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Thanks for your interest in our Manufacturing/Warehousing training program!

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Skills2Advance offers free online training and resources to help you get employed in the manufacturing and warehousing industry

200+

ALUMNI

97.1%

GRADUATES SAY SKILLS2ADVANCE HELPED THEM GET EMPLOYED 

60+

EMPLOYER PARTNERS

15

COHORTS

Update Your Skills 
Boost Your Career

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Training info

Supporting job-seekers and employers since 2018

6

weeks
FREE online 
training

1

week
HANDS-ON 
training

2

weeks 
PAID job 
placement

Skills2Advance incorporates a hybrid learning model utilizing an online and experiential curriculum to develop a skilled and dedicated workforce.

A SkillsAdvance Ontario (SAO) Program
Skills2Advance helps people start new careers in occupations that are in high demand and helps companies meet their need for trained workers. There’s no cost to job seekers or businesses. This type of short-term training has proven successful in giving people the hands-on and workplace skills that employers hire for.

GET EMPLOYED
in the Manufacturing & Warehousing Industry

Serving:

Six Nations
New Credit
Brant
Brantford
Haldimand
Norfolk
Oxford
Cambridge
Kitchener
Waterloo
Hamilton

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oNLINE training!

SKILLS2ADVANCE offers 6 weeks of FREE Online training + 1 Week of hands-on training with an opportunity for 2 weeks PAID job placement to prepare you for a job in the Manufacturing & Warehousing industry 

Contact us to discuss if this program is right for you

1.

Complete the easy sign up process

2.

Finish online classes, 

certifications & placement

3.

Get the job you wanted! 

4.

Reviews

What our Graduates say

Warehouse Worker

I am very satisfied with this course. Program is balanced very well and designed to meet people's needs in getting  desired jobs. Big variety of different companies interested for employees, positions you can choose from to get desired job, 2 weeks probation period letting you to put your foot into profession. Friendly staff, very helpful for participants, with excellent professional and communication skills.

Marc C (Cohort 5)

Program Details

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Graduate

  • Hours per week: 30-40

  • 6 weeks online training

  • Monday-Friday

  • 8:30 am-4:30 pm

  • All course materials, presentations, videos, discussions will occur online

INTERESTED in SKILLS2ADVANCE?  

Certifications

What You'll Learn

Certifications: 
Graduates earn a certificate of completion from Conestoga College, Brant Skills Centre and Skills2Advance. 
  • Forklift & Reach Truck Certification
  • Fall Arrest Training
  • First Aid CPR Training
  • AODA
  • Workplace Health and Safety
  • Covid 19 Awareness Training
Technical Skills:
Skills2Advance Graduates learn industry vetted skills and courses directly contributing to their success at future places of employment: 
  • Fundamentals of Material Handling
  • Fundamentals of Shipping and Receiving
  • Fundamentals of Dispatching
  • Continuous Improvement Processes
Professional Skills: 
Skills2Advance curriculum emphasizes professionalism in the workplace. Participants learn and practice customer service, workplace communication, networking, personal branding & social media, effective presentation skills, teamwork, conflict resolution and more!
Skills2advance Forklift training offered
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Skills2advance Professional skills
Benefits:
  • Transfer credits
  • Support your family
  • Improve computer skills
  • Improve technical skills
  • Learn from home
  • Career advancement

Financial and social SUPPORT

CONNECTIONS to local businesses

Opportunity for EMPLOYMENT

CERTIFICATE of Recognition and College Credits from Conestoga College! 

Graduation CEREMONY!

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Eligibility

Eligibility
Skills2Advance Eligability requirements

18+ years old

Not in school

Interested in a career in Manufacturing & Warehousing

Legally entitled to work in Canada

Living in in Six Nations, New Credit, Counties of Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk, and Oxford, City of Brantford, City of Cambridge, City of Hamilton, City of Kitchener

Can lift up to 50 lbs

Can stand for long periods of time

Low to medium computer, math & literacy level

Can commit to 7 weeks of training, Mon-Fri, between 8:30-4:30

     

Very comfortable using computers & other related technology

 

      Able to learn online

Unemployed

or​

Working less than 20 hours a week

or​

Living on low household income

or

Currently working, but facing challenges in employment

If you match all of these requirements click below: 

Minimum requirements needed to take an online course

Laptop or Desktop

Internet Access

Speakers + Microphone

Email Address

skills2advance live classes online

Webcam

A Quiet Space 

Designated Time

* Equipment can be provided if needed

How It Works:
Skills2advance program process
Possible Careers After Completing This Training

Handle, move, load and unload materials 50 lbs or less and over 100 lbs with a variety of materials handling equipment. 

Operate and maintain equipment in a factory or warehouse and prepare items, involves assembling. and checking product parts.

Maintain the desired level of quality in a service or product, especially by means of attention to every stage of the process.

Manually ship, receive and record the movement of parts, supplies, materials, equipment and stock to and from an area.  

Use basic communication, math and literacy skills to operate technology to co-ordinate and count products.

Use equipment to assist with manufacturing, packaging, and other steps along a production line. 

Brantford manufacturing worker
Brantford warehouse worker
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