Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade

• About Apprenticeship
  • About Apprenticeship Manitoba
  • Apprenticeship Manitoba Vision
  • Apprenticeship Manitoba Mission
  • Apprenticeship Manitoba Operating Principles
• Strategic Initiatives
  • AccessManitoba
  • Apprenticeship Service Changes: Then & Now
• Acts & Regulations
• Consultations & Reports
• Facts & Stats

Apprenticeship is your ticket to a challenging and rewarding career in the skilled trades!
Apprenticeship is quality, affordable, post-secondary training that leads to certification as a journeyperson in a skilled trade. However, unlike university or college, where YOU PAY for your entire education, as an apprentice YOU GET PAID to learn. Most trade programs take 2-4 years to complete and they combine approximately 80% paid-on-the job training with 20% technical/in-school learning.

Manitoba’s skilled, certified tradespeople play an important role in our society. In the next decade, many of them will be nearing retirement, leaving Manitoba with shortages in the skilled trades. Manitoba has more than 50 skilled trades available for apprenticeship and certification.

Apprenticeship can lead you to a well-paid, skilled employment. Through a combination of hands-on training and in-school learning, you can earn a certificate of qualification in a trade. This means your expertise and industry-proven skills are formally and financially recognized. With most trades available for Interprovincial Red Seal certification, your credentials are recognized across Canada.

About Apprenticeship Manitoba

Apprenticeship Manitoba operates under the Department of Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade. It provides training and certification in over 50 designated skilled trades in Manitoba.

Apprenticeship Manitoba is responsible for the administration of programs that lead to provincial or interprovincial ‘Red Seal’ certification as a journeyperson including: (1) The High School Apprenticeship Program (HSAP) for youth in grades 10-12, (2) Post-Secondary Apprenticeship Program for people with a high school diploma or other training (3) Trades Qualification (TQ) for people who have experience working in the trades and are eligible to challenge the certification exam.

Apprenticeship Manitoba is supported by a network of advisory committees, such as the Apprenticeship and Certification Board, and its Provincial Advisory Committees (PACs).

The industry-driven Apprenticeship and Certification Board is the major policy-making and governing body for apprenticeship training relating to recommendations of trade designation, curriculum requirements and regulatory aspects of trades and occupations.

Apprenticeship Manitoba contracts out delivery of and schedules technical training classes to meet the needs of apprenticeship standards with the following training providers:  Red River College, University College of the North, and  Assiniboine Community College. Apprenticeship Manitoba also works with the following training providers for delivery of trades training in a limited number of trades: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology-SAIT, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology-NAIT,  Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology-SIAST, Red Deer College and Medicine Hat College.

Note:  Apprenticeship programs in Canada are generally administered by provincial and territorial departments responsible for education, labour and training (under the direction of the provincial or territorial Director of Apprenticeship) with authority delegated from the legislation in each province and territory.

Other Apprenticeship Manitoba Services

Apprenticeship Manitoba promotes trades training and certification to industry standards; co-ordinates information and planning for the designation of new trades; develops competency standards and curricula in co-operation with Manitoba industry and other provincial/territorial apprenticeship systems; processes requests for the accreditation of training programs to designated trade standards; assists under-represented groups to access apprenticeship training; counsels on trades careers and certification matters; and performs other essential support services to facilitate apprenticeship training and certification.

Apprenticeship Manitoba Vision

To be the model for training and certification of skilled workers.

Apprenticeship Manitoba Mission

To provide access to training, supports and certification of skilled workers to help meet the needs of Manitoba industry.

Apprenticeship Manitoba Operating Principles

Apprenticeship Service Changes: Then & Now

The demand for apprenticeship training in Manitoba is steadily increasing and public consultation initiatives, such as the Apprenticeship Futures Commission, have indicated a desire by industry for greater access to Apprenticeship Manitoba services, including online services.

In keeping with Apprenticeship Manitoba’s commitment to support the highest of industry standards, it has become imperative to change the way Apprenticeship Manitoba delivers service.  We are working hard to modernize how you obtain service, the same way that other organizations have done with services that you may already use, such as online contractor portals, online banking, etc.

The illustration below outlines recent service changes at Apprenticeship Manitoba and recent legislative changes of the Apprenticeship and Certification Board.

Apprenticeship Manitoba

Overview of Major Service Changes

Apprenticeship & Certification Board

Overview of Legislative Structure Changes

For more information about the Apprenticeship and Certification Board, and legislative changes or strategic direction, visit http://www.gov.mb.ca/tce/apprent/board/index.html.