Building blocks

The median number of required hours is 6,000, but the range 06 BUILDING BLOCKS: MODULAR CREDENTIALS FOR CANADA’S TRADES DECEMBER 2015 THE ROLE OF UNIONS IN APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING No discussion of the Canadian apprenticeship systems would be Unions are involved in both the training and employment elements of complete without emphasizing the role of unions. [...] Such a conclusion presupposes that the institution of c) If the apprenticeship training system minimized the time apprenticeship is an end unto itself, the purpose of which and cost of training for individuals and employers and the is to produce journeypersons. [...] The mechatronics technician that is so prized in the plant maintenance Competency relates to the level of responsibility and environment, combines the competencies of instrumentation autonomy in the way an individual applies skill and technicians, industrial electricians and millwrights. [...] All of this points to the increasing modularization and The highest level of competency is the capacity to apply segmentation of occupations, a larger degree of commonality knowledge and skill to solving new problems in new of core skills and the need for mechanisms to document, situations and contexts. [...] The approach taken by Go2HR did not alter occupation.34 They developed modules of competency the standards for the Red Seal journeyperson certification; to meet the needs of different employers in the culinary rather, they permitted the recognition of narrower packages industry.