Vocational Education and Training Colleges
- Certificate, diploma and associate degrees, which take 1–2 years to complete, and consist primarily of coursework.
There are several and various institutions of higher learning across the province, which can be categorized as follows:
- Federated Colleges
- Affiliated Colleges
- Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST)
- Regional Colleges
- Aboriginal Post Secondary Institutions
- Aboriginal Teacher Education Programs
- Private Vocational Schools
- Saskatchewan’s Apprenticeship Program
- Religious Training Institutions
- Distance Learning
- Other Education and Training Program Providers The Government of Saskatchewan as well as the Federal Government Department of Labour have various incentive and funding programs available for post secondary instruction for the trades and technological training programs.
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