ALL students in the province of BC must complete a minimum of 30 hours VOLUNTEER, WORK EXPERIENCE or PAID EMPLOYMENT to Graduate. Work experience includes hands-on work experience (business, government, self-employed, non-profit or volunteer organization), job shadowing a worker, career mentoring with a worker, career simulation activities for occupations where hands-on work experience is not available (such as the Fire Fighters Career Day).
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
IF you're interested in a trade......
BC Jobs Plan—Check it Out!
Sector Strategies: The BC Jobs Plan is about building the future for eight key industries:
Agrifoods
Forestry
International Education
Mining
Natural Gas
Technology
Tourism
Transportation
Read sector strategies for each of these industries, read BC Stories, follow Twitter Chats and watch career profiles videos here:
http://www.bcjobsplan.ca/industry-sectors/ Stories of Inspiration and Success: British Columbians drive BC’s economy across every industry sector. From hard-working entrepreneurs to skilled trades people, cor-porate executives to stu-dent innovators, these stories represent our province’s economic future
and celebrate the successes of British Columbians. Liam Kinders has spent the last three summers gaining valuable knowledge about the construction industry as a general labourer for Randhill Construction. Not yet graduated from high school, Liam is well on his way to acquiring his Red Seal Carpentry certification, thanks in large part to the ACE-IT Program. Read more about Liam and his story HERE. http://www.bcjobsplan.ca/skills/subjectperspectives/liams-an-apprentice-carpenter-in-bc/
Student Stories
Discover Trades BC is an initiative funded by the BC Government to help provide easy access for secondary students to the many educa-tional opportunities available to them in trades training. Students, parents and educators can discover these opportunities here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/DiscoverTradesBC
Issue 1—February 8, 2013
MORE TRADES INFO www.itabc.ca
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