The BC Employer Training Grant
The B.C. Employer Training Grant (ETG) offers funding to employers to support skills training for employees, including possible new hires. Grants are available to businesses and organizations of all sizes including self-employed people. By helping pay for skills training, employers get the skilled workers they need for their businesses to succeed, while employees gain the skills they need for better job security or to advance their careers. We use the standards that follow to decide if an application is eligible for a grant. This document outlines who can receive the grant, who can participate in the training, what kind of training we will pay for and what expenses we will cover. It gives details about an application and the information we need. If you want to know about recent changes to the ETG Eligibility Criteria, please visit our website. Note: If we approve an application, that does not mean that we endorse any training provider, course, or program. If we have approved a training provider, training method, course or program in the past, we may still decide not to approve it in the future.
Grant Deadline
Deadline not available
Funding Amount
Range between $1 - $300,000 Employers can apply as often as they need and may receive up to $10,000 per employee, with a maximum annual amount per employer of $300,000.
Type of Grant
Grant, Training
Sectors
All Sectors
Demographics
Indigenous
Incorporation
For Profit, Non Profit, Government Institution
Perks
Mentorship, Coaching
Region Restriction
This grant is restricted to whole of Canada
Keywords
Age Restriction
This grant is age restricted from 18 to 100
Eligibility and Requirements
Company Requirements:
- Employers must be operating in B.C
- Employers must have a Business BCeID
- At the time of application, employers must have been fully operational for at least one year Employers must be in good standing with the Province
- The ETG will also consider applications from Indigenous governments as well as from unions applying on behalf of workers represented by the union
Eligible Activities
Training must be relevant to the immediate needs of the business and the participant’s job
The result of training must be improved job-related skills leading to one of the following:
Increased job security or a better job for a current employee of the applicant employer OR a job for an unemployed person
Training must start on or after the date of application and training cannot be more than 52 weeks in duration Eligible training providers include:
- B.C. public post-secondary institutions
- Trade or technical schools designated by the Industry Training Authority (ITA)
- Private training institutions certified and designated by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) Training organizations run by a B.C. school district
- Industry associations
- Small Business BC
- Indigenous Elders
Grant Application website
https://www.workbc.ca/Employer-Resources/B-C-Employer-Training-Grant.aspx
Contact
Contact Us
Phone
Fax
Toll Free
Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday: 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. (PST)