A Gl bal Perspective on Skilled Trades

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A Gl bal Perspective on Skilled Trades

• Stuart Johnston
• V.P. Policy and Government Relations
• Ontario Chamber of Commerce

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Ontario Scanning
the Landscape

• Predicted Shortages
• Manufacturing - 100,000 in next 15 years
• Mining industry - 81,000 over ten years
• Construction industry - 25,000 60,000
• Metal trades - 50,000 over four years
• 1 million workers in Canada by 2020

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Ontario Scanning
the Landscape

• 1.2 B - 1.3 B lost tax revenue
• 82 Million/year
• 43 Billion by 2020

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Ontario Scanning the
Landscape

• Business case for training
• Return on Investment 430
• 4.30 for every 1 invested

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Australia Getting Results

• Between 1995 and 2003 apprenticeship registration
  per year
• 14.9
• More than 2800 NEW employers took on skilled
  labour trainees in one year

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Australia
Getting Results

• Skilled immigrants to Australia between 1998 and
  2003
• 49
• More than 200,000 more apprenticeship and
  traineeships between 1998 and 2003

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Australia
Winning Strategies

• National Employment and Training Taskforce
  (NETTFORCE)
• Established industry training companies in 24
  industry specific sectors
• Provided support to employers with on-the job
  trainees

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Australia
Winning Strategies

• Streamlined Apprenticeship Program
• National Standards Training Package
• Training contracts
• Competency goals
• Assessment guidelines
• Accredited private training providers

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Australia
Winning Strategies

• National Marketing Campaign
• Targeting employers and young people
• Focusing on small business
• Increase perceived value of trades

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Australia Tapping the
Foreign Market

• Skilled Migration Program
• Enticing foreign skilled workers
• Australia Needs Skills Expo
• Promises, promises, promises

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Australia Tapping the
Foreign Market

• Sponsored Skilled Workers
• 4 year employer-sponsored
• 3 year state-sponsored
• Option to immigrate permanently
• Easier assessment test or none at all

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Australia Financial
Incentives

• Apprenticeship Incentive Package
• Federal government sponsored
• 1750 / one year - 7000 / two years
• Growth in apprenticeships and traineeships

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Germany Two-track
gets results

• 1.6 M apprentices in 2002 4.7 of the labour
  force aged 15-54
• 1997 participation in apprenticeships
• 46 of 18 year old males
• 36 of 18 year old females
• Over 350 officially recognized vocations

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Germany The Two-Track System

• Education at workplace AND vocational schools
• Strictly regulated and institutionalized
• 2 to 3 years in length
• Combination of theory and practical work
• Career goal master craftsmen and women

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Germany Employer Partners

• Apprenticeship as an investment
• No government wage subsidies
• But legally able to pay lower wages
• 2004 2007 Commitment to provide 30,000 new
  apprenticeships/year
• Pay-back clause prevents poaching

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Germany National Strategy

• Federal Institute for Vocational Education and
  Training
• Research domestic and international
• Monitors quality of training
• Identifies future skill requirements for early
  detection
• Marketing of skilled trades

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Germany A Winning Attitude

• Respect
• Exposure at a young age
• Social status
• Equal footing to college and university

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United Kingdom Targeting
Apprenticeship

• Young people completing apprenticeships between
  2001/02 and 2004/05
• 24 to 39
• Target Achieved 28 16-21 year olds started
  apprenticeships

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United Kingdom Unique
Framework

• Sector Skills Councils
• State-sponsored
• Employer-led
• Define training requirements in each sector
• 160 Apprenticeship frameworks

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United Kingdom Employer
Support

• Government funded training
• Funding agencies
• Delivery of training and assessment services

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United Kingdom Marketing
for Success

• Marketing Targets Business
• National marketing campaign
• Targeting CEOs of top 1000 companies
• Endorsement by employer-led task force
• Apprenticeship blueprint

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Alberta Matching Growth

• 2001 Labour Market Strategy
• Increase skill and knowledge of Albertans
• Increase mobility of labour within Canada
• Increase immigration to Alberta

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Alberta Increasing
Skill of Albertans

• Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP)
• 1992 5 students / 5 employers
• 2003 1100 students / 850 employers
• 220
• 50 - 1000 scholarships

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Alberta Targeting
Aboriginals

• Aboriginal Apprenticeship Project (AAAP)
• Linking aboriginals with employers
• Marketing material targeting aboriginals
• Aboriginal Youth Ambassadors

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Alberta Focus on
Quality

• Quality Training
• Monitor quality of training
• Provide interaction and support to trainers
• 2003-04 - 14,000 worksite visits

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Alberta Enticing
Foreign Workers

• Skilled Immigrants Action Plan
• Economic integration
• Information targeting skilled immigrants
• Alberta Provincial Nominee Program

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Ontario Opportunities

• Key Recommendations
• 1 Strategic marketing campaign

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Ontario Opportunities

• Key Recommendations
• 1 Strategic marketing campaign
• 2 One stop shop for Apprenticeship
  services

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Ontario Opportunities

• Key Recommendations
• 1 Strategic marketing campaign
• 2 One stop shop for apprenticeship
  services
• 3 Eliminating barriers for
• internationally-trained skilled workers

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• Questions?

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• Thank you
• For more information
• Ontario Chamber of Commerce
• www.occ.on.ca