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Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
Dryden
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Office: 807-468-5571 Ext 226
79 Casimir Ave
Dryden, ON, P8N 2Z6
Dryden, ON, P8N 2Z6
Short Description
School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
- Students earn cooperative education credits through cooperative education work placements in skilled trades
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Employment and Training
Fort Frances (136km)
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Office: 807-274-1386
426 Victoria Ave
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 2C3
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 2C3
Short Description
Operates as a program under the Education and Training Branch
Provides a range of culturally appropriate programs and services for Métis people to enhance employability and related skills including:
Provides a range of culturally appropriate programs and services for Métis people to enhance employability and related skills including:
- Apprenticeship support (financial and training assistance)
- Career counselling
- Employment readiness support and training
- Financial support/wage subsidies and opportunity through a number of programs which may vary by office locations; programs are listed on website
- Mobility assistance
- Self-employment coaching assistance such as business plan and accounting information and access to computers, photocopiers and other equipment
- Services for clients with disabilities
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Employment and Experiential Education Opportunities
Thunder Bay (303km)
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Office: 807-285-0189
450 Fort William Rd
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 2Z6
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 2Z6
Short Description
Offers young people the opportunity to engage meaningfully in the food system as growers, market gardeners and lifelong learners
Provides employment and experiential education opportunities to young people who face barriers to success in these areas, including the following:
Provides employment and experiential education opportunities to young people who face barriers to success in these areas, including the following:
- S.H.O.W. (Seasonal Horticultural Outdoor Worker) Program - hires youth aged 18-30 for 5-month long contracts growing food throughout the Thunder Bay area, providing general employment training skills
- Urban Youth Farm Program - in partnership with the Lakehead District Shool Board, high school students aged 16-18 are hired for 7 weeks in July and August to build employment skills and get co-op credits for running one of the Urban Garden sites and working with local farmers
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Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
Thunder Bay (303km)
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Office: 807-625-5167
125 Lillie St S
Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 2A3
Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 2A3
Short Description
School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
- Students earn cooperative education credits through cooperative education work placements in skilled trades
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Apprenticeship Grants
Thunder Bay (302km)
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Office: 1-800-622-6232
975 Alloy Dr
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6N5
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6N5
Short Description
- Provides the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG), a taxable cash grant of $1,000 per year/level, up to a maximum of $2,000 per person, available to registered apprentices once they have successfully finished their first or second year/level (or equivalent) of an apprenticeship program in one of the Red Seal trades
- Provides the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women (AIG-W), a taxable cash grant of $3,000 per year/level, up to a maximum amount of $6,000 per person, to support women in entering, progressing and completing their training in Red Seal trades where women are underrepresented (*Baker, Cook, Hairstylist, Landscape-Horticulturist, Partsperson not eligible trades)
- Provides the Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG), a taxable cash grant of $2,000 to registered apprentices who have completed their training to help them become certified journeypersons in designated Red Seal Trades, which include:
- Agricultural Equipment Technician
- Appliance Service Technician
- Auto Body and Collision Technician
- Automotive Refinishing Technician
- Automotive Service Technician
- Baker (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Boilermaker
- Bricklayer
- Cabinetmaker
- Carpenter
- Concrete Finisher
- Construction Craft Worker
- Construction Electrician
- Cook (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Drywall Finisher and Plasterer
- Floorcovering Installer
- Gasfitter - Class A
- Gasfitter - Class B
- Glazier
- Hairstylist (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Heavy Duty Equipment Technician
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Dozer)
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Excavator)
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Tractor-Loader-Backhoe)
- Industrial Electrician
- Industrial Mechanic (Millwright)
- Instrumentation and Control Technician
- Insulator (Heat and Frost)
- Ironworker (Generalist)
- Ironworker (Reinforcing)
- Ironworker (Structural / Ornamental)
- Landscape Horticulturist (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic)
- Machinist
- Metal Fabricator (Fitter)
- Mobile Crane Operator
- Motorcycle Technician
- Oil Heat System Technician
- Painter and Decorator
- Parts Technician (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Plumber
- Powerline Technician
- Recreation Vehicle Service Technician
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic
- Roofer
- Sheet Metal Worker
- Sprinkler Fitter
- Steamfitter / Pipefitter
- Tilesetter
- Tool and Die Maker
- Tower Crane Operator
- Transport Trailer Technician
- Truck and Transport Mechanic
- Welder
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Ontario Employment Services - Main Services, and Canada Ontario Job Grant
Thunder Bay (302km)
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Office: 807-473-3829
960 William St
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6Z8
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6Z8
Short Description
- Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
- Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
- Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
- Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
- Offers help in maintaining employment
- Provides information and referral to other employment and community services
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers
- training program must demonstrate good job prospects
- financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance
- Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
- Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
- Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
- Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
- Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
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Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
Thunder Bay (302km)
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Office: 807-344-2266
OYAP Coordinator: 807-983-4061
175 High St N
Thunder Bay, ON, P7A 8C7
Thunder Bay, ON, P7A 8C7
Short Description
School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
- Students earn cooperative education credits through cooperative education work placements in skilled trades
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Administration
Thunder Bay (302km)
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Office: 807-475-6110
Security: 807-623-0465
Security: 9-2-2
1450 Nakina Dr
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 0E5
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 0E5
Short Description
- Offers a full range of programs and educational services throughout the region
- Offers full-time post secondary programs, part-time credit and non-credit courses
- Offers specialty programs for business and industry, pre-employment and skills training programs
- Offers apprenticeship programs and cooperative/workplace training programs
- Utilizes a combination of traditional and distance modes of delivery for many of the educational services
- Dryden (Dryden Campus)
- Fort Frances (Rainy River District Campus)
- Longlac (Greenstone Campus)
- Kenora (Lake of the Woods Campus)
- Marathon (Northshore Campus)
- Red Lake (Red Lake Campus)
- Sioux Lookout (Sioux Lookout Campus)
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Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
Thunder Bay (301km)
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Office: 807-625-1576
459 Victoria Ave W
Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 0A4
Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 0A4
Short Description
School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
- Students earn cooperative education credits through cooperative education work placements in skilled trades
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Ontario Employment Services - Main Services, and Youth Job Connection
Red Lake (155km)
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Office: 807-727-2297
146 Howey St
Red Lake, ON, P0V 2M0
Red Lake, ON, P0V 2M0
Short Description
- Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
- Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
- Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
- Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
- Offers help in maintaining employment
- Provides information and referral to other employment and community services
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers
- training program must demonstrate good job prospects
- financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance
- Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
- Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
- Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
- Offers paid pre-employment training, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
- Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports
- Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
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Ontario Employment Services - Full Suite
Atikokan (144km)
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Office: 807-597-2485
214 Main St W
Atikokan, ON, P0T 1C0
Atikokan, ON, P0T 1C0
Short Description
- Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
- Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
- Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
- Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
- Offers help in maintaining employment
- Provides information and referral to other employment and community services
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers
- training program must demonstrate good job prospects
- financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance
- Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
- Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
- Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
- Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
- Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
- Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
- Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports
- Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
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Apprenticeship Grants
Fort Frances (136km)
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Office: 1-800-622-6232
301 Scott St
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1H1
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1H1
Short Description
- Provides the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG), a taxable cash grant of $1,000 per year/level, up to a maximum of $2,000 per person, available to registered apprentices once they have successfully finished their first or second year/level (or equivalent) of an apprenticeship program in one of the Red Seal trades
- Provides the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women (AIG-W), a taxable cash grant of $3,000 per year/level, up to a maximum amount of $6,000 per person, to support women in entering, progressing and completing their training in Red Seal trades where women are underrepresented (*Baker, Cook, Hairstylist, Landscape-Horticulturist, Partsperson not eligible trades)
- Provides the Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG), a taxable cash grant of $2,000 to registered apprentices who have completed their training to help them become certified journeypersons in designated Red Seal Trades, which include:
- Agricultural Equipment Technician
- Appliance Service Technician
- Auto Body and Collision Technician
- Automotive Refinishing Technician
- Automotive Service Technician
- Baker (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Boilermaker
- Bricklayer
- Cabinetmaker
- Carpenter
- Concrete Finisher
- Construction Craft Worker
- Construction Electrician
- Cook (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Drywall Finisher and Plasterer
- Floorcovering Installer
- Gasfitter - Class A
- Gasfitter - Class B
- Glazier
- Hairstylist (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Heavy Duty Equipment Technician
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Dozer)
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Excavator)
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Tractor-Loader-Backhoe)
- Industrial Electrician
- Industrial Mechanic (Millwright)
- Instrumentation and Control Technician
- Insulator (Heat and Frost)
- Ironworker (Generalist)
- Ironworker (Reinforcing)
- Ironworker (Structural / Ornamental)
- Landscape Horticulturist (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic)
- Machinist
- Metal Fabricator (Fitter)
- Mobile Crane Operator
- Motorcycle Technician
- Oil Heat System Technician
- Painter and Decorator
- Parts Technician (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Plumber
- Powerline Technician
- Recreation Vehicle Service Technician
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic
- Roofer
- Sheet Metal Worker
- Sprinkler Fitter
- Steamfitter / Pipefitter
- Tilesetter
- Tool and Die Maker
- Tower Crane Operator
- Transport Trailer Technician
- Truck and Transport Mechanic
- Welder
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Ontario Employment Services
Fort Frances (136km)
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Office: 807-274-2282
300/304 Scott St
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1G9
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1G9
Short Description
- Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
- Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
- Provides job search strategies, including resumé preparation
- Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
- Offers help in maintaining employment
- Provides information and referral to other employment and community services
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers
- training program must demonstrate good job prospects
- financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance
- Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
- Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
- Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
- Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
- Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
- Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
- Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports
- Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
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Employment and Training
Dryden
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Office: 807-223-4535
34B King St
Dryden, ON, P8N 1B3
Dryden, ON, P8N 1B3
Short Description
Operates as a program under the Education and Training Branch
Provides a range of culturally appropriate programs and services for Métis people to enhance employability and related skills including:
Provides a range of culturally appropriate programs and services for Métis people to enhance employability and related skills including:
- Apprenticeship support (financial and training assistance)
- Career counselling
- Employment readiness support and training
- Financial support/wage subsidies and opportunity through a number of programs which may vary by office locations; programs are listed on website
- Mobility assistance
- Self-employment coaching assistance such as business plan and accounting information and access to computers, photocopiers and other equipment
- Services for clients with disabilities
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Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
Fort Frances (136km)
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Office: 807-274-9855 ext 5011
522 Second St E
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1N4
Fort Frances, ON, P9A 1N4
Short Description
School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
- Students earn cooperative education credits through cooperative education work placements in skilled trades
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Ontario Employment Services
Kenora (119km)
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Office: 807-468-1911
25 Main St S
Kenora, ON, P9N 1S8
Kenora, ON, P9N 1S8
Short Description
- Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
- Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
- Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
- Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
- Offers help in maintaining employment
- Provides information and referral to other employment and community services
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers
- training program must demonstrate good job prospects
- financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance
- Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
- Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
- Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
- Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
- Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
- Offers paid pre-employment training, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
- Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports
- Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
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Apprenticeship Grants
Kenora (119km)
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Office: 1-800-622-6232
308 Second St S, Suite 201
Kenora, ON, P9N 1G4
Kenora, ON, P9N 1G4
Short Description
- Provides the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG), a taxable cash grant of $1,000 per year/level, up to a maximum of $2,000 per person, available to registered apprentices once they have successfully finished their first or second year/level (or equivalent) of an apprenticeship program in one of the Red Seal trades
- Provides the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women (AIG-W), a taxable cash grant of $3,000 per year/level, up to a maximum amount of $6,000 per person, to support women in entering, progressing and completing their training in Red Seal trades where women are underrepresented (*Baker, Cook, Hairstylist, Landscape-Horticulturist, Partsperson not eligible trades)
- Provides the Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG), a taxable cash grant of $2,000 to registered apprentices who have completed their training to help them become certified journeypersons in designated Red Seal Trades, which include:
- Agricultural Equipment Technician
- Appliance Service Technician
- Auto Body and Collision Technician
- Automotive Refinishing Technician
- Automotive Service Technician
- Baker (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Boilermaker
- Bricklayer
- Cabinetmaker
- Carpenter
- Concrete Finisher
- Construction Craft Worker
- Construction Electrician
- Cook (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Drywall Finisher and Plasterer
- Floorcovering Installer
- Gasfitter - Class A
- Gasfitter - Class B
- Glazier
- Hairstylist (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Heavy Duty Equipment Technician
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Dozer)
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Excavator)
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Tractor-Loader-Backhoe)
- Industrial Electrician
- Industrial Mechanic (Millwright)
- Instrumentation and Control Technician
- Insulator (Heat and Frost)
- Ironworker (Generalist)
- Ironworker (Reinforcing)
- Ironworker (Structural / Ornamental)
- Landscape Horticulturist (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic)
- Machinist
- Metal Fabricator (Fitter)
- Mobile Crane Operator
- Motorcycle Mechanic
- Oil Heat System Technician
- Painter and Decorator
- Parts Technician (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Plumber
- Powerline Technician
- Recreation Vehicle Service Technician
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic
- Roofer
- Sheet Metal Worker
- Sprinkler Fitter
- Steamfitter / Pipefitter
- Tilesetter
- Tool and Die Maker
- Tower Crane Operator
- Transport Trailer Technician
- Truck and Transport Mechanic
- Welder
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Apprenticeship Office
Kenora (118km)
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Office: 807-468-2879
227 1/2 Second St S
Kenora, ON, P9N 1G4
Kenora, ON, P9N 1G4
Short Description
Offers registration and support to:
This office offers on-site exams
- new apprentices who have arranged a sponsoring employer or who have prior education and related work experience
- also offers consultation for sponsoring employers
- $1,000 scholarship upon completion of academic upgrading, for registered apprentices younger than 25 years who left school before completing the necessary academic requirements for registering in a trade, who are committed to achieving the necessary academic requirements within one year, and who demonstrate an interest in the skilled trades
- School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
- Students earn cooperative education credits in grades 11 and 12 through work placements in skilled trades
- Interested full-time high school students 16 years and older entering Grade 11 should contact their guidance counsellor, co-op education teacher or the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program Coordinator for the local school board, or contact the local Apprenticeship Office
- Job skill development and trade readiness for unemployed individuals wanting careers in skilled trades
- Programs are at various community locations, and up to 52 weeks long including a minimum 8-12 week work placement
- Free, with costs covered for tuition, textbooks, safety equipment and tools
This office offers on-site exams
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Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
Kenora (116km)
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Office: 807-548-8282 ext 228
1 Poirier Dr
Kenora, ON, P9N 4G8
Kenora, ON, P9N 4G8
Short Description
School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
- Students earn cooperative education credits through cooperative education work placements in skilled trades
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Ontario Employment Services
Ignace (94km)
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Office: 807-934-6874
312 Pine St
Ignace, ON, P0T 1T0
Ignace, ON, P0T 1T0
Short Description
Operating virtually through alternative methods such as phone, email and other digital technologies. Printing/Faxing services will continue to be offered by request. To speak with an employment counsellor call/text 807-934-6203 Mon-Fri 8:30 am- 4:30 pm
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers
- Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
- Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
- Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
- Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
- Offers help in maintaining employment
- Provides information and referral to other employment and community services
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers
- training program must demonstrate good job prospects
- financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance
- Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
- Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
- Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
- Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
- Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
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Ontario Employment Services
Sioux Lookout (75km)
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Office: 807-737-1672
Centennial Centre, 54 Front St, Suite 2B
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1A1
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1A1
Short Description
- Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
- Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
- Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
- Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
- Offers help in maintaining employment
- Provides information and referral to other employment and community services
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers
- training program must demonstrate good job prospects
- financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance
- Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
- Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
- Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
- Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
- Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
- Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
- Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports
- Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
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Apprenticeship Office
Dryden
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Office: 807-223-4632
479 Government St, 1st Fl
Dryden, ON, P8N 3K9
Dryden, ON, P8N 3K9
Short Description
Offers registration and support to:
This office is not an exam centre
- new apprentices who have arranged a sponsoring employer or who have prior education and related work experience
- also offers consultation for sponsoring employers
- $1,000 scholarship upon completion of academic upgrading, for registered apprentices younger than 25 years who left school before completing the necessary academic requirements for registering in a trade, who are committed to achieving the necessary academic requirements within one year, and who demonstrate an interest in the skilled trades
- School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
- Students earn cooperative education credits in grades 11 and 12 through work placements in skilled trades
- Interested full-time high school students 16 years and older entering Grade 11 should contact their guidance counsellor, co-op education teacher or the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program Coordinator for the local school board, or contact the local Apprenticeship Office
- Job skill development and trade readiness for unemployed individuals wanting careers in skilled trades
- Programs are at various community locations, and up to 52 weeks long including a minimum 8-12 week work placement
- Free, with costs covered for tuition, textbooks, safety equipment and tools
This office is not an exam centre
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Apprenticeship Grants
Dryden
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Office: 1-800-622-6232
119 King St
Dryden, ON, P8N 1C1
Dryden, ON, P8N 1C1
Short Description
- Provides the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG), a taxable cash grant of $1,000 per year/level, up to a maximum of $2,000 per person, available to registered apprentices once they have successfully finished their first or second year/level (or equivalent) of an apprenticeship program in one of the Red Seal trades
- Provides the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant for Women (AIG-W), a taxable cash grant of $3,000 per year/level, up to a maximum amount of $6,000 per person, to support women in entering, progressing and completing their training in Red Seal trades where women are underrepresented (*Baker, Cook, Hairstylist, Landscape-Horticulturist, Partsperson not eligible trades)
- Provides the Apprenticeship Completion Grant (ACG), a taxable cash grant of $2,000 to registered apprentices who have completed their training to help them become certified journeypersons in designated Red Seal Trades, which include:
- Agricultural Equipment Technician
- Appliance Service Technician
- Auto Body and Collision Technician
- Automotive Refinishing Technician
- Automotive Service Technician
- Baker (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Boilermaker
- Bricklayer
- Cabinetmaker
- Carpenter
- Concrete Finisher
- Construction Craft Worker
- Construction Electrician
- Cook (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Drywall Finisher and Plasterer
- Floorcovering Installer
- Gasfitter - Class A
- Gasfitter - Class B
- Glazier
- Hairstylist (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Heavy Duty Equipment Technician
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Dozer)
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Excavator)
- Heavy Equipment Operator (Tractor-Loader-Backhoe)
- Industrial Electrician
- Industrial Mechanic (Millwright)
- Instrumentation and Control Technician
- Insulator (Heat and Frost)
- Ironworker (Generalist)
- Ironworker (Reinforcing)
- Ironworker (Structural / Ornamental)
- Landscape Horticulturist (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic)
- Machinist
- Metal Fabricator (Fitter)
- Mobile Crane Operator
- Motorcycle Mechanic
- Oil Heat System Technician
- Painter and Decorator
- Parts Technician (not eligible for AIG-W)
- Plumber
- Powerline Technician
- Recreation Vehicle Service Technician
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic
- Roofer
- Sheet Metal Worker
- Sprinkler Fitter
- Steamfitter / Pipefitter
- Tilesetter
- Tool and Die Maker
- Tower Crane Operator
- Transport Trailer Technician
- Truck and Transport Mechanic
- Welder
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Ontario Employment Services - Full Suite
Dryden
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Office: 807-223-4006
30 Earl Ave
Dryden, ON, P8N 1X5
Dryden, ON, P8N 1X5
Short Description
- Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
- Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
- Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
- Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
- Offers help in maintaining employment
- Provides information and referral to other employment and community services
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers
- training program must demonstrate good job prospects
- financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance
- Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
- Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
- Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
- Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
- Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
- Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
- Also provides mentorship and education and work transition supports
- Provides summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year
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Apprenticeship Office
Thunder Bay (303km)
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Office: 807-346-1550
189 Red River Rd, Suite 103
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 1A2
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 1A2
Short Description
Offers registration and support to:
This office offers on-site exams
- new apprentices who have arranged a sponsoring employer or who have prior education and related work experience
- also offers consultation for sponsoring employers
- $1,000 scholarship upon completion of academic upgrading, for registered apprentices younger than 25 years who left school before completing the necessary academic requirements for registering in a trade, who are committed to achieving the necessary academic requirements within one year, and who demonstrate an interest in the skilled trades
- School-to-work transition program offered through Ontario secondary schools
- Students earn cooperative education credits in grades 11 and 12 through work placements in skilled trades
- Interested full-time high school students 16 years and older entering Grade 11 should contact their guidance counsellor, co-op education teacher or the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program Coordinator for the local school board, or contact the local Apprenticeship Office
- Job skill development and trade readiness for unemployed individuals wanting careers in skilled trades
- Programs are at various community locations, and up to 52 weeks long including a minimum 8-12 week work placement
- Free, with costs covered for tuition, textbooks, safety equipment and tools
This office offers on-site exams
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