Program will prepare students for skilled trade jobs
Niagara College is getting some money from the province.
Over $800,000 has been invested to help boost pre-apprenticeship training and prepare students for work in the skilled trades.
The project will provide training to 45 students interested in working in the automotive, electrical and industrial millwright sectors.
Labour Minister Monte McNaughton says the province is facing a shortage of skilled workers, and programs like this help close the gap.
"Ontario is combatting the largest labour shortage in a generation, and each one of these unfilled jobs is a paycheque waiting to be collected," said McNaughton.
"When you have a career in the skilled trades, you have a career for life. Our government will continue to invest in innovative training opportunities that give young people the tools they need to build better lives for themselves and stronger communities for us all."
The program kicked off in May, with fifteen students in each stream - .Automotive Service Technician; Electrician - Construction and Maintenance, and Industrial Millwright Mechanic.
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