Looking for educational resources to talk to your students about skilled trade career opportunities? Want to make apprenticeship part of your business? We have assembled a variety of resources and exemplary practices to assist you in your efforts to promote skilled trades and apprenticeship. These resources have been designed especially for your use, and instructions on how you can obtain further information or copies can be found below.

Final Report | Employer Profiles | Media Outreach Guide | Employer Outreach Guide | Employer Seminar Presentation | "About Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship" Presentation | Educator's Guide | Guide to Apprenticeship | Regional Champion Program Guide | Employer Recognition Program Guide | Employer Testimonial | Employer Toolkit | Billboard Artwork | Banners

Final Report - Building Canada's Future - Final Report presents a detailed account of the approach and accomplishments of the Skilled Trades: A Career You Can Build On campaign since its inception three years ago. Download a copy today!

Employer Profiles - Based on findings from the Return on Apprenticeship Training Investment for Employers, completed by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum - Forum canadien sur l'apprentissage (CAF-FCA), these profiles provide credible evidence that it pays to invest in apprenticeship. Each of the 13 one-page profiles includes a synopsis of an employer's investment for a given trade with particular attention to the cost vs. the benefit of apprenticeship to the employer. Get the financial facts on apprenticeship today by downloading the profiles.

Media Outreach Guide - The Media Outreach Guide takes an inside look at how the Canadian media works and offers hints and templates to help you get your skilled trades story covered. The guide offers a wide range of valuable information, from the best time to contact an assignment editor to how to write an effective media advisory. Get your media questions answered by downloading the guide today.

Employer Outreach Guide - The Employer Outreach Guide provides an overview of how to engage employers in apprenticeship - from identifying and approaching them to finally involving and ensuring effective follow-up. It also offers valuable lessons and exemplary practices from experienced representatives from several regions. Download your copy today to help organize and streamline your outreach program!

Employer Seminar Presentation - Hiring Apprentices: the Secret to Success is an attractive and compelling PowerPoint presentation designed to encourage employers to hire apprentices. The presentation provides facts and figures on the need to hire apprentices, as well as testimonials from employers and business leaders about how apprenticeship has enhanced their business and improved their bottom-line. Hiring Apprentices: the Secret to Success can be customized to meet your needs and support your local initiatives. Download the PowerPoint file today to make this presentation work for you!

"About Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship" Presentation - This dynamic presentation gives you a quick overview of why taking an apprenticeship and becoming a skilled tradesperson will provide you with plenty of career opportunities. Download the presentation to get the facts about the skill shortage, learn about potential careers, and see why apprenticeship is considered a first-choice post-secondary training option by more and more youth. It will only take 5 to 10 minutes to go through the presentation so download the PowerPoint file today!

Educator's Guide - Provides educators and career counsellors with the facts about skilled trades, and includes activities and lesson plans that will engage students, and get them thinking about pursuing an apprenticeship after high school. This Guide is a colourful and concise document that demonstrates the flourishing opportunities that skilled trades careers and apprenticeship can give our youth. Download your copy today!

Guide to Apprenticeship - See for yourself why apprenticeship is a first-choice post-secondary option! This dynamic booklet is a quick overview of skilled trades careers that highlights the benefits of apprenticeship as a post-secondary option and profiles young tradespeople and apprentices who are passionate about their career choice. Download your copy today!

Regional Champion Program Guide - Skilled trades careers are Canada's best kept secret... but not for long! A Regional Champion Program Guide has been developed to assist you in integrating local volunteers, such as skilled tradespeople, employers, educators, and apprentices, into your promotional outreach efforts. The Program Guide, templates and accompanying PowerPoint presentation will provide you with the direction and resources necessary to help you capture the energy and enthusiasm of real skilled tradespeople. Learn how to start your own Speaker's Bureau to inspire audiences in your community about careers in skilled trades. Download this Guide and its templates to get you started.

Employer Recognition Program Guide - Phenomenal employers across the country continue to demonstrate a commitment to mentoring our youth and to developing a qualified skilled workforce. If you need to recognize exemplary employers in your area, this Program Guide will assist you in developing a top-notch recognition program. Download this Guide and its templates to customize your own employer recognition program.

Employer Testimonial - a 90 second video - Don Strong is a strong believer of apprenticeship programs. In this video, the Vice President and General Manager of Concordia CARSTAR Collision Centres talks about the many benefits of hiring apprentices and why hiring apprentices is good for his bottom line. Download it today!

Employer Toolkit - This toolkit is a key resource for employers who would like to know more about apprenticeship or are considering making apprenticeship a part of their business. It includes a basic introduction to apprenticeship, its many benefits, tips on how to implement an effective apprenticeship program and includes profiles of successful employers who have made apprenticeship a key part of their human resource planning. Feel free to download a copy for your use today!

Billboard Artwork - Communicating skilled trades and apprenticeship opportunities through billboards is a great way to get the message out. Some of our partners have already taken advantage of this opportunity to customize the Skilled Trades: A Career You Can Build On campaign message on billboards in their high traffic areas, and you can do the same! Find out how today by contacting us at shaunt@skillscanada.com.

Banners - Another great way to get the message out in style is by transforming the "Skilled Trades: A Career You Can Build On" youth or employer posters into a large banner. These banners can be customized with your own logo and placed in high traffic areas, around various construction sites or on the sides of buildings in your own community! Find out how you can get a copy of the artwork for your own banners by contacting us at nicole_herod@caf-fca.org.