Trades - Apprenticeship in John Deere Ag Tech

John Deere Ag Tech is a Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC) registered trade, completed over a four-year, earn-while-you-learn term. Apprentices are employed in the trade and sign a contract of apprenticeship with their employer and the SATCC, developing most of their skills through supervised on-the-job training under a certified journeyperson. This workplace training is supplemented by required in-school technical training, delivered by Saskatchewan Polytechnic at its Saskatoon campus, in blocks of twelve weeks for level one, eight weeks for level two, twelve weeks for level three and eight weeks for level four. Technical-training blocks combine trade theory, testing and hands-on practice on John Deere agricultural equipment, developed with the John Deere dealer network. On completing all four years of on-the-job and in-school training, apprentices become eligible to write the examination for certification as a journeyperson agricultural equipment technician. Start dates for specific technical-training periods are set by the SATCC rather than published on the program page.