The purpose of Workplace Training is to provide occupational work-site training opportunities that enable Albertans to obtain the necessary occupation-related skills to develop into a valuable employee within your business.

The Workplace Training Program Provides the Following Benefits to Job Seekers and Employers:

•  It helps Albertans who may have the right skills but need extra job experience
•  It helps Albertans who need to learn basic job skills while in a work setting
•  It links unemployed Albertans directly with employers
•  It encourages employers to train and hire unemployed people

The Workplace Training duration may range from 6 weeks to 26 weeks, dependent upon the requirements for the specific position, the complexity of the job and the skill level of the trainee.

Client Eligibility Requirements

Workplace training is appropriate for individuals experiencing barriers to obtaining and maintaining employment.  Those barriers may include a lack of essential skills, work exposure, or occupation-related skills.

Individuals in Workplace Training must be 18 years old, out of high school, have an employment goal and may have one or more of the following characteristics:

• Have been unsuccessful in finding and maintaining employment

• Have limited or no experience in competitive employment

• Lack the minimum qualifications that employers require

• Have sufficient literacy/numeracy skills and physical/mental health to participate in and benefit from training to maintain employment.

Employer Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the Workplace Training program, employers must demonstrate:

•  The ability and experience to deliver Workplace Training with attention to transferable occupational skills

•  Potential to provide trainees with continued employment after the Workplace Training is completed

•  Compliance with Alberta labour standards, employment code, and other applicable regulations

•  Financial stability and accountability

Note:  Federal and provincial governments are not eligible for Workplace Training.

For more information on type of services involved in a WT, the duration of WT, and applicable payments made to employers, please contact AAA Academy or Alberta Employment & Immigration