Twenty-one certified in first Nova Scotia pilot of the Residential Construction Site Manager Level 1 program
A joint initiative of the AHBRSC and the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education (RPL & Labour Mobility, and WIPSI).
A joint initiative of the AHBRSC and the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education (RPL & Labour Mobility, and WIPSI).
In preparation for our current 3-year agreement with Labour and Advanced Education, AHBRSC consulted with 75 home builders, renovators and developers employing more than 1200 tradespeople and contractors on new and more flexible training and certification options for carpentry programs in Nova Scotia.
After more than a decade of strong yearly growth, housing starts in Nova Scotia and across Canada reversed trend and declined in 2013. The slump continued in 2014 and is projected to continue throughout 2015.
The Province’s new Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency was established to provide a more relevant, industry-driven trades training and certification system featuring improved access, participation and diversity.
The Province of Nova Scotia has recently signaled its intention to renew the Sector Council Funding Program and has asked us to develop a new multi-year strategic action plan as the basis for a new agreement starting in 2016.
The Sector Council needs the experience and insight of builders, renovators, trade workers and educators to inform and guide our work.