VSB: Trades and Apprenticeships

Shape of the Day

•Industries and jobs involved in manufacturing a pencil (ice-breaker)

Goods industry vs service industry

BC’s industries (past, present and future)

Wages in the trades

Trades vs post-secondary

VSB and Trades Programs

Survey

Ice-Breaker

Name all the possible jobs that contributed towards manufacturing a

pencil

Goods and Service Industries

Goods: tangible (you can see the product)

Service: Intangible (you cannot see the product)

Activity

On your handouts, write down which industries that you think represent each section of the pie chart

Goods and Service Industries

Past, Present and Future of BC’s Industries

1800’s: Why were people settling in BC?

1900’s: Why were people immigrating to BC?

2000’s: Why are people visiting BC?

Wages and Trades

On average a beginner apprentice will make $13.55/hr

By the time one becomes a journeyman, they will be making approximately $32.00/hr

Activity

Calculate how much money you will have accumulated while working part-time and attending university, and calculate how much money you will have made after working 4 years in the trades

Trades versus Post-Secondary

What is a Red Seal?

How does one achieve a Degree?

Activity

•Write down some advantages and disadvantages for pursuing the trades and university

•Think of some similarities and differences

Secondary School Apprenticeshipsand

Accelerated Credit Enrollment in Industry Training

Our Community and Trades

Identify what services, goods, and infrastructures we have and need in our communities, and which trades jobs are connected to them

Trades in our Society