Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation
Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training along with the Industry Training Authority (ITA) announced today that a new trades training program will be offered in B.C. starting October 2015 that will provide Aboriginal people with skills training and work experience necessary to be employed by a wide variety of general contractors and to fill the growing demand for labour in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sector.
This program directly aligns with B.C.’s Skills for Jobs Blueprint to increase the number of Aboriginal People in the skilled trades by 15,000 over the next 10 years, as well as ITA’s confirmed action in An Action Plan for LNG Trades Training to develop a specialized Construction Craft Worker (CCW) Program targeted at Aboriginal People that integrates essential skills and cross-cultural components and leads directly to employment.
(flickr.com) The Enhanced Construction Craft Worker (E-CCW) Program is a training and employment program to support Aboriginal People to enter and succeed in the Construction Craft Worker (CCW) trade. The E-CCW Program is intended for Aboriginal People in BC to address systematic barriers to training and employment. The program provides specialized training and employment supports in three areas:
- Access to up-front essential skills assessment and upgrading, life skills, work skills, cross-cultural skills, and industry required certificates.
- CCW Level 1 in-school technical training with classroom supports.
- Connections to apprentice sponsorship and employment with a workplace mentor.
Upon completion of the E-CCW Program, participants can go on to complete the CCW Level 2 technical training to earn their Red Seal certification.
To learn more, visit: http://www.itabc.ca/news-and-events/ita-news
