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Become a Certified Farm Technician - Questions and Answers

Become a Certified Farm Technician

The Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency is working in partnership with the Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University on a free program to prepare…

Registration now open for Nova Scotia Skills Competition

Apprentices can now Register for the Nova Scotia Skills Competition

Attention apprentices: Registration is now open (until March 3, 2023) to compete in the Nova Scotia Skills Competition. Compete with other…

NSAA Pathways Project offers new, online self-directed training to benefit apprentices and skilled trade employers

NSAA Pathways Project offers new, online self-directed training to benefit apprentices and skilled trade employers

Registration is now open in eight Red Seal trades* where apprentices can partake in self-directed technical training. This will benefit…

Level 3 Cook Technical Training offered via New, Instructor led Virtual Format

Level 3 Cook Technical Training offered via New, Instructor led Virtual Format

Technical training for Level 3 Cook will be offered January 9 – April 21, 2023 via a new, instructor-led virtual format. This new format will offer flexibility to apprentices and help address…

Employers attract Skilled Trades Workers with Incentives and Positive Learning Culture

Paul Duykers, now a Red Seal certified carpenter, remembers the “old school” days of what it was like to be an apprentice.

Duykers has been the general manager of construction…