APPRENTICESHIP AND INDUSTRY TRAINING AWARDS

Top Employer Award

The success of individual apprentices, and the success of Alberta’s apprenticeship and industry training system are largely due to the efforts of employers.

The Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board’s Top Employer Award provides formal recognition to exceptional employers.

Two awards are presented annually – one each for the North and South regions of Alberta.

Nomination Information

Employers are nominated for the award by Apprenticeship and Industry Training Field Consultants.

Award Criteria

A nominee for a Top Employer Award:

• Demonstrates a strong support of apprenticeship training through:
  - a long history of training apprentices
  - training apprentices in many different trades
  - providing opportunity (e.g., dual apprenticeships or dual certification opportunities, consistently hiring entry-level apprentices)
  - participating in career fairs to promote apprenticeship training and careers in the trades
  - promoting apprenticeship training and careers in the trades in local schools, and to local businesses
  - participating in a Local or Provincial Apprenticeship Committee, or the Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board
  - involvement in CAREERS: The Next Generation activities
  - involvement in Skills Canada activities
  
• Works to increase the probability of an apprentice’s success in the trade by:
  - providing an excellent training environment
  - encouraging strong work ethics
  - ensuring management is supportive of training (on-the-job, technical, additional)
  - expecting excellence in work performed
  
• Creates an environment of excellence where:
  - apprentices experience most areas of their trade
  - career progress is acknowledged or rewarded
  - opportunity for long term employment (if realistic considering the nature of the trade)

Award Presentations

The Top Employer Award will be presented at the annual Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Awards.

Recipients – Employer