Programs to train cooks, chefs and bakers are now eligible under the B.C. Access Grant for Labour Market Priorities.

Matt Butler is passionate about cooking. But he’s practical too.

An additional 32 trades training seats at Northwest Community College will give students access to training in a variety of in-demand occupations that support a range of sectors that are important to the provincial economy.

An additional 96 trades seats will give Vancouver Island University (VIU) students access to training in a variety of in-demand occupations in a range of sectors that support the provincial economy.

The College of New Caledonia is investing in academic upgrading and university transfer courses for students at its Burns Lake campus by offering its access to business and pathway to practical nursing programs.

The College of New Caledonia campus in Vanderhoof intends to offer new apprenticeship training in Industrial Mechanic (millwright) Level 1 in September 2016 to prepare students for in-demand occupations.

Students at the Quesnel campus of the College of New Caledonia will be able to access two new short-term courses, camp cook and essential office skills, that will prepare them for in-demand occupations.

The College of the Rockies is receiving $843,000 toward the purchase of new training equipment, including two L3 Mobile Truck Driving Training simulators and health care training mannequins.

Building on the momentum from a recent enhanced construction craft worker pilot program, the College of New Caledonia is providing additional training to students who completed the pilot at the college’s Fort St. James campus.

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is receiving $357,450 toward the purchase of new trades and health care training equipment that will provide trades and health care students with hands-on experience.