To be eligible for OYAP, students must:

• Participants of OYAP are students who are in a cooperative education placement in an apprenticeship trade. 
• To be eligible for participation in OYAP, students must: 
• Have successfully completed a minimum of 14 credits toward their OSSD; 
• Be at least 15 years of age; and, 
• Be enrolled full-time or part-time in a secondary school at a DSB. 
• Secondary school students who obtain their OSSD but return to a secondary school for additional credits (i.e. “5th year”) are also eligible for OYAP. 
• Adult students (over the age of 21) are also eligible for OYAP. To be eligible, adult students must:
  • Have successfully completed a minimum of 14 credits toward their OSSD;
  • Be enrolled full-time or part-time in a secondary school or a continuing education program within a DSB; and
  • Be earning credits towards an OSSD, with the goal of obtaining an OSSD.

Students participate in OYAP through enrollment in a Cooperative Education program.