News and Events

• *New* Atlantic Trades Business Seal Program: This program is an Atlantic strategy for journeypersons to develop and strengthen their business and leadership skills and to gain regional career mobility. The Atlantic Trades Business Seal Program is comprised of five stand-alone modules. Each develops a specific set of skills that is critical to trades businesses.
  
  For Journeypersons, some of the goals of the program are to help keep our certified tradespeople here in Atlantic Canada and to assist journeypersons to start and operate their own business or move into leadership roles in their organizations.
  
  For Business Owners, the program can help you develop the skills you need to take your business to the next level. It can even strengthen your business’ succession plan by preparing your employees to take over managerial roles in your business. By strengthening the business management skills of Atlantic Canadians, the Atlantic Trades Business Seal Program is helping to sustain and grow Atlantic Canada’s economy.
  
  For more information on this new initiative, please visit http://www.atbseal.com/index.html or http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2013/aes/0515n03.htm

• *New* Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Procedures. Updates to the divisions’ RPL policy and procedures came into effect on January 1, 2013. The goals of the updates are to:
  • Promote a better understanding of RPL and provide clear pathways to assessment and recognition.
  • Promote consistency in assessment and recognition practices.
  • Encourage the use of RPL as a tool to increase apprenticeship completion rates.
  For more information and to obtain an applicant’s guide and the forms you will need when participating in RPL, please visit Recognition of Prior Learning.
• New Journeyperson Mentorship Program: The program is targeted to industry or employers. This program will provide financial contributions to eligible employers to provide a journeyperson mentor to support apprentices on the job. The program will provide support to employers to hire Journeypersons to mentor apprentices by offsetting the hiring/salary of Journeyperson mentors and provide opportunities for apprentices to gain the work experience and hours they need to progress through their apprenticeship program. For additional information please visit http://www.aes.gov.nl.ca/foremployers/journeypersonmentorship.html.
• There is a new Apprenticeship Wage Subsidy program for employers designed to help Newfoundland and Labrador apprentices progress through their apprenticeship. For more information on this initiative, please visit http://www.aes.gov.nl.ca/lmda/apprenticeship.html.
• The 2010 Study Strategies and Examination Preparation Guide (3 MB) has just been released, and can be found on the Examinations and Certification page.

Locations

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

For details or questions on Apprenticeships, Trade Certifications, LMA, Power Engineering and other related matters, please note that effective immediately, the following Industrial Training staff has moved.

WESTERN REGION:

1-3 Union Street,
Aylward Building,
2nd floor,
Corner Brook

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2006,
Corner Brook, NL
A2H 6J8

• Paul Dwyer, Program Development Officer (637-2412)
• Larry Stuckless, Program Development Officer (637-2273)
• James Brake, Program Development Officer (637-2333)
• Donna Lynn Payne, Clerk Typist III (637-2366)

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY:

Bursey Building,
163 Hamilton River Road,
Happy Valley-Goose Bay

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 3014, Station “B”,
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
A0P 1E0

• Rodney Roberts, Program Development Officer (896-6317)
• Nancy Matthews, Clerk Typist III (896-6348)

For the location and contact information for all other Apprenticeship and Trades Certification staff, please check the Personnel Listing

Current Initiatives

• New Apprenticeship Wage Subsidy Program
• Targeted Wage Subsidy
• Out of Province Apprenticeship Policy
• Apprenticeship Incentive Grant (AIG)

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