Essential Skills Project: CAF-FCA’s Essential Skills project aims to investigate and develop a clearer understanding of the role of Essential Skills as an enabler to apprenticeship completion. Read more.

Cost of Apprenticeship/Return on Training Investment (ROTI) Project: CAF-FCA is pleased to announce that it has taken on a new and important project which focuses on calculating the cost of apprenticeship training/return on training investment. Read more.

Promotion Project: Discover why skilled trades might be an excellent career option for young people, including members of your own family. Read more: www.careersintrades.ca.
Click here for the Skilled Trades Launch Press Release.

Inventory Project: Log onto a one-stop source of Canadian information about apprenticeships and skilled trades . Read more: www.apprenticetrades.ca

Accessibility Project: Learn more about some of the perceived barriers Canadian apprentices may face
(Click here: reports).

Common Core Project: CAF-FCA has become a vehicle to engage discussion and dialogue amongst the stakeholders around the complex concept of Common Core. Read more...

Apprenticeship Conference Montreal June 4-6, 2006:

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The CAF-FCA 2006 Conference "Apprenticeship — A Winning Formula" will be held from June 4 – 6, 2006 at the Delta Centre-Ville in Montreal. Over 450 delegates from the apprenticeship community are expected to attend this event.

Become a CAF-FCA Conference Partner or Exhibitor.

Partnership Opportunities are still available.

Exhibit Opportunities are now available. Space is limited – reserve your booth space now.

Conference registration will begin in late March.

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It features articles such as Promoting Careers in Skilled Trades and update on Inventory and other projects.
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2006 Apprenticeship Conference web page now live

CAF-FCA encourages employers to participate in cost/benefit data collection

"Skilled Trades: A Career You Can Build On" ad campaign resumes in September 2005