Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) is a planned school-to-career program that enables students to meet secondary school diploma requirements while participating in a skilled trade that requires apprenticeship leading to a Certificate of Apprenticeship and Journey Person status. Students have the opportunity in Grade 11 or 12 through the co-operative education program to explore and work in a skilled occupation developing an understanding of the skill and knowledge required. The Student Cooperative Education Learning Plan (SCELP) will be based on the training requirements outlined in the government approved training standards for the trade.
2026-2027 Apprenticeship OYAP Level 1 Training Handbook
2026-2027 Apprenticeship OYAP Level 1 Training Handbook
Level 1 Apprenticeship Training, also known as 鈥淎ccelerated OYAP鈥� involves a combination of a 4-credit co-op placement and a block of Level 1 training for a specific trade at a College or a Non-College Training Delivery Agent (such as a union training centre). All Level 1 programs in DPCDSB are offered during the second semester of a student鈥檚 grade 12 year. Students must have a Social Insurance Number (SIN) to apply for this program as they become Registered Apprentices with Skilled Trades Ontario.
A student participating in OYAP must:
- Be sixteen years* of age or older (*NOTE: some trades/sectors will permit students to begin OYAP at 15 years of age);
- Have completed a minimum of 14 credits towards their OSSD prior to starting the OYAP program;
- Be enrolled as a full-time student during the program;
- Demonstrate commitment, good work habits, regular attendance record, and competency in English, math and science (physics/chemistry) where applicable;
- Choose appropriate secondary courses linked to their skilled apprenticeship occupation;
- Explore their choice of apprenticeship in Grades 11 or 12 through technological studies, related academic subjects, and cooperative education programs;
- Select to take cooperative education during course selection;
- Complete and submit a cooperative education application to the cooperative education office at their home school.
How to Apply for Level 1?
- For students in their final year of high school, applications are available from school Guidance and Co-operative Education Departments in October for Semester 2 program start-up (no Level 1 in semester 1)
- Additional information available on page 3 of Level 1 Training Handbook
- Students, with their parents, explore the OYAP Booklet and determine the trade that students wish to pursue.
- Students approach their Guidance Counsellor or Co-op Teacher to discuss their trade and program of interest for Level 1 Training.
- Guidance Counsellor/Co-op Teachers will fill out this 聽聽on the student's behalf, including all required details.
- The Guidance Counsellor/Co-op Teachers will receive further links and information on the application process.
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