British Columbia Aboriginal Mine Training Partnership Launched
BC AMTA and its partners will provide training-to-employment plans that cover a broad range of opportunities including: academic upgrading, job specific training and apprenticeships, retention counselling and other on the job support.
"The partners are committed to ensuring that Aboriginal people fully share in economic opportunities created by the mineral exploration and mining industry. Through this partnership, Aboriginal people in British Columbia will have access to skills training to participate in the exploration and mining industry, and industry will benefit from accessing a quality pool of workers," says
The mining specific Aboriginal skills and employment partnership is the result of collaborations between fifteen partners, who will be sharing the cost of investment funding. The 30-month program will cost a total of
"This initiative helps provide the skills needed for Aboriginal people to fully participate in the mineral exploration and mining sectors and to look forward to the benefits of well-paying jobs and a better future," says
ASEP is a labour market program that provides Aboriginal people with the skills development and work experience they need to participate in large-scale industrial sectors including forestry, mining, and gas, construction and hydro electric development. Human Resources and Skills
Please see URL for Fact sheet:
http://files.newswire.ca/846/BCAMTA-Fact-Sheet.pdf
For further information: Laurie Sterritt, Executive Director, BC Aboriginal Mine Training Association, Telephone: (604) 681-4321 ext. 112, Cell: (778) 838-4569, Email: [email protected]; Mr. Eddy Jules, Skeetchestn Indian Band/Vice Chair BC AMTA, Telephone: (250) 819-6694, Email: [email protected]
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