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Ontario College of Trades Releases Schedule and Process for Apprenticeship Ratio Reviews

The Ontario College of Trades will begin the review of apprenticeship ratios shortly. The College is mandated to do so every four years under the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009.

These reviews signal the College’s commitment to its potential members and stakeholders, and the intention to solicit their feedback and hear their voices on issues that impact their practices and businesses across the province. The College believes that the open and transparent review of these ratios is an important step in promoting fairness and safety in the workplace.

A detailed schedule for the reviews is available on the College’s website www.collegeoftrades.ca . The schedule is divided into four groupings (Groups A, B, C, D) and divided further into 21 groups of the individual trades.

Review of Group D which is most important to ECAO; Construction & Maintenance, Domestic and Rural Electrician and the Powerline Technician is slated for November/December 2012.

ECAO is forming a working committee to develop the background information and write the submission documents for these electrical trade designations.

Comments from the ECAO membership are encouraged to be sent in to the attention of Susan Boorman at sboorman@ecao.org where they will be catalogued and passed along to the working committee.