Vocational education and training - VET

Decide if an apprenticeship is right for your business
Explore the benefits and funding
Apprenticeships build new talent for your business — with funding available to help pay for the training costs.

Understanding benefits and funding

Learn your responsibilities
Know the training you'll need to put in place for an apprentice.

Training your apprentice

What you need to organise
Find the right apprenticeship course
Find the apprenticeship standard that matches the job role you need.

Choosing an apprenticeship course

Choose a training provider
Pick the provider who will teach your apprentice's off-the-job training.

Choosing a training provider

Consider the end point assessment
Plan for the assessment your apprentice will need to pass at the end of their course.

Organising an end point assessment

Begin the apprenticeship
Create your apprenticeship services account
Use your account to set up and run your apprenticeship.

Creating an account

Recruit your apprentice
If you’re not upskilling someone who already works for your company, you’ll need to advertise your apprenticeship opportunity.

Hiring an apprentice

Have an initial assessment
Work with your apprentice and training provider to assess your apprentices existing knowledge and agree a training plan to match.

Prepare for the initial assessment

Help your apprentice succeed
Support your apprentice
How to give your apprentice the extra support they need.

Supporting your apprentice

Plan your apprentice's progression
What comes after the apprenticeship? Learn what your apprentice wants and consider how they could fit into your business. Think about a promotion or continue developing their skills with another apprenticeship.

Plan your apprentice's progression

Policies & Guidelines

In response to the rapidly evolving landscape of generative artificial intelligence (AI)[1] use in academic and educational settings, this preliminary guidance has been produced to address frequently asked questions (FAQ) in the context of graduate thesis work at the University of Toronto. More detailed guidance on this topic, as well as new or updated policies may be issued in future, in which case this preliminary guidance will also be updated. The FAQs below outline important considerations for graduate students, supervisors, supervisory committees, and graduate units on the use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT) in graduate student research and thesis writing, while upholding the core principles of academic quality, research integrity, and transparency. The FAQs cover requirements both for approval and for documentation of the use of generative AI tools in graduate thesis research and writing, as well as risks and other considerations in using generative AI in graduate thesis research and writing.

The Pan African Initiative for the Digital Transformation of TVET and Skills Development Systems in Africa (‘the initiative’) was launched on 9 March 2021. The initiative’s overall objective is to create an ecosystem that will enable and accelerate the digital transformation of TVET and skills development systems in Africa.

The initiative’s overall ecosystem target is to:

Achieve a minimum of 10 targets for the African continent; and
Adopt the targets in 50% of African countries by 2030.
The initiative uses five key strategies to achieve its objective and targets:
1) Capability building: Delivering a Pan African training programme;

2) Communication: Establishing a national network for digital transformation;

3) Promotion: Establishing ‘ICTs and digitalisation in a TVET day’ in African countries;

4) New resourcing: Establishing a national centre of excellence for the digital transformation of TVET in African countries; and

5) Data sharing: Providing a sharing and monitoring mechanism for the initiative, including a platform providing continental and national reports.