STEC 424A ARCHITECTURAL GLASS Skilled Trades Education Centre and METAL TECHNICIAN
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STEC 424A ARCHITECTURAL GLASS Skilled Trades Education Centre AND METAL TECHNICIAN ARCHITECTURAL GLASS AND METAL TECHNICIAN An Architectural Glass and Metal Technician handles, measures, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING cuts, prepares, fits, installs, replaces and repairs all types of glass and glass substitutes, typically in commercial, residential and An apprenticeship involves practical training provided transportation settings. An Architectural Glass and Metal on-the-job by a skilled worker, or trainer. The skills or Technician fabricates and installs curtain wall framing, aluminium competencies to be developed are set out by the storefront frames and entrances, doors and hardware, structural trade’s Apprenticeship Training Standard and are silicone glazing, skylights and sloped glazing. Specifically, an recognized by the industry as being essential to the Architectural Glass and Metal Technician: practice of the trade. As these essential skills are developed, the lays out, measures, prepares, fabricates and apprentice’s sponsor or trainer signs the relevant installs/replaces architectural glass and metal components sections of the training standard to indicate that the apprentice and air/vapour barriers in systems such as entranceways, has met the individual training objectives by demonstrating the windows, skylights and curtain walls skills required of a skilled worker, or journeyperson, in the trade. works with and installs plastics, granite, aluminum panels and other similar materials used as glass substitutes, as well as IN-SCHOOL TRAINING films or laminates that improve the durability or safety of the glass An Architectural Glass and Metal Technician apprenticeship works from mobile equipment, scaffolds and swing stages, includes three levels of theoretical training, which includes but is sometimes at great heights, to manoeuvre glass panels that not limited to instruction in: are lifted by cranes and other lifting equipment trade tools and equipment Architectural Glass and Metal Technician is a trade regulated by the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009. Qualified material handling and access equipment individuals may obtain a Certificate of Qualification, which confirms glass cutting, shaping and installation its holder has the skills, knowledge and experience that meet glazing systems industry standards of practice for the trade. seals, gaskets and caulking doors and entrances Presently to complete an apprenticeship training program in the prepare for onsite installation trade, individuals must become members of the Ontario College of fasteners Trades (the College), and apprentices must remain active members fabricate, assemble and install windows for the duration of their apprenticeship. curtain walls Upon completing an apprenticeship, the Ministry of Labour, Training glazing films and Skills Development (MoLTSD) will issue an individual a Certificate of Apprenticeship. Upon passing the trade’s certification Depending on the training delivery agency, in-school training examination and meeting the College’s registration requirements, may be available in one of the following ways: the individual may apply to become certified and registered as a block release (full-time, for a set number of weeks) journeyperson in the trade. day release (one day per week from September to June) In Ontario, the trade is part of the Interprovincial Red Seal Program part-time (night-school programs) —the national standard for the trade across Canada—under the title alternative delivery (online, correspondence, etc.) Glazier: www.red-seal.ca. MoLTSD is responsible for reviewing and scheduling classroom training for apprenticeship programs established by the College. APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM An apprenticeship training program consists of on-the-job and in- school training. The program duration set in regulations for the trade of Architectural Glass and Metal Technician is 8,000 hours (approximately four years) consisting of 7,280 hours of on-the-job work experience and 720 hours of in-school training. For detailed information about this program, see the apprenticeship training standard: www.collegeoftrades.ca/training-standards APPRENTICESHIP – WHAT IS IT AND HOW DOES IT HOW LONG DOES AN APPRENTICESHIP TAKE TO WORK? COMPLETE? Apprenticeship is a work-based training program for people Apprenticeships take two to five years to complete, who want to work in a skilled trade or occupation. It is also depending on the trade. Prior education and related work a post-secondary education pathway that provides access to experience are considered when determining the length of well-paying jobs that require a high level of skill, judgment the program at registration. Flexible classroom training and creativity. Apprentices are paid while gaining work options are generally available to meet the specific needs of experience and their wages increase with their skill level. apprentices and their sponsors. About 90% of apprenticeship training takes place in the workplace, while the remainder consists of theoretical ARE THERE OTHER PATHWAYS TO APPRENTICESHIP instruction, usually obtained at a college of applied arts and TRAINING? technology or other approved training delivery agency. The Co-Op Diploma Apprenticeship program allows students Apprenticeship training is delivered in partnership by the attending college to receive apprenticeship training while MoLTSD, the sponsor (for on-the-job training) and training earning a diploma. The Pre-Apprenticeship Training program delivery agents (for in-school training). Training agreements helps unemployed individuals strengthen their skills and APPRENTICESHIP FAQ between apprentices and sponsors are registered by the increase their eligibility for apprenticeship training in a MoLTSD in accordance with legislation. Each individualized specific skilled trade. training agreements represents workplace training that the sponsor agrees to provide to someone who wants to learn a CAN A STUDENT START AN APPRENTICESHIP WHILE skilled trade. ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL? HOW DOES SOMEONE BECOME AN APPRENTICE? The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) allows high school students to participate in apprenticeship training The person finds a sponsor willing to ensure that he or she is while earning their high school diploma. Interested students provided with training according to the Apprenticeship should contact their guidance counsellor or technical teacher Training Standard established by the College. A sponsor may for more information. be an individual, employer, third-party sponsor group, or any entity able to provide an apprentice with opportunities to DOES THE GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGE SPONSORS TO learn the skills necessary to practice the trade. The person HIRE APPRENTICES? and the sponsor submit a completed Application for Apprenticeship to the local MoLTSD Employment Ontario The Ontario government provides the Apprenticeship office. MoLTSD staff will arrange a discussion to assess the Training Tax Credit to corporations and unincorporated person’s eligibility for the program and the sponsor’s ability businesses that hire apprentices in certain skilled trades, an to provide the required training. Staff will explain the roles Employer Signing Bonus to sponsors who register new and responsibilities of all parties involved in apprenticeship apprentices in sectors in which skilled workers are in high training, including the College, and register the training demand, and an Employer Completion Bonus to sponsors agreement, MoLTSD staff will also explain the classroom whose apprentices complete their programs. training options and, together with the sponsor, monitor the apprentice’s progress during the program. For more DOES THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDE FINANCIAL information on becoming an apprentice, visit: SUPPORT TO APPRENTICES? www.earnwhileyoulearn.ca. Apprentices can benefit from the Ontario government’s Apprenticeship Scholarship and Loans for Tools programs. Both the Ontario and the federal government offer grants during and at the completion of the apprenticeship program. To discover all the exciting ways you can earn while you learn visit www.earnwhileyoulearn.ca STEC MASON STONE AND BRICK 401A Skilled Trades Education Centre BRICK AND STONE MASON A Brick and Stone Mason builds and repairs walls, floors, arches, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING pavings, partitions, fireplaces, chimneys, smokestacks and other structures. A Brick and Stone Mason often works on An apprenticeship involves practical training provided industrial, commercial, institutional and residential buildings, on-the-job by a skilled worker, or trainer. The skills or many times in high-temperature environments. Specifically, a competencies to be developed are set out by the Brick and Stone Mason: trade’s Apprenticeship Training Standard and are recognized by the industry as being essential to the erects, installs, maintains, repairs and alters walls, floors, practice of the trade. arches, pavings, partitions, fireplaces, chimneys, smokestacks and other structures As these essential skills are developed, the apprentice’s sponsor or trainer signs the relevant works with materials such as brick, natural stone, sections of the training standard to indicate that the apprentice manufactured stone, tiles, precast masonry panels, glass has met the individual training objectives by demonstrating the blocks, concrete blocks, light‐weight insulated panels, other skills required of a skilled worker, or journeyperson, in the trade. masonry units, insulation