Note:  See the trade-related curricula for specific documentation.

During the renewal of the Practical and Applied Arts (PAA), Saskatchewan Learning has signed an articulation agreement for “course name” with Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC) and Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST).

Saskatchewan Learning, in consultation with the PAA Reference Committee, has agreed to develop adequate hours of provincial curriculum in the various designated trades areas of high school curriculum.  They also agreed to provide limited practical experience, to meet the Level I requirements (or their equivalent), as outlined by Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission, in collaboration with the Trade Board (TB).

Articulation agreements among the educational partners have been established to accommodate high school graduates who have met the Level I requirements outlined in the high school curricula and who have followed the procedures specified by the SATCC High School to Apprenticeship: Linking to the Future.  A Handbook for High School Administrators and Student Counsellors.  Those students may challenge the
Level I trade exam.  Successful students will receive Level I theory advanced standing in appropriate SIAST programs, and Prior Learning Assessment Recognition (PLAR) time credit hours for time spent with a journeyperson in the workplace, toward apprenticeship standing in the trade.

Training plans included in “Appendix” have been designed to provide direction for Level I skill development in the classroom and in the workplace.

School divisions/schools seeking “course name” articulation with Apprenticeship for students graduating from high school may register and challenge the Level I exam, by completing the following steps:

• Everyone must have studied High School to Apprenticeship: Link to the Future (2004).

• The Level I theory identified below in “course name” must be covered thoroughly by the certified teacher and students.
• Practical experiences must be simulated in the school setting or through the optional work study modules used in partnership with local businesses and journeypersons.

• If the teacher is not a journeyperson, the teacher must take an approved accreditation course.  This will provide the necessary background skills to evaluate Level I theory and practice in their school, for students who are following the trade pathway to apprenticeship.

The accreditation course would require the approval of each of the following:  Saskatchewan Learning, SATCC, SIAST, and the STF.

• To challenge Level I, the teacher should recommend only those students who have successfully completed the Level I practical and who have aspirations of pursuing further training in the apprenticeship trade.  Registration for the Level I exam is managed by SATCC.  Students challenging the Level I apprenticeship theory exam must attain a mark of 70% to pass; therefore, they should probably be achieving at the 80% range or higher in all aspects of the apprenticeship course guide.

• The students must state their intention to write the Level I exam prior to the successful completion of the final high school course(s) and they must receive permission to proceed from the qualified instructor.

• The teacher must notify SATCC at least two months prior to the writing of the Level I exam, stating the intention to have students write and indicating the number of exams required.  Verification of the high school trade course marks and the examination fee must be submitted for each student eligible to write.

• The SATCC will administer the Level I exams to high school students during the January and June Departmental Examination writing sessions as arranged.  The dates for the writing weeks are established annually and distributed to the schools in the Registrar’s Handbook for School Administrators.  (Contact Student Records at Saskatchewan Learning).

• Apprenticeship exams will be returned to the SATCC for grading and evaluation.

• Marks will be mailed to the student at the school.  SATCC will record the marks for the Level I exams.  For more information about trade articulation and a guide, see the High School to Apprenticeship:  Link to the Future document developed by SATCC.

• SIAST and SATCC will make notification of change to the Level I apprenticeship requirements in the trade to teachers via the Evergreen Curriculum website at Saskatchewan Learning.

• A high school graduate who has already received all the Secondary Level credits for “course name” and who passes the Level I exam will receive 300 hours of advanced standing in the “course name” at SIAST.  Those students will also receive time credit recognition for practical experience under a journeyperson, provided appropriate documentation has been maintained.

The following Saskatchewan Learning PAA “course name” modules must be successfully completed in order to meet the Level I requirements in the trade:

The above modules have fidelity with the following SIAST modules: