Student Loans and Grants

Financial Support

Alberta Loans and Grants

• Alberta Student Aid provides loans and grants to registered apprentices attending classroom instruction.

Eligibility

• To be eligible for loan and grant funding from the Government of Alberta as an apprentice, you must:
• Switching trades does not affect your eligibility for funding as long as you remain an AIT-registered apprentice.

• be a registered apprentice, and
• be enrolled in classroom instruction for your apprenticeship program. classroom instruction

Apply for funding

• Apply at least 30 days before your classroom instruction period ends. classroom instruction
• When applying online, select the following:
  • Program: Apprenticeship
  • Program Specialization: your specific trade
• Full-time apprentices can apply online for funding.
  • You are a full-time apprentice if you are enrolled in a period of classroom instruction that has one of the following delivery types: delivery types
    • Block Release
    • Competency-based Apprenticeship Training (CBATS)
    • Mobile
• Part-time apprentices cannot apply online.
  • Read these part-time application instructions and download the Part-Time Application form. part-time application instructions · Part-Time Application form
    • You are encouraged to create a secure Alberta Student Aid account to upload the application form through eDocument Upload (studentaid.alberta.ca). Alberta Student Aid account
    • You can then receive and upload personal information about your loans and grants through your secure account.
  • You are a part-time apprentice if you are enrolled in a period of classroom instruction that has one of the following delivery types: delivery types
    • Weekly Apprenticeship Training (WATs)
    • Distance Delivery

Interest and payments

• As long as you remain a registered apprentice:
• You have a 12-month grace period with no interest or payments if you:
• If you withdraw within the first 30 days of your classroom instruction period, you must pay back any grant and loan money you received after you are no longer a registered apprentice.

• you do not have to make payments on your loans
• your loans will not accrue interest
• are no longer registered as an apprentice
• are a non-progressing apprentice
• have obtained your journeyperson certificate
• your Alberta loans start gaining interest
• you’ll need to start making payments

More information

• Visit studentaid.alberta.ca studentaid.alberta.ca
• Contact the Alberta Student Aid Service Centre Alberta Student Aid Service Centre

Federal Loans and Grants

• The Government of Canada provides interest-free loans to apprentices in Red Seal trades.

Government of Canada

• The Government of Canada provides federal funding for apprentices , including:
• Federal apprentice loans and grants must be applied for separately from provincial funding, through the Government of Canada .

• Canada Apprentice Loan
• Canada Tradesperson's Tool Deduction
• Canada Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit (for employers)
• Canada Small Business Financing Program (for small business owners)

Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC)

• EHRC's Destination Trade program is also funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy .
• EHRC’s Destination Trade program helps employers hire and retain skilled trades talent by offering up to $5,000 in funding per placement. This includes coverage for 50% of wages for third- and fourth-year apprentices in Red Seal construction and manufacturing trades.
• Employers can grow their teams while investing in the next generation of electricity professionals.

Alberta Loans and Grants

About

• Pre-employment or pre-apprenticeship programs provide job readiness training to prepare you for an apprenticeship program and help you get a job.

• These are certificate programs lasting one year or less that count for at least one period of classroom instruction. classroom instruction

Eligibility for Loans and Grants

• To be eligible for funding you must attend an institution that has designated pre-employment program(s).

• Find out if your school and program are designated. school and program are designated
• You must also meet the basic eligibility criteria(studentaid.alberta.ca) for full-time or part-time Alberta post-secondary students: eligibility criteria

Apply for funding

• Apply at least 30 days before your program ends.
• When applying online, select the following:
• Program: Pre-employment
• Program specialization: your specific trade

Interest and payments

• You have a 12-month grace period with no interest or payments if you:
• If you withdraw within the first 30 days of your program, you must pay back any grant and loan money you received.

• you do not have to make payments on your loans
• your loans will not accrue interest
• withdraw from your program, or
• graduate from your program.
• your Alberta loans start gaining interest
• you’ll need to start making payments

More information

• Pre-employment and pre-apprenticeship students are not eligible for federal loans and grants from the Government of Canada.

• Visit studentaid.alberta.ca (studentaid.alberta.ca) studentaid.alberta.ca
• Contact the Alberta Student Aid Service Centre (studentaid.alberta.ca) Alberta Student Aid Service Centre

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