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CEWIL Resource Hub: Apprenticeship at Sheridan College
Sheridan College, School of Skilled Trades
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Pedagogy
Experience
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About half of the students in the apprenticeship program complete pre-apprenticeship training to gain the necessary skills and knowledge needed to secure an apprenticeship position as a millwright. These students then start the program in the field working as an apprentice. While students are in-class, 70% of their time is spent in a lab setting to develop their technical skills, which are then applied within the apprenticeship.
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Key success factors
Students who complete the pre-apprenticeship program develop basic employability skills and undergo technical training, helping them secure a job as an apprentice.
The program offers flexibility for employers in terms of when students leave for in-class learning.
Unique characteristics
Employers develop supportive relationships with their apprenticeship students, course instructors, and Sheridan. A few employers serve on the Program Advisory Committee to provide input on continuous improvement of the program.
Several students have won competitions at a wide variety of levels, including college-specific, provincial (Skills Ontario), national (Skills Canada), and international (WorldSkills) competitions. Competing isn't mandatory, but it's encouraged. In 2019, a student secured a spot on Team Canada to compete at the WorldSkills Competition in Russia.
Challenges
Sheridan is still trying to reach its enrolment goals for its apprenticeship programs. In addition to marketing apprenticeships in an institution-specific context, the program is trying to counteract common cultural misperceptions regarding skilled trades; for example, some students who would be well-suited for the trades as a career path may not consider apprenticeship if it's viewed as less prestigious than traditional undergraduate programs.
Resources
Apprenticeship Training Programs – Industrial Mechanic Millwright stream
Key characteristics
Type: Apprenticeship
Year program was established: 1984
Number of students per year: 107 in 2018-2019
Number of employers/partners per year: 40
Programs/academic disciplines participating: Industrial Mechanic Millwright
Duration of experience: 7,200 hours over the course of the program; 90% on-the-job (paid) and 10% in the classroom
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Joanne Islip
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