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Fill Your Job Openings
Hire Skills2Advance Graduates!

We have newly trained, highly motivated graduates looking for jobs and apprenticeship opportunities in entry-level skilled trades positions.

There are major labour shortages across the skilled trades. Many companies struggle to find the workers they need.  Maybe even your business.

To help fill the shortage, the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie is offerings a free training program called Skills2Advance Try A Trade. The training is delivered in partnerships with the Six Nations Polytechnic (Brantford campus) and Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) Foundation and taught by experienced skilled trades instructors. The Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie has delivered successful skills development and employment training programs for several years.


HOW WE CAN HELP YOU​

  • Fill your job openings faster in positions such as, welding, machining, industrial millwright, fabricator/fitter and other related positions 

  • Provide you with trained & motivated apprentices



HOW TO GET INVOLVED - All FOR FREE!

  • Provide paid 8-week work placements

  • Hire highly trained and vetted Skills2Advance graduates - it's easy!

  • Provide apprenticeship opportunities to graduates

  • Offer class tours of your facility

  • Present employment opportunities to the class

CERTIFICATIONS

Skills2Advance students graduate with many qualifications:

  • Certificate of Completion

  • GMAW - W 47.1 FW qualification 

  • Forklift License

  • Working at Heights

  • Health & Safety

  • Essential & Soft Skills Training Certificate

  • Standard First Aid w/ CPR-C

  • Psychological First Aid

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TECHNICAL SKILLS

Skills2Advance graduates learn industry vetted skills and courses so they can be successful on the job:

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  • Fundamentals of MIG welding

  • Fabrication, layout & design

  • Health & safety

  • AutoCAD, G-Code, 3D printing & CNC routing

  • Practical machining skills

  • Basics of metallurgy

  • Introduction to electronics & robotics

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Skills2Advance training emphasizes professionalism in the workplace. Participants learn and practice workplace communication, positive workplace attitudes, teamwork, conflict resolution and more.

EMPLOYER BENEFITS

  • Get skilled & entry-level ready workers

  • Lower cost of training

  • Fill vacant positions more quickly

  • Skilled2Advance is FREE

  • Employer wage subsidy available

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