Professional Development/Skills Training

July 21, 2010

Problems persist with occupational health and safety tracking in Alberta

Alberta employers with open Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Act non-compliance orders for more than a year, originally mentioned in April’s auditor general’s report, may not be as numerous as originally reported.

June 21, 2010

Ontario’s Bridge Training program to assist workers trained overseas

A $30-million boost to the province’s Bridge Training programs will help IBEW Local 353 tap into a pool of internationally trained electricians wanting to work in Ontario.

June 9, 2010

London & District Construction Association offers remote BIM training

Local mixed-trade construction associations across the province have teamed up with a technology partner to offer BIM training to their members.

May 28, 2010

Infrastructure Health and Safety Association to boost fall-safety training

The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association will increase access to fall-safety training as the province begins to address the results of its recent fall-hazards safety blitz.

May 27, 2010

Pilot program offers Toronto youth training and employment in construction trades

Toronto Mayor David Miller has announced that a pilot program designed to train and employ youths in the construction field will form a permanent component of the city’s procurement program.

May 26, 2010

Cladding evolves into a new certified trade

The occupation formerly called cladding has evolved into what is now known as architectural sheet metal worker.

May 21, 2010

Royal Architectural Institute syllabus program makes architectural education accessible

The renewal of the RAIC Syllabus Program is a significant priority for the RAIC board of directors. This valuable program provides access to architectural education to Canadians who, for reasons of geography or personal circumstances, are unable to attend one of the 10 accredited Canadian university schools of architecture.

May 14, 2010

George Brown College sees growing demand in construction programs

As Dean of George Brown College’s Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies she’s been juggling the demand for spaces in the programs and working with the industry and trades to ensure the right graduates with the right skills are ready to pick up tools and get to work.

May 13, 2010

Open shop shouldering more human resource responsibility

Construction contractors operating in the open shop sector are taking responsibility and control over a range of human resource functions, as a means of attracting, developing and retaining a viable workforce.

May 3, 2010

Grand Valley Construction Association salutes contributors to Conestoga College masonry centre

The group of companies that contributed labour, materials and financial support for construction of a masonry training centre at Conestoga College has been saluted by the Grand Valley Construction Association (GVCA).

June 26, 2009

Toronto students sticking with CHOICE pre-apprenticeship program

Not many pre-apprenticeship courses can claim as high a retention rate as the CHOICE Pre-apprenticeship Program for Youths at Risk can. In its fifth year, the unique Toronto-based program offers its students a chance to learn carpentry skills on the job at social housing properties operated by Toronto Community Housing Corporation.

June 26, 2009

Conestoga College to get roofing, heating training facilities

Conestoga’s College is busy adding to its Construction Centre of Excellence campus in Waterloo with a roofing training centre set to open its doors this September and an HVAC training facility to follow a year later.