ACHIEVEMENT IN BUSINESS COMPETENCIES (Blue Seal)
Are you a certified tradesperson looking to take your current skilled trades knowledge and experience to a new level? Are you aiming to take on a supervisory or management role, or maybe start your own business?
Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training’s Achievement in Business Competencies (Blue Seal) Program is a great way to develop your business skills and obtain industry-recognized certification to support your personal and professional career goals.
SAIT is a recognized training provider for the Blue Seal Program—we offer specific non-credit programs and courses to help you quickly meet Blue Seal training-hour requirements.
Learn more about program eligibility, training requirements, and how to apply to receive the Blue Seal Certificate.
How to meet the minimum 150 training hours
We offer more than 80 different approved business-related courses from the certificate programs listed below. You can take any of these courses to meet the minimum 150 training hours for Blue Seal. You can choose to focus on one of our programs to obtain the required hours, or you can combine individual courses from the programs listed.
The total hours associated with each of these certificate programs vary and may fully or partially meet the minimum training hours for Blue Seal. Please visit the certificate program page to understand that particular program's unique requirements, including core and elective requirements and any course prerequisites.
- Applied Management (Certificate of Achievement)
- Applied Project Management (Certificate of Achievement)
- Construction Estimating (Certificate of Achievement)
- Construction Management (Certificate of Achievement)
- Construction Planning (Certificate of Achievement)
- Employment Law (Certificate of Completion)
- Lean Management (Certificate of Completion)
- Program Management (Certificate of Completion)
- Sales for Technical Professionals (Certificate of Completion)
- Train the Trainer (Certificate of Completion)
Once you’ve earned a minimum of 150 training hours, you’re ready to submit your application to obtain the Blue Seal Certificate. If you need help accessing your SAIT transcript, please contact conedadvising@sait.ca.