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In the apprenticeship community, little work to date has focused on the actual cost/benefit of apprenticeship training. The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum-Forum canadien sur l’apprentissage’s (CAF-FCA’s) Accessing and Completing Apprenticeship Training in Canada report identified cost as one of several perceived barriers to accessing and completing apprenticeship training in Canada. Anecdotal evidence suggests that employers may cover a large percentage of apprenticeship training costs.

Therefore, CAF-FCA is pleased to announce that Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) has approved a project which would look at the factors which influence the cost/benefit of apprenticeship training for various stakeholders such as the apprentice, the employer, unions, educators, equity seeking groups, governments and/or other stakeholders. The services of Prism Economics have been retained for the purposes of this project.

Since there are significant challenges associated with calculating the costs of apprenticeship training and understanding the true return on apprenticeship training investment CAF-FCA will complete the project in three (3) phases.

Phase I – Development of research methodologies
The initial phase of this project (which began in January 2005) will focus on determining the most appropriate manner in which to calculate the cost of apprenticeship training and the return on apprenticeship training investment. This will involve a comprehensive literature review and the development of research methodologies.

Phase II – Data collection Phase II involves the collection of data from a range of stakeholders and from a number of trade areas.

Phase III – Communication of findings
This final phase of the project will involve communicating the findings of this research.

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