Skilled trades students in School District 37 will benefit from a three-year, $15-million investment by the B.C. government to support youth trades programs with the purchase of new trades training equipment.

Up to 29 British Columbians in Delta are getting the training they need for jobs in their community, thanks to a federal-provincial partnership under the Canada-B.C. Job Fund Agreement.

School District 37 in Delta will receive $40,000 in funding for the Youth Work in Trades program to boost trades training for young people in the province.

The Province announced that it has invested, through the Industry Training Authority (ITA), $59,000 in the Pile Drivers, Divers, Bridge, Dock and Wharf Local Union 2404 for skills training seats in the piledriver and bridgeworker apprenticeship program.

Young people considering what skills they will need for tomorrow's in-demand occupations will have an opportunity for interactive, hands-on experience at WorkBC's Find Your Fit in Delta, as part of the Delta Career Fair at the Sungod Recreation Centre on Thursday, April 30, 2015.

Young people considering what skills they will need for tomorrow's in-demand occupations will have an interactive, hands-on experience at WorkBC's Find Your Fit tour stop at the North Delta Secondary School in Delta on Dec. 8-9.