AI & Automation
Workflow Training
for Print Professionals
A 6-week, hands-on, applied AI implementation course specifically built for Ontario print and graphics industry companies.
Training cost is eligible to apply to the Ontario Job Grant, which can provide a 50% to 83% training cost reimbursement, depending on employer size, eligibility and approval.
Overview
Artificial intelligence is already changing how print and graphics companies manage estimating, customer communication, job intake, workflow documentation, sales support, administration, and production coordination. The challenge is not whether AI matters – it is knowing where it can create real value inside a print or graphics business. The OPIA AI & Automation Workflow Training helps participating companies move beyond general AI awareness and directly into practical workflow implementation.
This is a hands-on training program for Ontario print, graphics, packaging, signage, and related companies that want to identify useful AI opportunities, build internal capability, and leave the program with working AI-supported workflow tools designed around their own business processes.
Built for the Print and Graphics Industries
Most AI training is generic. This program is different.
The OPIA AI & Automation Workflow Training Program is designed around the operational realities of print and graphics businesses. Participants work through a structured six-week training process that helps them identify where AI can support their team, define a useful workflow opportunity, organize the information needed to support that workflow, test the solution, and prepare it for practical use.
Six weeks to Change your Business
The goal is not to just “learn about AI”. The objective is to build functional and practical internal capabilities through structured course material and exercises. Over the duration of the training, participants will participate in the following training modules:
- Problem Definition – Identify & validate high-value AI use cases
- SOPs, Prompts and Static Data
- Dynamic Data and Model tuning
- Alternative Flows and Data Capture
- End-to_end testing and measurement
- Prepare the workflow for production use
Training Format
The AI Workflow Build Program is delivered online over six weeks from our Ontario-based trainers to your Ontario-based employee(s).
Each week includes:
- 2 hours of live, remote training
- ~3 hours of independent applied work
- Online support throughout the program
- Ontario based, independent AI Platform access for training and experimentation – any data is secure and is not used to train any AI model.
Participating companies also receive an additional month of AI platform access and support per trainee (6 trainees = six months additional access), after the six week course concludes. At the end of the support period, companies may choose to continue with the platform provided, or export their data and related materials to transfer to their own system(s) of choice.
Program Cost
Including Grant Support
For eligible employers approved through the Ontario Job Grant (OJG) program, the final employer contribution may be substantially reduced.
See pricing chart below to find the category that fits your situation, factoring in the OJG reimbursement:
Program Cost –Without Grant Support
OPIA member Rate:
$4,200 per Employee-Participant
Non-member, Industry Rate:
$4,800 per Employee-Participant
OPIA Member Rate
99 or fewer employees- Plus applicable Sales Tax
- After OJG Reimbursement amount Applied
- per Employee
Non-Member Rate
99 or fewer employees- Plus applicable Sales Tax
- After OJG Reimbursement amount Applied
- per Employee
OPIA Member Rate
100+ employees- Plus applicable Sales Tax
- After OJG Reimbursement amount Applied
- per Employee
Non-Member Rate
100+ Employees- Plus applicable Sales Tax
- After OJG Reimbursement amount Applied
- per Employee
* OJG Reimbursement subject to eligibility and approval by the Ontario Government. Figures are estimates based on the $4,200 OPIA member or $4,800 non-member training fee per employee, and do not include applicable sales tax. Figures do not include association membership fees or other ineligible costs. Grant funding and approval is subject to employer eligibility, trainee eligibility, training eligibility, application approval, and the terms of the employer’s Ontario Job Grant agreement. Grant Application MUST be approved prior to start of training.
Secure & Ontario-Based AI Infrastructure
Training and platform access are supported through Canadian-owned server infrastructure, housed right here in Ontario, and a foundation of open-source software. Company data and prompts developed throughout the training are not shared, sold, or used to train public AI models. The program is designed to support responsible business use of AI while helping employers maintain control over their internal information.
Who Should Participate
This program is designed for Ontario-based print, graphics, packaging, signage, and related companies that want to apply AI to practical business workflows. It may be especially useful for staff involved in:
- Operations
- Estimating
- Customer service
- Production coordination
- Sales support
- Administration
- Workflow documentation
- Process improvement
- Digital transformation
Important Note:
Owner/operators, and majority shareholders, are not eligible as training participants under the Ontario Job Grant requirements. Employers should review eligibility requirements before applying. Designating an employee for training and then sharing their learnings to owner/operators between training sessions is a potential option to encourage OJG eligibility.