| PEI Provincial Apprenticeship Board |
Red Seal Preparation for Electricians |
Workplace Education PEI in partnership with the PEI Apprenticeship Board,
developed and delivered an 80 hour program for 18 Island electricians in
preparation for writing the Interprovincial Exam for Construction Electricians.
Essential skills was the foundation upon which the program was developed.
Participants were employed with a number of local businesses and came from both
all parts of the Island to attend classes at Royalty Centre. |
| PEI Provincial Apprenticeship Board |
Plumbers Red Seal Preparation Program |
Workplace Education PEI in partnership with the PEI Apprenticeship Board
developed an essential Skills program for plumbers who were preparing to write
the Red Seal exam for certification. The 80 hour program was held in the
Workplace Education Centre in the West Royalty Industrial Park. |
| PEI Provincial Apprenticeship Board |
Literacy & Prior Learning Assessment: Strengthening
the Foundation in Apprenticeship on P.E.I. |
The P.E.I. Provincial Apprenticeship Board, in partnership with Workplace
Education P.E.I., will develop and design a literacy and numeracy project to
increase the success rate of trades people who are seeking trades certification. The
Board will research and record the number of individuals actively employed in
voluntary and compulsory trades, the number who are certified, and their literacy
and numeracy levels. A Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR)
portfolio on the apprenticeship process will be developed to demonstrate the
chronological events involved in apprenticeship and certification. This project will
also focus on gathering of essential skills information and completion of all
preparatory work to develop the pilot, including a curriculum outline, a delivery
agenda, and an information session. This project will be evaluated through
individual interviews, focus groups, and written/oral surveys. This project will lay
the foundation for a pilot that will allow trades people to maximize opportunities
and progress towards certification in order to remain competitive in a changing
work environment. In addition, this project will provide the basis to establish a
province-wide initiative to increase awareness of the importance of literacy and
numeracy skills in obtaining trades certification. The resulting model can be shared
with other provinces. |
| PEI Provincial Apprenticeship Board |
Trades and Apprenticeship Literacy Research Project |
The Provincial Apprenticeship Board will undertake research on the literacy levels
of trades people and apprentices to assist in planning the literacy skills training
they need to reach their greatest potential in their trades. |