Industry Code: 80301
This industry includes:
Institutions which provide vocational instruction for office, clerical, and business-related fields such as accounting, secretarial, word processing, microcomputers, dental and medical receptionists, travel and tourism and income tax preparation.
Businesses offering training, workshops or seminars in personal and/or professional development, sales training, auctioneering, and modeling schools.
Learning centers other than institutes of technology, that provide training to develop the knowledge and skills appropriate to trades such as welding, truck driving, operating mobile equipment, etc.
Firms which administer training trust funds.
Businesses which offer instruction in hobby-related areas such as music, dance, sewing and a variety of crafts. Those businesses that provide music and dance instruction are included in this industry on a voluntary basis.
Operation Details:
These schools may combine instructional settings with on-the-job or practical application and instructor assisted experience. These schools are often run by, or sponsored by, businesses interested in providing a supply of trained people in a specific trade or vocation.
Modeling schools offer a variety of personal grooming programs for self-improvement. Courses are available for individuals primarily interested in personal development, or for persons working toward specific careers, such as modeling, with designated prerequisites (e.g., ramp work). Courses may include basic health care, skin care, personal grooming, make-up artistry, visual poise, and fashion merchandising. Modeling courses and TV acting are specialty courses tailored specifically to these livelihoods.
Community Computer Resource Centres are usually non-profit, government funded organizations that have computers set up on the Internet, and provide time (usually for a minimal fee) to the general public to use and learn about the Internet. The resource centre usually employs volunteer workers to assist the general public with questions they may have regarding the Internet. These centres are classified here in industry 80301.
Training may also be conducted in a classroom, shop and/or on-site environment. Courses in first aid, safety, construction, etc., may be coordinated with unions to provide experience appropriate to the work jurisdiction. Funding may be provided through government grants, private industry, or through unions in the form of training trust funds.
Training trust funds are established through the various sources listed above to ensure funding is available for training apprentices or journeymen in a specific trade and/or union. The trust fund administrator manages the funds and schedules courses at educational institutes of technology for participants as required.
This industry also includes the training of pilots with flight simulators, when not conducted in conjunction with other flight training operations (see industry 50203, Flight Operations - Miscellaneous).
Businesses may use whatever facilities or equipment needed to facilitate the learning process of the trade. Employers may employ technical staff, career counselors, and/or instructors along with office and administrative staff.
Music, dance and hobby instruction provided by businesses in this industry may be on an individual or group basis. Students may be encouraged to purchase their own equipment prior to the course commencing however, some businesses provide the equipment and other related learning materials that will be required.
Courses are usually attended by people who have developed an interest in the subjects as a hobby, and wish to know more about it or get professional guidance.
Underwriting Considerations:
Schools that provide on-the-job training through separate, revenue producing ventures may require an additional industry.
Modeling agencies not supportive of modeling schools that are exempt under the General Regulations may be included under this industry on a voluntary basis.
Reference should be made to Section 3 of the General Regulations with respect to coverage for academic teachers. Reference must be made in the operations title regarding whether academic teachers are to be included or excluded.
Coverage for students enrolled in a business school and engaged in a practicum assignment for work experience purposes may be covered by the business school through the establishment of a Section 16 Deeming Order. An additional industry classification may be required for this purpose. Please refer to the Classification Unit for confirmation.
Schools that provide on-the-job training through separate revenue producing ventures may require an additional classification, e.g., some truck driver training schools solicit and haul commodities for-hire using newly licensed drivers to obtain driving experience.
Students enrolled in an industrial training school and engaged in a practicum assignment for work experience purposes are covered only if they meet the definition of a learner as defined under the Workers' Compensation Act, or if the private vocational college maintains an active Section 16 Deeming Order. An additional industry classification may be required for this purpose. Please refer to the Classification Unit for confirmation.
Job placement agencies are classified in industry 86920, Personnel Recruitment Agencies.
This industry is suitable for employers that provide music, dance and hobby instruction only and do not have additional retail sales operations. Employers involved in both retail sales and instruction will have the entire operation classified under the appropriate retail industry.
The industry covers art, sewing and photography schools but is not limited to this type of instruction. Other craft and hobby type instruction, not specifically listed elsewhere, are also included in this industry.
Community Adult Learning Centres (CALCs) are classified in this industry, on a compulsory basis. These are non-profit organizations funded primarily by the provincial government through Alberta Learning. The councils are encouraged to collaborate with community groups to sponsor, develop and deliver volunteer tutoring for adult literacy programs in their communities. The CALCs' mandate is to identify needs and provide educational opportunities, which fulfill these needs for adults in the community.
Volunteer Tutor Adult Literacy programs are supported by Alberta Learning as well. Volunteer Tutor Adult Literacy programs recruit and train volunteer literacy tutors and match them with adult learners. Tutors and learners meet once or twice a week, at home, in a library or in the literacy program's office. The types of courses that are being offered are literacy courses through Community Based Adult Learning, whereas the CALCs offer literacy and further education opportunities. It is not uncommon to have the Volunteer Tutor Literacy program, working out of the same office as the CALCs' with possibly the same workers as their goals are very similar in nature and funding comes from the same government source. If the Volunteer Tutor Adult Literacy program is offered as a stand-alone business /program it will be classified here in industry 80301, on a voluntary basis.
Industry Custom Pricing: Waiving Cost Relief Option
This industry has chosen to participate in Industry Custom Pricing effective January 1, 2010. Costs related to the aggravation of a pre-existing condition will not be removed from the experience record of employers classified in this industry. In return, the portion of premiums collected to fund retroactive cost relief has been removed from the industry rate, resulting in a reduction in WCB premium rates for the industry.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Accounting Schools
Auctioneering Schools
Bookkeeping Schools
Broadcasting Schools
Business Colleges
Business Schools
Community Computer Resource Centres
Computer Resource Centres
Computer Software - Training Only
Computer Training Schools
Income Tax Preparation Schools
Modelling Agencies
Modelling Schools
Real Estate Training Schools
Sales training
Schools - Accounting
Schools - Auctioneering
Schools - Bookkeeping
Schools - Broadcasting
Schools - Computer Operating
Schools - Real Estate Training
Schools - Sales Training
Schools - Secretarial
Schools, Income Tax Preparation - Operation of
Secretarial School
Seminars - conducting of
Software Training (No Sales)
Professional/Personal Skills, Development of
Administration of a Training Trust Fund
Art Schools
Craft and Hobby Schools
Dance and/or Music Instruction
Flight Training by Simulator Only
Hobby and Craft Schools
Industrial Training Schools
Music and/or Dance Instruction
Photography Schools
Schools - Art
Schools, Industrial Training - Operation of
Schools - Photography
Schools - Scuba Diving
Schools, Sewing - Operation of
Sewing Schools - Operation of
Training Trust Fund, Administration of
Training, General Construction Industry
Transport Driver Training
Rate Group History:
When this rate group was established in 1995 several industries were brought together based on activities relative to academic and vocational training in post-secondary educational institutions.
Industries 80302, Schools - Industrial Training and 80305, Schools - Dance, Music, Hobby were consolidated into this industry on January 1, 2011.
This industry includes:
Institutions which provide vocational instruction for office, clerical, and business-related fields such as accounting, secretarial, word processing, microcomputers, dental and medical receptionists, travel and tourism and income tax preparation.
Businesses offering training, workshops or seminars in personal and/or professional development, sales training, auctioneering, and modeling schools.
Learning centers other than institutes of technology, that provide training to develop the knowledge and skills appropriate to trades such as welding, truck driving, operating mobile equipment, etc.
Firms which administer training trust funds.
Businesses which offer instruction in hobby-related areas such as music, dance, sewing and a variety of crafts. Those businesses that provide music and dance instruction are included in this industry on a voluntary basis.
Premium Rate History:
Activities:
Accounting Schools
Auctioneering Schools
Bookkeeping Schools
Broadcasting Schools
Business Colleges
Business Schools
Community Computer Resource Centres
Computer Resource Centres
Computer Software - Training Only
Computer Training Schools
Income Tax Preparation Schools
Modelling Agencies
Modelling Schools
Real Estate Training Schools
Sales training
Schools - Accounting
Schools - Auctioneering
Schools - Bookkeeping
Schools - Broadcasting
Schools - Computer Operating
Schools - Real Estate Training
Schools - Sales Training
Schools - Secretarial
Schools, Income Tax Preparation - Operation of
Secretarial School
Seminars - conducting of
Software Training (No Sales)
Professional/Personal Skills, Development of
Administration of a Training Trust Fund
Art Schools
Craft and Hobby Schools
Dance and/or Music Instruction
Flight Training by Simulator Only
Hobby and Craft Schools
Industrial Training Schools
Music and/or Dance Instruction
Photography Schools
Schools - Art
Schools, Industrial Training - Operation of
Schools - Photography
Schools - Scuba Diving
Schools, Sewing - Operation of
Sewing Schools - Operation of
Training Trust Fund, Administration of
Training, General Construction Industry
Transport Driver Training
Operation Details:
These schools may combine instructional settings with on-the-job or practical application and instructor assisted experience. These schools are often run by, or sponsored by, businesses interested in providing a supply of trained people in a specific trade or vocation.
Modeling schools offer a variety of personal grooming programs for self-improvement. Courses are available for individuals primarily interested in personal development, or for persons working toward specific careers, such as modeling, with designated prerequisites (e.g., ramp work). Courses may include basic health care, skin care, personal grooming, make-up artistry, visual poise, and fashion merchandising. Modeling courses and TV acting are specialty courses tailored specifically to these livelihoods.
Community Computer Resource Centres are usually non-profit, government funded organizations that have computers set up on the Internet, and provide time (usually for a minimal fee) to the general public to use and learn about the Internet. The resource centre usually employs volunteer workers to assist the general public with questions they may have regarding the Internet. These centres are classified here in industry 80301.
Training may also be conducted in a classroom, shop and/or on-site environment. Courses in first aid, safety, construction, etc., may be coordinated with unions to provide experience appropriate to the work jurisdiction. Funding may be provided through government grants, private industry, or through unions in the form of training trust funds.
Training trust funds are established through the various sources listed above to ensure funding is available for training apprentices or journeymen in a specific trade and/or union. The trust fund administrator manages the funds and schedules courses at educational institutes of technology for participants as required.
This industry also includes the training of pilots with flight simulators, when not conducted in conjunction with other flight training operations (see industry 50203, Flight Operations - Miscellaneous).
Businesses may use whatever facilities or equipment needed to facilitate the learning process of the trade. Employers may employ technical staff, career counselors, and/or instructors along with office and administrative staff.
Music, dance and hobby instruction provided by businesses in this industry may be on an individual or group basis. Students may be encouraged to purchase their own equipment prior to the course commencing however, some businesses provide the equipment and other related learning materials that will be required.
Courses are usually attended by people who have developed an interest in the subjects as a hobby, and wish to know more about it or get professional guidance.
Underwriting Considerations:
Schools that provide on-the-job training through separate, revenue producing ventures may require an additional industry.
Modeling agencies not supportive of modeling schools that are exempt under the General Regulations may be included under this industry on a voluntary basis.
Reference should be made to Section 3 of the General Regulations with respect to coverage for academic teachers. Reference must be made in the operations title regarding whether academic teachers are to be included or excluded.
Coverage for students enrolled in a business school and engaged in a practicum assignment for work experience purposes may be covered by the business school through the establishment of a Section 16 Deeming Order. An additional industry classification may be required for this purpose. Please refer to the Classification Unit for confirmation.
Schools that provide on-the-job training through separate revenue producing ventures may require an additional classification, e.g., some truck driver training schools solicit and haul commodities for-hire using newly licensed drivers to obtain driving experience.
Students enrolled in an industrial training school and engaged in a practicum assignment for work experience purposes are covered only if they meet the definition of a learner as defined under the Workers' Compensation Act, or if the private vocational college maintains an active Section 16 Deeming Order. An additional industry classification may be required for this purpose. Please refer to the Classification Unit for confirmation.
Job placement agencies are classified in industry 86920, Personnel Recruitment Agencies.
This industry is suitable for employers that provide music, dance and hobby instruction only and do not have additional retail sales operations. Employers involved in both retail sales and instruction will have the entire operation classified under the appropriate retail industry.
The industry covers art, sewing and photography schools but is not limited to this type of instruction. Other craft and hobby type instruction, not specifically listed elsewhere, are also included in this industry.
Community Adult Learning Centres (CALCs) are classified in this industry, on a compulsory basis. These are non-profit organizations funded primarily by the provincial government through Alberta Learning. The councils are encouraged to collaborate with community groups to sponsor, develop and deliver volunteer tutoring for adult literacy programs in their communities. The CALCs' mandate is to identify needs and provide educational opportunities, which fulfill these needs for adults in the community.
Volunteer Tutor Adult Literacy programs are supported by Alberta Learning as well. Volunteer Tutor Adult Literacy programs recruit and train volunteer literacy tutors and match them with adult learners. Tutors and learners meet once or twice a week, at home, in a library or in the literacy program's office. The types of courses that are being offered are literacy courses through Community Based Adult Learning, whereas the CALCs offer literacy and further education opportunities. It is not uncommon to have the Volunteer Tutor Literacy program, working out of the same office as the CALCs' with possibly the same workers as their goals are very similar in nature and funding comes from the same government source. If the Volunteer Tutor Adult Literacy program is offered as a stand-alone business /program it will be classified here in industry 80301, on a voluntary basis.
Industry Custom Pricing: Waiving Cost Relief Option
This industry has chosen to participate in Industry Custom Pricing effective January 1, 2010. Costs related to the aggravation of a pre-existing condition will not be removed from the experience record of employers classified in this industry. In return, the portion of premiums collected to fund retroactive cost relief has been removed from the industry rate, resulting in a reduction in WCB premium rates for the industry.
Rate Group History:
When this rate group was established in 1995 several industries were brought together based on activities relative to academic and vocational training in post-secondary educational institutions.
Industries 80302, Schools - Industrial Training and 80305, Schools - Dance, Music, Hobby were consolidated into this industry on January 1, 2011.