starts in grade 11 or grade 12 with the cooperative education program
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Starts in Grade 11 or Grade 12 with the Cooperative 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.
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
• Students start training in a skilled trade while completing the requirements for an Ontario Secondary School Diploma;
• School to work transition by direct entry into apprenticeship training;
• Employers have the opportunity to train the skilled workers they require;
• Addresses the problem of skilled tradespeople shortages in general, and specifically the lack of young people joining the trades.
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
• Allows students to focus their learning for an OSSD on a specific economic sector
AgricultureArts and CultureAviation/AerospaceBusinessCommunity Safety and Emergency ServicesConstructionEnergyThe Environment
• Offers first hand training in the four career pathways: apprenticeship training, college, university, or the workplace.
ForestryHealth and WellnessHorticulture and LandscapingHospitality and TourismInformation and Communications TechnologyManufacturingMiningTransportation
• Focus is in Grade 11 and 12 • Select an area of interest based on personal
strengths and weaknesses.• Must take a bundle of courses that focus on the
SHSM:• 4 major credits• 2 to 4 contextualized learning areas that support
SHSM• 2 Cooperative education courses• Field trips, job shadowing, industry certificates
(WHMIS, Standard First Aid, CPR) • Essential Skills and work habits required in the
sector• Skills Passport (OSP)• Special Diploma with SHSM red seal
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/elearning/strategy.html
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