SKILLS CONNECT
Apprenticeship in the manufacturing sector
Building the future in Ontario!
"You shape metal into a die, and you see how your work helps someone else making a part, and how that part fits into something bigger."
- Reuben, apprentice tool and die maker
Ontario is a world leader in manufacturing. Nineteen per cent of Ontario's jobs are in the manufacturing sector, and its revenue accounts for one-quarter of the province's wealth.
Improvements in manufacturing technology mean not only greater productivity, but increases in demand for well-educated and well-trained, skilled workers. Employers say they need more skilled workers in order to compete globally. As a result, in recent years more jobs have been available in manufacturing than in all other industries combined.
Precision machining, tooling trades, and millwrighting are the backbone of modern manufacturing. Skilled workers build machines and components used in making all kinds of industrial and consumer products, ranging from plastic containers to airplane parts. Millwrights ensure the entire production system of a plant is running efficiently.
Employment Ontario Hotline
- Toll-free Hotline: 1-800-387-5656
- Toronto: (416) 326-5656
