OYAP FAST

New for September, 2025

Focused Apprenticeship Skills Training (FAST) is an accelerated stream within OYAP that will allow students in Grades 11 and 12 to participate in more apprenticeship learning through additional co-operative education credits while completing their OSSD.

To participate in OYAP-FAST, students must:

  • Meet the OYAP eligibility requirements

  • Have signed parent/guardian consent to participate in OYAP-FAST. Please complete this Consent to Participate in OYAP FAST form, print and sign once completed and submit to the student services office at the student’s secondary school

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Completion requirements for OYAP-FAST include that a student has:

  • Earned 8 to 11 cooperative education credits with their placement component in the skilled trades.

  • Registered as an apprentice (obtained a Registered Training Agreement (RTA) by the time they complete their eighth cooperative education credit. This will be contingent upon the skills of the student and the willingness of an employer to sign the student as an apprentice. The school board can  not guarantee that all students who are participating in the OYAP  FAST program will obtain a Registered Training Agreement through the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. 

Students who meet the above completion requirements and all other OSSD requirements will be awarded the OYAP-FAST seal on their OSSD, and OYAP-FAST will be listed in the Specialized Program field of the Ontario Student Transcript (OST). If a student has already been granted an OSSD, it cannot be exchanged for an OSSD with the OYAP-FAST seal.

Pathway Considerations

Students who are in this program should be quite confident that they are pursuing the apprenticeship pathway for their post secondary education. They are encouraged to connect with their guidance counselor to discuss their post secondary options. The school board cannot guarantee that all students who register with the OYAP-FAST program will be signed on as apprentices. 

For more information about the apprenticeship pathway and the skilled trades, please visit the  Skilled Trades Ontario website. 

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