Ontario Apprenticeship Scholarship and Employer Signing Bonus

The $1,000 Apprenticeship Scholarship and $2,000 Employer signing bonus initiative encourages employers in the trades to register new apprentices in sectors where there is a high demand.

This initiative will assist employers to hire and register as apprentices young people under 25 years of age who have left school prior to completing the minimum academic requirements for apprenticeship registration.Youth applicants must first complete their academic upgrading in order to become registered apprentices.

These youth will (as a result of this initiative) receive a $1,000 scholarship if they have:

• completed their academic upgrading within one year to meet the minimum academic requirement in order to qualify for and
• are registered as apprentices.

The employer signing bonus will be delivered in two equal instalments over six months. To be eligible for the first instalment, employers must:

• Meet all the specific apprenticeship requirements to provide training in the trade, and
• Register youth having met the above conditions as an apprentice after he or she has completed academic upgrading required for entry to the apprenticeship program.

To receive the second instalment, employers must:

• Continue to employ the apprentice and provide on-the-job training for at least six months from the date that the apprentice was registered.

Locally, contact Employer Services at Community Employment Services in Woodstock for more information and to register.

See Apprenticeship Scholoarship at the Employment Ontario website.