Category: Apprenticeships, Skills & Trades

Apprenticeships: So Long, So Little Technical Training

Why do Canadian apprenticeships take so long? Canadian apprenticeships vary in length a bit by trade and province, with standard lengths going from two to five years. But by convention most of the main trades are designed to last four years (in practice, of course, they often last longer as apprentices don’t always manage to make the regular alternation of work and technical training). Now, compare this to the normal times-to-completion in other countries. In Germany, Austria and New Zealand

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