APPRENTICESHIP. A SMART INVESTMENT.
TRAINING. Hands-on training is one of the best ways to learn. As the owner or manager of a business, it’s probably how you started out. Ambition, eagerness to learn, and hard work got you where you are today. Hiring apprentices helps pass on your – and your journeypersons’ – knowledge and experience. In addition, training a new generation of tradespeople will help your business stay on the leading edge.
SKILLED WORKFORCE. Ensuring a skilled workforce is available now and in the future is important for the sustainable growth of your business. By hiring apprentices, you’ll ensure that you have qualified and productive employees today and tomorrow.
COMPETITIVENESS. You’re concerned about your bottom line and competitive advantage in the marketplace. That’s natural. But you also have to think about how to stay competitive. With an apprenticeship program, you get workers with on-the-job and in-school training laying the foundation for improving your competitiveness in the future.
PROFITABILITY. Given the importance of a healthy bottom line, it’s critical to train a motivated and skilled workforce to meet your needs and to ensure a competitive advantage. Apprentices require good academic skills and with your on-the-job training, it makes for a profitable and smart investment for you and your business.
Training. Talent. Profit. That’s what apprenticeship is all about.
Hiring apprentices makes good business sense.
Employer Profiles - Based on findings from the Return on Apprenticeship Training Investment for Employers, completed by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum - Forum canadien sur l'apprentissage (CAF-FCA), these profiles provide credible evidence that it pays to invest in apprenticeship. Each of the 13 one-page profiles includes a synopsis of an employer's investment for a given trade with particular attention to the cost vs. the benefit of apprenticeship to the employer. Get the financial facts on apprenticeship today by downloading the profiles.
Employer Seminar Presentation - Hiring Apprentices: the Secret to Success is an attractive and compelling PowerPoint presentation designed to encourage employers to hire apprentices. The presentation provides facts and figures on the need to hire apprentices, as well as testimonials from employers and business leaders about how apprenticeship has enhanced their business and improved their bottom-line. Hiring Apprentices: the Secret to Success can be customized to meet your needs and support your local initiatives. Download the PowerPoint file today to make this presentation work for you!
Employer Testimonial - a 90 second video - Don Strong is a strong believer of apprenticeship programs. In this video, the Vice President and General Manager of Concordia CARSTAR Collision Centres talks about the many benefits of hiring apprentices and why hiring apprentices is good for his bottom line. Download it today!
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