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a Employers looking for fresh, eager employees will want to consider RAP apprentices. It’s a great way to ensure your employees are trained the right I’m ready. Start learning Get way from the beginning, and the flexibility of the 1 Now what? 2 and earning. 3 certified! program allows you to fill your schedules. If you are an employer interested in hiring a RAP High school students interested in Work with your employer and your school After high school, continue to work and apprentice, follow these simple steps: pursuing RAP need to follow these steps: to develop a schedule. RAP is flexible, train in your trade with the goal of becoming meaning that you can work as an apprentice certified! About 80 per cent of your time will Find your match Pick a trade part-time throughout the year or choose to be spent working on the job. The rest of Find a high school student who is ready to There are approximately 50 trades work weekends and holidays to complete your time will be spent at a technical institute work, and eager to learn your business. You available in Alberta – find your match your hands-on work experience. As you start or college. After completing all necessary can contact a local RAP coordinator or school at tradesecrets.alberta.ca! No matter working, you will focus on safely learning work hours and technical training, you will counsellor to connect you with a student looking what your interests are – carpentry, required skills for your trade. become a certified journeyperson. for employment. construction, mechanics, welding, cooking – there is a trade for you. As you learn, you earn – both high school As a journeyperson, your future is limitless. Fill out the forms credits and wages! And as a RAP apprentice, You will be more employable, earn a better After the RAP apprentice completes the online Find an employer you also have scholarship opportunities income and have skills and knowledge application, you will be notified by email. The next step is to find an employer to hire available to you. you can carry into a variety of areas like Complete the employer portion of the online RAP and train you as a RAP apprentice. Your management, further education and apprenticeship application to verify the application school counsellor, local RAP coordinator self-employment. and agree to the terms and conditions. or Apprenticeship and Industry Training office can help you. Let the training begin! Working with your RAP apprentice and his or Fill out the forms Don’t wait – start earning her school, develop a schedule that works Complete the online RAP apprenticeship for everyone. You are required to pay at least application at tradesecrets.alberta. your certificate today! minimum wage, provide supervised training ca. Once you submit your application, and update your apprentice’s record book. The your employer will be sent an email with Government of Alberta is responsible for a RAP instructions to access your application for apprentice’s Workers’ Compensation coverage. confirmation of your RAP apprenticeship.

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Agricultural Equipment `Boilermaker » Tower Crane Hairstylist » Structural/Ornamental Natural Gas Compression Powerline Technician Structural Steel and Technician Services and operates Fabricates, constructs and Technician Plate Fitter Builds, erects, repairs, tests Cuts and styles hair to suit Constructs, maintains traveling, xed, climbing or joins scaffolding, structural Maintains, repairs and and maintains all types of the client’s face and lifestyle Installs, commissions, or operates electrical Lays out, prepares and self-erecting type hoisting steel buildings, bridges, overhauls agricultural boilers, tanks and pressure Length of Program maintains and repairs distribution systems assembles structural steel, equipment with a vertical ornamental ironwork and equipment vessels › 2 years equipment used to gather, Length of Program steel vessels, containers and mast or tower and a jib pre-cast structures Length of Program Length of Program › two 10-week in-class store and transmit natural gas › 4 years miscellaneous components Length of Program Length of Program › 4 years › 3 years sessions Length of Program › three 7-week in-class Length of Program › 2 years › 3 years › four 8-week in-class › three 8-week in-class › 4 years sessions › 3 years › one 6-week in-class › three 6-week in-class sessions sessions Heavy Equipment › four 8-week in-class › three 8-week in-class session sessions Technician sessions Power System Electrician sessions Appliance Service Bricklayer Wellhead Boom Truck Performs all the tasks Reinforcing Installs, maintains and repairs Technician » » Outdoor Power Equipment Tilesetter Prepares and lays brick Sets up and operates described below under Heavy Places and ties reinforcing electrical generation systems Technician Installs, services and repairs and other masonry units hydraulic booms used for Duty Equipment Mechanic material, joins scaffolding, Length of Program Covers, repairs and appliances to construct and repair wellhead pumping, wireline, (Off-Road), Transport Trailer and performs post » Power Equipment › 4 years decorates walls,  oors and Length of Program structures perforating, coiled tubing, Mechanic and Truck and tensioning Repairs and maintains › two 7-week and two other surfaces using ceramic, › 3 years Length of Program snubbing, and the rig-up Transport Mechanic Length of Program aerators, air compressors, 8-week in-class sessions* mosaic, marble and quarry › three 8-week in-class › 3 years and rig-out of slant service Length of Program › 2 years chippers, compaction tile, slate, stone, terrazzo or sessions › three 8-week in-class rig operations › 4 years › two 6-week in-class equipment, generators, Recreation Vehicle Service granite sessions Length of Program › four 8-week in-class sessions lawn tractors, mowers, Technician Length of Program Commercial Appliance sessions chain saws, seeders, 3 years » › 1 year Installs, repairs and maintains › Service Technician Cabinetmaker sprayers, snow removal two 8-week in-class › one 5-day in-class Landscape Gardener interior and exterior › Installs, services and repairs session Heavy Duty Equipment equipment, golf carts and sessions Builds and repairs custom or » Carries out landscaping components on motor commercial appliances Mechanic (Off-Road) utility vehicles production-type cabinets and operations including homes, trailers and campers Length of Program Electric Motor Systems Maintains, repairs and Length of Program Transport Refrigeration furniture, and architectural construction, maintenance Length of Program › 3 years Technician overhauls large off-road and › 3 years Technician millwork and selecting and installing › 3 years › two 8-week in-class industrial equipment such › one 6-week and two Length of Program Tests, rebuilds and repairs plants, trees, grass and › three 8-week in-class Installs and repairs heating sessions as bulldozers and graders 8-week in-class sessions › 4 years electric motors, generators, irrigation systems sessions and cooling equipment in Length of Program › four 8-week in-class transformers, controllers Length of Program mobile units used to haul Auto Body Technician › 3 years » Recreational Equipment sessions and related electrical and › 4 years Refrigeration and Air perishable cargo › three 8-week in-class Repairs and maintains Repairs and replaces mechanical equipment four 8-week in-class Conditioning Mechanic Length of Program sessions › recreational equipment damaged motor vehicle Carpenter Length of Program sessions › 3 years such as boats, trailers, Installs, maintains, repairs structures and body parts, › 4 years › three 8-week in-class Constructs, erects and repairs » Transport Trailer snow mobiles and off-road and overhauls refrigeration and interior and exterior four 8-week in-class Lather-Interior Systems sessions buildings and other structures › Mechanic multi-wheeled vehicles and air conditioning systems nishes sessions Mechanic made of wood, wood Maintains, repairs and other than motorcycles and their component parts Length of Program Water Well Driller substitutes, steel and other overhauls commercial Installs a wide variety of wall Length of Program Length of Program › 4 years Electrician materials transport trailers and ceiling systems and › 3 years › 4 years Sets up and operates drilling › one 4-week, one 6-week Length of Program Installs, alters, repairs and Length of Program exterior nishes, bringing one 6-week and two › four 8-week in-class rigs and develops, maintains and two 7-week in-class › › 4 years maintains electrical systems 2 years various buildings to a 8-week in-class sessions sessions and decommissions water sessions › › four 8-week in-class for all types of buildings, › one 8-week in-class completed state wells sessions structures and premises session Length of Program Painter and Decorator Rig Technician Length of Program » Auto Body Prepper Length of Program 3 years › 2 years Restores anti-corrosion › Applies paint, wall coverings Operates oil and gas Communication Technician 4 years Truck and Transport three 8-week in-class › two 6-week in-class treatments, and conducts › » › and other nishes to interior drilling rigs three 8-week and one Mechanic sessions sessions substrate identi cation, Installs, maintains, removes › and exterior surfaces of Length of Program 12-week in-class sessions Maintains, repairs and surface preparation, and/or repairs wiring buildings and other structures › 3 years overhauls on-highway Locksmith » Earth Loop Technician undercoat product mixing networks, communication Length of Program › three 4-week in-class Elevator Constructor vehicles such as semi- Sets up and operates and application equipment and specialized Installs, adjusts and repairs › 3 years sessions trucks and buses mobile drilling rigs or Length of Program wireless equipment Installs, modi es, services locks, makes keys, and › three 8-week in-class Length of Program trenching equipment used › 2 years Length of Program and repairs electric and changes lock combinations; sessions Roofer › 3 years to construct residential and › one 4-week in-class › 4 years hydraulic elevators, works on lock sets and door three 8-week in-class Prepares and applies commercial earth loops for session › three 6-week and one personnel and man-hoists, › hardware Parts Technician sessions protective coverings to  at heating and cooling. 8-week in-class sessions moving walkways, stage Length of Program » Parts Technician and sloped roof surfaces Length of Program » Auto Body Refi nisher lifts, escalators and related › 4 years Instrument Technician Manages and dispenses Length of Program › 2 years Performs damage Concrete Finisher equipment › four 8-week in-class parts and goods in › 4 years › two 6-week in-class appraisals, surface Length of Program Installs, maintains and repairs sessions Places and nishes concrete wholesale and retail › three 6-week in-class sessions preparation, minor 4 years the measuring and control  oors, driveways, sidewalks, › businesses sessions damage repairs, masking, instruments used in industrial Machinist curbs, bridge decks and other Length of Program Welder colour matching, priming Floorcovering Installer and commercial processing concrete structures Sets up and operates › 3 years Sheet Metal Worker and top coating Length of Program Applies heat to metal pieces Length of Program Installs many types of  oor precision metal cutting and › two 6-week and one Length of Program 4 years Designs, fabricates, to melt, cut or fuse them › 3 years coverings in buildings › grinding machines to make 8-week in-class sessions 2 years two 8-week and two assembles, installs and together › › two 4-week in-class Length of Program › and repair products made › one 4-week and one 10-week in-class sessions repairs sheet metal products Length of Program sessions › 2 years from metals, plastics, rubber » Materials Technician 6-week in-class session required in a wide variety of › 3 years › two 7-week in-class textiles, berglass and other Manages and dispenses Insulator industries and settings › three 8-week in-class Cook sessions materials parts and goods in bulk, Auto Body Repairer Length of Program sessions » Applies, removes and repairs Length of Program wholesale and warehousing Performs damage Prepares food in eating › 4 years Gasfi tter thermal and acoustical › 4 years operations appraisals, frame and establishments, plans › four 10-week in-class » Wire Process Operator insulation on all types of › four 8-week in-class Length of Program unibody structural repairs, menus, monitors nutritional » Gasfi tter (A) sessions Joins components and industrial equipment sessions › 3 years body sheet-metal work, components, and manages Sizes, installs, tests, adjusts sub-assemblies to make Length of Program › three 6-week in-class plastic repairs, component the kitchen and associated and services natural gas Sprinkler Systems Installer various items using a food costs. › 3 years Millwright sessions replacement and alignment and propane equipment Fabricates, installs, tests, variety of construction Length of Program › three 7-week in-class Length of Program ranging from residential Installs, maintains, repairs maintains, inspects and materials 3 years sessions Plumber › 3 years › furnaces to industrial boilers and troubleshoots stationary repairs sprinkler systems Length of Program three 8-week in-class › one 4-week and two › Length of Program industrial machinery and Plans, installs and services Length of Program › 2 years sessions Ironworker 7-week in-class sessions › 3 years mechanical equipment plumbing systems, xtures, › 4 years › one 8-week in-class › three 8-week in-class Fabricates, constructs and Length of Program piping equipment and › three 8-week in-class session Crane and Hoisting Automotive Service sessions joins scaffolding, structural › 4 years controls sessions Technician Equipment Operator steel buildings, bridges, › four 8-week in-class Length of Program Gasfi tter (B) ornamental ironwork and sessions › 4 years Diagnoses and repairs motor » Boom Truck » Steamfi tter-Pipefi tter Sizes, installs, tests, adjusts pre-cast structures › four 8-week in-class vehicles, including cars and Sets up, services and and services natural gas Length of Program Motorcycle Mechanic sessions Lays out, assembles, light trucks operates hydraulic and propane equipment › 4 years fabricates, maintains and Length of Program booms that are mounted Assembles, maintains, repairs ranging from residential › four 6-week in-class repairs piping systems which 4 years on revolving platforms and restores motorcycles and › furnaces to industrial boilers sessions carry water, steam, chemicals four 8-week in-class attached to trucks other lightweight all-terrain › not exceeding 400,000 or fuel used in heating, sessions Length of Program vehicles with astride seating British Thermal Units (BTUs) Metal Building Systems cooling, lubricating and other › 1 year » and handlebar controls Length of Program Erector processes Baker › one 6-week in-class Length of Program › 2 years Fabricates, constructs and Length of Program session › 4 years Prepares and bakes breads, › two 8-week in-class joins scaffolding; works › 3 years › two 8-week and two › three 8-week in-class cakes, cookies, pastries, pies Mobile Crane sessions on one-story, steel-framed » 6-week in-class sessions sessions and other baked goods Services and operates metal buildings Length of Program booms that are mounted Glazier Length of Program 3 years 2 years Trades in which a Red Seal endorsement is available. The Red Seal is recognized as › on crawlers or wheeled Cuts and installs glass › › three 8-week in-class › two 6-week in-class a standard of excellence for skilled trades in and internationally. Red Seal frames; and traveling, xed and aluminum systems for endorsement is well-recognized and respected by employers. sessions or climbing type hoisting sessions commercial, residential and Compulsory certi cation trade. People working in these trades must be a registered equipment with a vertical automotive applications apprentice or a certi ed journeyperson. mast or tower and a jib Length of Program Length of Program - Methods of delivering technical training to apprentices can vary. Length of Program › 4 years In some trades and in certain regions, technical training referred to as ‘in-class sessions’ › 3 years › four 6-week in-class may be available in forms such as one-day-a-week, evening or weekend, on-site › two 6-week in-class sessions training, or in various forms of distance learning. Check with your nearest sessions Apprenticeship and Industry Training of ce for details.

Effective November 2015