Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS)

Workplace training of person, status

Workplace training refers to whether or not a person received job-related training including activities for the development or upgrading of skills for past, present or future employment. Training activities included courses and workshops not leading to a formal education credential, or activities (programs) provided in formal systems of education leading to a formal education credential, including primary-level and secondary-level education, and postsecondary education like university and college diplomas and degrees.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Skills training in the last 12 months