Ontario. Apprenticeship and Client Services Branch

• Apprenticeship and Client Services Branch

• Ontario. Apprenticeship Branch

The Apprenticeship and Client Services Branch (originally named the Apprenticeship Branch) of the Ministry of Skills Development was created in April 1986, replacing the Apprenticeship section of the former Employment Training Branch. The Branch included the Enforcement Section (renamed Enforcement Services in 1988), the Operational Support Section and the Field Services Section (renamed Clients Services in 1988), as well as the Program Standards Unit. The Branch formed a part of the Skills Training Division.

In early 1989 Enforcement Services became part of Client Services. In early 1990 the Branch was renamed the Apprenticeship and Client Services Branch, and transferred to the Skills Development Division. In February 1993, the Branch became part of the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, and later that same year to the Ontario Training Adjustment Board (OTAB). In 1995, Apprenticeship and Clients Services became a part of the Workplace Support Services Division of OTAB, and three units were added: Planning and Analysis, Partnership and Service Development, and Partnership and Consulting Services.

Apprenticeship and Clients Services ceased to exist in 1996, as a result of the integration of OTAB in the Ministry of Education and Training; its functions were assumed by the Workplace Support Services Branch, Training Division, Ministry of Education and Training.

The Apprenticeship and Client Services Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Skills Development administered the Trades Updating Program, trades certification, and the Apprenticeship and Tradesmen's Qualification Act. The branch was also responsible for administering apprenticeship examinations and in-school purchase arrangements, competency assessments, training standards development, development of materials for apprenticeship and Ontario Modular Training programs, and for field and client services operations. Field and client services operations included the administration and enforcement of the Apprenticeship and Tradesmen's Qualification Act and its regulations through regional offices, assistance to potential and active trainees, employers and labour representatives with their skills development needs, and monitoring of the effectiveness and efficiency of training programs.

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