Earn While You Learn
As an Apprenticeship student, you’ll spend just 20% of your time in class — the rest will consist of paid, on-the-job training.
Apprenticeship programs provide Manitobans with recognized certification as skilled journeypersons and ensure that qualified trades professionals are available to meet industry requirements for workers in the skilled trades. Apprenticeship comprises over fifty trades and sub-trades designated under the Manitoba Apprenticeship and Certification Act.
Apprenticeship training combines on the job practical skills development with levels of technical training. Program standards and curriculum are approved by the Apprenticeship and Certification Board, on the recommendation of Provincial Advisory Committees, whose members represent Manitoba industry.
Apprenticeship training varies from two to five levels, depending on the trade. The average length of apprenticeship training is four levels. For each level, apprentices spend 80 percent of their time learning practical skills on the job. The remaining 20 percent is for technical training which is usually 4-10 weeks. Many of the apprenticeship technical training courses are administered in full-time day classes by RRC Polytech. At the end of apprenticeship training, apprentices write a certification examination and must score at least 70 per cent to receive a Certificate of Qualification in the trade.
For more information, visit Apprenticeship Manitoba.
Trades offered at RRC Polytech through Apprenticeship Manitoba
- Aircraft Maintenance Journeyperson
- Auto Service Technician
- Auto Service Technician – ASEP
- Auto Service Technician – ASSET
- Automotive Painter
- Boilermaker
- Boom Truck Hoist Operator
- Bricklayer
- Cabinetmaker
- Carpenter
- CNC Machinist
- Construction Craft Worker
- Construction Electrician
- Cook
- Gasfitter Domestic A
- Gasfitter Domestic B
- Insulator (Heat and Frost)
- Iron Worker
- Landscape Horticulturalist
- Lather (Interior Systems Mechanic)
- Machinist
- Marine and Outdoor Power Equipment Technician
- Mobile Crane Operator
- Motor Vehicle Body Repairer (Metal Paint)
- Painter and Decorator
- Plumber
- Power Electrician
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanic (Commercial/Residential)
- Roofer
- Sheet Metal Worker
- Sloped Roofer
- Sprinkler System Installer
- Steamfitter – Pipefitter
- Tool and Die Maker
- Tower Crane Operator
- Transport Trailer Technician
- Truck and Transport Mechanic
Entrance Requirements
To enter apprenticeship training, an individual must first find an employer who is positive about on-the-job training and is willing to enter into an apprenticeship agreement.
Apprenticeship Manitoba provides information and assistance in establishing an apprenticeship agreement, monitors the on-the-job training and makes arrangements for the in-school training.
The employer agrees to give specific on-the-job training for the apprentice in all areas of the trade. For the majority of trades, the minimum age requirement is 16 years. It is recommended that applicants have successfully completed high school.
RRC Polytech campuses are located on the lands of Anishinaabe, Ininiwak, Anishininew, Dakota, and Dené, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
We recognize and honour Treaty 3 Territory Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, the source of Winnipeg’s clean drinking water. In addition, we acknowledge Treaty Territories which provide us with access to electricity we use in both our personal and professional lives.