NOTE:
Prospective Trades/Apprentices
You become an apprentice by finding an employer to sponsor you & registering the apprenticeship with the ITA. If you are in high school you can also start your apprenticeship through a youth (ACE-IT) program. Also consider a foundation program as a means of gaining Level 1 experience for most trades (and entering the workplace).
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Industry Training Organizations
Industry Training Organizations (ITOs) are the mechanism by which the ITA is giving industry lead responsibility for improving industry training in
a specific sector. They are not-for-profit legal entities with responsibility for designated industry training programs. ITOs are established by
industry, and are accountable to and co-funded by the ITA. Each ITO is referenced below.
Transportation Career Development Association of BC (TCDA)
www.transportationcareers.ca
TransCDA's mission is to enable high-quality training, skills and career development services to employers and workers in transportation sectors in
British Columbia.
Construction Industry Training Organization (CITO)
www.bccito.ca
CITO is mandated by the ITA as the ITO for the industrial/commercial/institutional construction sector.
go2
www.go2hr.ca
go2 is responsible for implementing a new mandate for industry trades training for BC’s tourism, hospitality and foodservices sector. This division is responsible for the management of the Cook, Baker, and Meat Cutter trades with the mandate to evaluate the need for new trades in the sector.
HortEducationBC (HEBC)
www.horteducationbc.com
HortEducationBC is the new industry training organization (ITO) that will serve the ornamental horticulture industry in BC.
Residential Construction Industry Training Organization (RCITO)
www.rcito.com
The Residential Construction Industry Training Organization of British Columbia (RCITO) promotes, develops, coordinates and manages the delivery
of effective and efficient industry training and trades qualifications in the BC residential construction industry by responding to the skills and
training needs of employers and workers.
Resource Training Organization (RTO)
www.rtobc.com
RTO is sanctioned by the ITA as the ITO with responsibility for training programs of particular relevance to a cross-sectoral
group of employers made up of large enterprises in the mining and smelting, oil and gas, pulp and paper, shipbuilding and repair,
solid wood and utilities sectors.
More information regarding the Industry Training Organizations can be found on their respective websites and on the
ITA website.