Tourism Training Fund

Overview of the Tourism Training Fund program:

This program offers funding to employers to cover the cost of training employees. Training includes employee up-skilling due to economic, technological, or organizational change. This program may also be used to support individuals who are under-employed, or employed and in need of training to maintain or move to a different or better job. IMPORTANT: It is not intended for employees to maintain professional status, certification, or designation or assist with personal development skills, such as self-awareness, self-esteem, emotional intelligence, or similar.

Benefits of the Tourism Training Fund program:

• This program will help you provide training to actual or new employees without risking your funds.

Eligibility criteria of the Tourism Training Fund program:

• To be eligible for this program:
  • Training must be short-term (up to 52 weeks) and be provided by an eligible third-party training institution.
  • Employers must apply within three months of the individual starting the position that the employer is applying for.
  • At the end of the training, the employer must have a job available for the employee. Eligible training includes but is not limited to:
• Essential skills training
• Technical training courses (excluding apprenticeship technical training)
• Business training
• Management and leadership training
• Short-term certificate training