Keen is solidifying its promise to building stronger communities and a healthier planet by partnering with The Wilderness Society (TWS) and 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC) to help preserve America’s public lands and ...
ManpowerGroup, the world leader in innovative workforce solutions and World Economic Forum (WEF) strategic partner, has called for improved alignment between the skills taught by Russia's education system and those required by business, in ...
Tags: Human Capital, Economic Growth
The Governor's Office of Workforce Development (GOWD), in partnership with carpet industry leaders across Northwest Georgia, has launched the Fast Track Innovation Program to provide technicians with On-the-Job training for employment in ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
The Ontario Fleet Safety Council's annual conference will explore a variety of issues, ranging from recruitment to behavioural analysis, over three days in October. The Crowne Plaza in Kitchener/Waterloo will host the three-day Fleet ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto
This summer, the CCDA (Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship, which administers Canada's Red Seal program) decided to proceed with piloting new standards development processes, features and formats in two Red Seal trades, one of ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics
According to the Government of British Columbia, there will be an estimated one million job openings in the province over the next decade, with opportunities in liquefied natural gas, mining and mineral exploration, and shipbuilding. Of ...
Tags: economy
The skill and ability of the next generation of skilled trades professionals rely in large part on the mentors who teach them, says the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF), adding that apprentices in the skilled trades need strong workplace ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, journeyperson mentors, Apprenticeship
The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA) concludes technology is having a profound impact on the nature of the skilled trades, apprenticeship training and journeyperson skills requirements. Based on a series of interviews with ...
Tags: Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, Potential Digital Gap, skilled trades
The Canadian Building Trades says the federal government’s budget for 2013-2014—the Canada Jobs Grant, specifically—will allow an increase in the delivery of training and the capacity to access such training. “We ...
March 22, 2013 - The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCI) commends the Government of Canada for its 2013 budget, saying it provides strategic investments in the manufacturing sector, as well as investing in skills training that ...
Tags: Nuclear Industries, Federal Budget, Consumer Electronics
The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) announced a new project to investigate the participation rates and ROI for employers who invest in Essential Skills training, and is seeking Working Group members who will provide expertise and ...
Tags: CAF, Literacy, Essential Skills
CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. The key target groups are users from industry, the wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, the services ...
Tags: Footprints
Students in grades 5 though 10 are getting a unique opportunity to test-drive future careers in skilled trades in communities throughout British Columbia, courtesy of YES 2 IT. YES 2 IT (Youth Exploring Skills to Industry Training) is a ...
Tags: YES 2 IT, Young Minds, Drive The Trades
Beginning February 11, Newfoundland & Labrador’s Department of Advanced Education & Skills will offer the first of 15 public information sessions on the Journeyperson Mentorship Program: the latest government initiative ...
Tags: public information sessions, Journeyperson Mentorship Program
December 27, 2012 - Two national organizations, the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA) and Skills/Compétences Canada (S/CC), have partnered to revamp the Careers in Trades website to "ensure Canadian youth have to access ...
Tags: Canadian Apprenticeship Forum, Apprenticeship, Sarah Watts-Rynard