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Trades
Local Labour Market Information, Funding Options, Training
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BC Trade Occupations Outlook
Provincial outlook on trades in BC including information on current and expected demographics (age, income, gender, Aboriginal identity, immigrants). |
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Apprenticeship Grants
Information on the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant and Apprenticeship Completion Grant. |
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BC Training Tax Credit
The British Columbia Training Tax Credit (TTC), introduced in 2007, is a program designed to attract people to apprenticeship programs and to encourage those enrolled in apprenticeship programs to complete them. |
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Industry Training Authority
A comprehensive resource about industry training programs in British Columbia. This site is a useful source of information for current apprentices and his/her employers, and for those considering apprenticeship for their career or workforce development needs. |
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Aboriginal Construction Program: VIU
The Aboriginal Construction Program provides an opportunity to gain skills and knowledge that give a head start in the construction industry with the benefit of learning coastal First Nations construction history and methods. |
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Apprenticeship Development Toolkit
Information on the Apprenticeship process in B.C., human resources (aptitude training, wage information, employment standards), training and forms. |
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BCIT - Apprenticeship Training
BCIT offers apprentice training in over 30 trades from the construction, transportation, mechanical and electrical industries. |
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BC TradesInfo.ca
TradesInfo.ca is a resource that helps you work or become certified in the trades in Canada. It is free of charge and available in English and French.
Measure your trade skills, browse trades, build a trades career profile. |
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Rich 1 Beauty
Rich 1 Beauty School is registered with the PCTIA ( Private Career Training Institutions Agency of British Columbia). It offers hairdressing interns at the beginning of each month with small classroom sizes.
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STEP for Women
STEP for Women will work with women who have an interest in entering the construction trades as well as those women already active in the industry who may need support in furthering their careers. The program will also work to develop a mentoring network for women across the industry to assist with better retention on the worksite. |
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Trades Training BC
Learn about BC’s Public Post-Secondary Apprenticeship and Foundation Trades Training programs and view schedules offered. Search for where and when programs are offered. Once you have selected your program, registration can be completed at each institution’s website. |
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BC Marine Service Industry
Do you dream of escaping your repetitive desk job to fix up a sailboat? Want your workplace to be the waterfront? Imagine a fun, varied and challenging career working with privately owned boats and yachts.
BC’s recreational marine industry offers jobs with great wages, flexible hours, steady work, advancement opportunities and stimulating work environment. |
TRADES UNIONS & ASSOCIATIONS
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BCTD: Building & Construction Trades Department
Provides essential coordination and support to the work of its affiliated unions in order that organized construction workers achieve a powerful voice in government, in bargaining, and in their communities. |
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Mid Island Construction Association
The Mid Island Construction Association (MICA) is a non-profit association that represents over 140 companies in central Vancouver Island. MICA is an association of companies engaged in the construction industry. |
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UA Local 324
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada or "UA" is a multi-craft union whose members are engaged in the fabrication, installation and servicing of piping systems (Plumbers, Pipefitters, Sprinklerfitters, Welders). |
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