Workplace Training

Overview of the Workplace Training program:

Workplace Training Program offers eligible Albertans work-site training and paid work experience through employer-delivered training. Participating employers agree to provide on-the-job training and/or provide work experience, with the expectation that participants maintain employment after completing the program. The Government of Alberta is working in partnership with the Government of Canada to provide employment support programs and services.

Benefits of the Workplace Training program:

• The contribution for On-the-Job Training is up to a maximum of $390 per week based on the individual training plan. For paid work experience, Alberta Labour will reimburse the employer to a maximum contribution based on the total of 40 work hours at minimum wage for 3 weeks.

Eligibility criteria of the Workplace Training program:

• To be eligible for Workplace Training a participant must meet the eligibility criteria and participate in the program assessment conducted by the provider.
• Eligible participants must meet all of the following:
• Be unemployed
• Be in Alberta with an Alberta address, or any address in the city of Lloydminster, for the duration of the training
• Have valid Social Insurance Number (SIN)
• Be a Canadian Citizens, or permanent residents of Canada, or a protected persons under the Immigration and Refugee
• Protection Act
• O protected persons with a SIN that begins with 9 must have documentation to support they are a protected person
• Have a clear and realistic employment goal, be Ready, Willing and Able to participate in and have a need for this
• Programming to obtain and maintain sustainable employment
• 18 years of age or older
• Be suitable for the program as determined through an employability assessment
• Workplace Training Program | Program Guidelines 7
• Classification: Public
• Further considerations for participant eligibility are contained in Operational Guidelines provided to contracted providers.