Ontario Open Badges Forum - Building Blocks: Modular credentials for Canada’s trades
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A one day design lab to reinvent how we recognize skills across sectors in Ontario. Hosted by eCampusOntario and CanCred.ca. Presentation by Jeff Griffiths, CEO, Griffiths-Sheppard
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Ontario Open Badges Forum - Building Blocks: Modular credentials for Canada’s trades
- 3. ... Modular, competency- based credentials for skilled trades
Editor's Notes
- My dad was a tin-basher… I grew up with a keen appreciation for the trades, and I’ve long been a big proponent of apprenticeship as a workforce development tool… not just for the trades, but for ANY occupation… if you’re interested in hearing about broader applications of apprenticeship principles… come see me at coffee… I’ll talk your ear off!
- My experience over the last 20-odd years is that businesses don’t really care about skilled trades – but they care a great deal about skills.
- A couple of years ago we published Building Blocks… the premise of the paper was that We have a pretty good apprenticeship system that produces skilled people – but it could be better A lot of people don’t finish – but they still wind up working in the trade, or in related jobs. It makes sense to develop modular credentials (that could be badged?) for the specific skills/competencies that have been demonstrated at each level in the apprenticeship – this would provide: assurances for employers recognition and mobility options for workers possibility of multiple pathways to journeyperson ticket Possibility of common badges between trades to prevent the “start over” problem if someone switches trades or wants to pick up a second ticket
- … Deafening Silence… Not a peep from the apprenticeship community about it. Which was disheartening to say the least. But… recently we’ve been asked to help define what “competent looks like” for specific tasks/skills at each level of the apprenticeship for a Red Seal trade. So maybe it was just ahead of its time… we’ll go with that…
- Badging DEFINITELY has a role to play here… and I think once again we’re very close to a significant breakthrough into using badges in technical and vocational education and credentialing