Special Feature
Skills Training and Continuing Education
Below are articles from the latest Skills Training and Continuing Education Special Feature Newsletter, published December 20, 2022 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Skills Training and Continuing Education

Where to find Western Canadian dollars to fund new hires and training?
Provincial and federal governments have rolled out numerous initiatives to help...
Government , Labour

Drive a car or an excavator? Abbotsford, B.C. high school students can choose
Emilie, an Abbotsford, B.C. youth, is sitting on a piece of heavy equipment, her...
Labour

BCCSA to launch new asbestos control training program in 2023
Mike McKenna, executive director of the BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA),...
Associations , OH&S

IHSA suspended work platform training a must
In the potentially dangerous occupation of working from suspended work platforms...
Associations , Labour

Hitting the road with ORBA’s 16th road building academy
With winter firmly entrenched and road construction halted—for the most part—unt...
Associations
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