BCCA Apprenticeship Services Project Hits $10M Milestone – Supply Post

Nov 27, 2023

Over 700 employers and 1,300 first-year apprentices benefit at a critical time for BC’s construction industry.

The British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) has announced that it has now issued $10M in financial incentives to small and medium-sized construction industry employers through its Apprenticeship Services project, with $4M more still available to applicants. The project provides employer participants with cash incentives to hire and register first-year apprentices in up to 39 Red Seal trades. This project is funded by the Government of Canada’s Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy’s Apprenticeship Service initiative. It has become the most far-reaching construction trade apprenticeship drive ever undertaken in British Columbia. Since launching in September 2022, the Apprenticeship Services project has issued financial incentives to employers for the hiring and registering of 1,329 apprentices and sent payments to more than 700 qualified employers.

The BCCA Apprenticeship Services project pays employers $5,000 for each first-year apprentice they register in any of up to 39 construction Red Seal trades. Continuing to improve diversity within BC’s construction industry remains a critical goal of this project. An additional $5,000 is issued if the apprentice self-identifies as part of an equity deserving group, as part of an effort to redress underrepresentation in the trades.

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