YESS Applicant

Participant Information Form - Youth Employment and Skills Strategy

The Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) program will support employers to create quality employment opportunities for newly graduated aviation and aerospace students across Canada.

Under YESS, employers offering quality employment opportunities to PSE graduates will be eligible to receive wage subsidies through CCAA.

The employment opportunities will increase work-ready skills development to ensure graduates secure meaningful employment opportunities in their chosen fields of study.

Please ensure that all questions marked * are answered.

Part 1: Participant Information

First/Given Name (as it appears on SIN card) *

Family /Last Name (as it appears on SIN card)*

Social Insurance Number*

Phone Number *

Email Address*

Date of Birth: *

Gender *

Female Male I prefer not to answer

Language Prefrence*

English French

Home Address*

Address Line 1

City

Province

Postal Code

Part 2: Information on Employment Equity

The information below is designed to collect statistics on the distribution of allocated funds for the sole purpose of this program funded by the Government of Canada.

Do you identify with any of the following groups:

Youth with disabilities:*

Yes No I prefer not to answer

Recent Immigrant (i.e. became a permanent resident within the last 5 years ):*

Yes No I prefer not to answer

Recent Immigrant -Year of arrival:

Youth working in a remote or rural regions:*

Yes No I prefer not to answer

Part 3: Level of Education

Level of Education*

Elementary incomplete Secondary incomplete Post-secondary incomplete(College,CEGEP, ETC..) University incomplete Elementary complete Secondary complete Post-secondary complete (College, CEGEP ,ETC...) University complete

Please check one box that best describes your current situation.

Date Completed *

Program you graduated from *

Part 4 : Employment Information

Name of company providing quality employment opportunity*

Number of hours per week*

Wage per hour*

Job Title*

Address*

Address Line 1

City

Province

Postal Code

Start Date*

Part 5: Participant Consent to Release Information

I attest that the information in this form is correct, and I give my consent for the Canadian Council for Aviation & Aerospace to release the information contained in this form regarding my participation in the YESS program to Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). I acknowledge that the information is collected and administered in accordance with the Department of Employment and Social Development Act, Privacy Act and applicable laws, and that it may be used to determine my eligibility for the YESS program and provided to ESDC for the evaluation and accountability of the YESS program. I may be contacted in the future by ESDC, regarding my participation in the program. I agree to “periodic calls” or online surveys with CCAA during and after the job opportunity to determine and document the outcome.

Full name*

Participant's Signature*

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Date*

Definitions:

Unless the context requires otherwise, the expressions listed below have the following meanings for the purpose of this program:

Applicant refers to an individual who :

is between the ages of 15 and 30 (inclusive) at the time of intake/selection;
has recently graduated from a post-secondary education (PSE) institution;
is a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, or a person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 2; and,
is legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations.

INDIGENOUS PERSON refers to people who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, that is, First Nations, Métis or Inuit, and/or those who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian as defined by the Indian Act of Canada, and/or those who reported they were members of an Indian band or First Nation.

NEET refers to people not in employment, education or training.

PERSON WITH DISABILITIES refers to an individual who has a difficulty or impairment due to a long-term condition or health problem and/or experiences a limitation in their daily activities.

REMOTE or RURAL LOCATION refers to a population of less than 1,000 {core population} and where no, or very little, access to the services of the closest municipality with a population of 1,000 or more exists. (Remote community, not remote work from home)

VISIBLE MINORITY refers to the following sub-categories: Black, South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan), Filipino, Arab, Latin America, Southeast Asian (e.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Thai), West Asian (e.g., Iranian, Afghan), Korean, Japanese, Chinese.

PARTICIPANT INFORMATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS

The Participant Information Form (also referred to as the PIF) is used to collect information to determine a participant’s eligibility for the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy Program and to record the results of a participant’s involvement in these activities.

This form should be completed by the new hire participating in the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy program.

Responding to the questions on gender, person with disability, indigenous group, new Immigrant, living in rural & remote regions, and youth in NEET are mandatory and required for program evaluation purposes.

It is mandatory to provide the applicant's contact and personal information as identified at the beginning of this section. The name of the participant entered should match the name used on their Social Insurance Number card.

As mentioned above, the `Participant Consent to Release Information’ must be signed and dated by the applicant as this is the consent to release to ESDC officials the information contained in the form.