What's in a name?
The Skilled Trades
Higher Learning
Oh SNAP!
Skills Canada
100
The trade works with glass
What is a glazier?
100
Without this group of people, we would be a stinky, bored, hungry group, barely clinging to life.
What are tradespeople?
100
This is a combination of on the job training and in class learning
What is an apprenticeship?
100
This is what the acronym SNAP stands for.
What is Schools North Apprenticeship Program?
100
March 17, 2016 in Hay River, NT
When is the next NWT-South Regional Skills Competition?
200
This trade needs to keep up with fashions and trends
What is a hairstylist?
200
300+
How many designated skilled trades are there in Canada?
200
This is the first step to becoming an apprentice.
What is finishing high school?
200
This is the minimum age you must be to participate in the SNAP program.
What is 16 years old?
200
To promote careers in skilled trades and technology for northern youth
What is the mission of Skills Canada NWT?
300
This trade, previously discussed, has an apprenticeship period of 3 years.
What is a cook?
300
These are: Construction, Transportation, Manufacturing and Service
What are the main skilled trades categories (or sectors) in Canada?
300
This is the average amount of debt a university student has when they graduate.
What is $28 000.00?
300
These include: on-the-job work experience, the opportunity to earn high school credits and earning $$
What are the benefits of becoming a SNAP apprentice?
300
While attending this, students receive instruction and mentoring in various occupations.
What is a skills club?
400
A journeyperson in this trade could earn $25-$38 an hour plus benefits.
What is a carpenter?
400
These are what you use when you play video games, use hand tools and play a musical instrument.
What are manual skills?
400
80% and 20%, respectively.
What is the ratio of on the job training to formal learning in an apprenticeship?
400
It is to attend school and workplace training
What is the Student's responsibility?
400
Students in grades 9 to 12.
Who can join a skills club?
500
These 2 trades, previously discussed in the Trades & Apprenticeship presentation, require 4 year apprenticeship periods.
What are glaziers and carpenters?
500
This is the set of rules that regulates the skilled trades.
What is the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Act?
500
This is a document issued by the body that governs the trades. It proves that a person is qualified to work in a certain skilled trade.
What is a COQ, or certificate of qualification?
500
It is to provide training for the student
What is the employer's responsibility?
500
These one-day conferences provide Grade 8 students in the NWT an opportunity to learn about some of the exciting career options available to them.
What is the "Power Up Youth Conference"?
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