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Here is an overview of the various areas where sector councils are active.

Apprenticeship
Apprenticeship is a training approach that combines practical on-the-job training with theoretical in-school instruction.

Career Awareness
To assist individuals and to assist career counsellors, a number of Sector Councils have developed career awareness programs or products on the occupations in their sectors.

International Projects
Services offered by some sector councils, and the sectoral approach to human resource development itself, have proven to be of interest to a number of foreign private sector organizations and foreign governments. Several councils have undertaken foreign projects to expand their products and activities' market.

Job Banks
A number of Sector Councils have established job banks to permit the matching of those seeking work with those seeking workers. The term "Job bank" is another term for "electronic labour exchanges" (ELE), or, the broader term, "Labour Market Information".

Occupational Certification
The labour market has become more volatile! Positions with any one firm may not be long-lived, meaning people have to move from position to position. Without certification of some kind, an individual landing a new job might have to start at "the bottom" all over again. With certification, an employer knows the potential of the new employee, and consequently the pay at point of hire is more likely to reflect the individual's knowlege and skills.Sector Councils have developed quite a variety of certification strategies.

Occupational Standards
An occupational standard is simply a definition usually developed and accepted by industry of the knowledge and competencies required to successfully perform work-related functions within an occupation.

The prime thrust of Sector Councils is the developement of national occupational standards, yet as these standards are developed, they are developed keeping in mind work already done in other countries. Where the Canadian standard is first, In many cases, it is being adopted, or adapted, by other countries. What this will increasingly do is permit greater ease in the movement of individuals internationally, and greater standardization of training programs internationally..

The work of the Sector Councils in occupational standards has put Canada on the cutting edge in terms of improving its training programs to meet industry requirements, and in many cases to meet international industry requirements.

Training Projects
Some Sector Councils are active in the development and delivery of training, which often follow the development of occupational standards. The training may be delivered directly by the sector council, through private trainers, through community colleges, or through universities.

Youth Initiatives
Many of the Sector Councils have been active partners with Human Resource Development Canada in the development and delivery of projects across Canada to assist young people to gain experience in the workplace, to obtain on-the-job training, or simply to obtain greater awareness of career options.