BC Employer Training Grant (ETG)
The B.C. Employer Training Grant (ETG), formerly the Canada-British Columbia Job Grant, is an employer-driven, cost-sharing program designed to assist employers in providing skills and trades training to current or future employees to improve their employability and in-demand skillsets. This grant supports training that is relevant to the current operational needs of the business, the current job of the participant or the available job for which training is required.
Training programs may be provided in a classroom, online, or onsite, and fall into three streams: Foundational Training, Technical Skills Training, and Workforce Training. Applications are assessed on a first-come, first-served basis and funding is dependent on availability.
- Amount: Non-repayable grant contributions of 60-100% of training costs (i.e. course registration, exams, textbooks, software resources, etc.) to a maximum $5,000 to $10,000 per employee. Each employer can access up to $300,000 in grant funding per provincial fiscal year (April 1 – March 31).
- Timeline: The current application intake is open for training with start dates from April 1 to August 31, 2019. Training projects must be completed within the year and cannot be over 12 months in length.
- Eligibility: Training must be provided by eligible third-party training providers for employees of private and not-for-profit employers operating in BC. The employee must be a resident of British Columbia, permanent Canadian citizen, or granted refugee status.
For more information, please refer to the B.C. Employer Training Grant website for the full criteria and eligibility requirements of each stream before you apply.
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