Job opportunity
Program Development Specialist Apprenticeship Standards
Skilled Trades Ontario
Shape apprenticeship standards and assessments with Skilled Trades Ontario through consultative program development, curriculum design, and stakeholder engagement. This regular full-time position supports Ontario’s skilled trades system.
Reporting to the Supervisor, Standards, the Program Development Specialist develops and maintains apprenticeship programs, training standards, curriculum, tests, and examinations. The work involves adult learning principles, occupational analysis, assessment design, project management, and collaboration with industry, ministries, agencies, and training institutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop training standards and assessments through stakeholder consultation
Design curricula, on-the-job standards, and entry-to-practice criteria
Develop certificate examinations, exemption tests, and practical assessments
Lead projects, workshops, committees, and document validation
Advise stakeholders on trade trends, policy, and legislation
Requirements:
Experience applying adult learning and curriculum development principles
Experience analyzing occupations and validating trades scopes of practice
Superior writing and editing skills for technical materials
Understanding of testing, measurement, evaluation, and statistical analysis
Project management, facilitation, and stakeholder collaboration experience
Use program design, assessment development, and consultation skills to strengthen skilled trades certification standards across Ontario with Skilled Trades Ontario.
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Apply on source site Reporting to the Supervisor, Standards, the Program Development Specialist develops and maintains apprenticeship programs, training standards, curriculum, tests, and examinations. The work involves adult learning principles, occupational analysis, assessment design, project management, and collaboration with industry, ministries, agencies, and training institutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop training standards and assessments through stakeholder consultation
Design curricula, on-the-job standards, and entry-to-practice criteria
Develop certificate examinations, exemption tests, and practical assessments
Lead projects, workshops, committees, and document validation
Advise stakeholders on trade trends, policy, and legislation
Requirements:
Experience applying adult learning and curriculum development principles
Experience analyzing occupations and validating trades scopes of practice
Superior writing and editing skills for technical materials
Understanding of testing, measurement, evaluation, and statistical analysis
Project management, facilitation, and stakeholder collaboration experience
Use program design, assessment development, and consultation skills to strengthen skilled trades certification standards across Ontario with Skilled Trades Ontario.
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