Applicants must:

• Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
• Want to begin an exciting career in the skilled trades
• Be 18 to 29 years old
• Have completed grade 10 education 
• Be a resident of Ontario, living in the Greater Toronto Area and have the ability to travel within the GTA
• Be a justice-involved individual (someone who has had interactions with the criminal justice system as an accused person, including those who have been convicted of an criminal offence)
• Have higher elevated risk factors in becoming criminally involved
• Be willing to be placed into a training program within the skilled trades
• Must be FIT FOR DUTY. Fit for Duty is defined as a state in which a worker is in a physical, physiological, and psychological condition that enables them to perform assigned tasks safely, competently, and efficiently. A worker who is "fit for duty" is free from any impairment, including the effects of fatigue, stress, alcohol, or drugs, that could compromise their safety or the safety of others on the worksite.