work in apprenticeship occupations starting in Grade 11 or Grade 12 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.
The goals of OYAP are:
Students have an opportunity to become registered apprentices and work towards becoming certified journeypersons in a skilled trade while completing their secondary school diplomas.
The goals of OYAP are:
- To provide students with the opportunity to start training in a skilled trade while completing the requirements for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma;
- To enable students to make the school to work transition by direct entry into apprenticeship training;
- To provide employers with the opportunity to train the skilled workers they require;
- To provide a viable solution to address the problem of skilled tradespeople shortages in general, and specifically the lack of young people joining the trades.
All Students participating in OYAP must:
All students participating in OYAP must:
• complete sixteen credits towards the OSSD prior to starting the program;
• be enrolled as full-time students during the program;
• complete all compulsory credits required for the OSSD.
(Source:OYAP pamphlet)
• complete sixteen credits towards the OSSD prior to starting the program;
• be enrolled as full-time students during the program;
• complete all compulsory credits required for the OSSD.
(Source:OYAP pamphlet)
Additional information for students who have registered with OYAP:
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