Strategies to increase employer participation in apprenticeship training in Canada : Stratégies visant à accroître la participation des employeurs aux programmes d'apprentissage au Canada

The opinions and interpretations in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada Strategies to Increase Employer Participation in Apprenticeship Training in Canada EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS FROM CAF-FCA’S EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT FORUMS This executive summary provides the highlights Y The purpose of the forums was to share from the discussion results of the six [...] Although some employers strongly support, in various regions and industries, to listen to their and are committed to, apprenticeship training, the business realities and needs, and to provide them majority of Canadian employers appear to be unaware with the data and information that they require. [...] The facilitators also ensured that employers filled in the first part of the evaluation form right at the beginning of the event and the last part of the evaluation form at the end of the event. [...] Interestingly, when the responses of the employers EMPLOYERS VALUE OPPORTUNITIES TO who had never hired apprentices were specifically DISCUSS TRAINING ISSUES examined, they all reported that at the end of the Attending the event was worthwhile event they were more open to hiring an apprentice. [...] By the end of the forum, 93.4% said that after the training costs by the end of the second attending the event they were further convinced year or earlier.