ON THE MOVE

BC’s Skills for Jobs

Blueprint and McDonald

Report laid the foundation

to reengineer education

and training so that

BC students and workers

can get the skills to take

advantage of the growing

demand for skilled

workers on the horizon.

In the past year, ITA has

re-tooled its organization

with a dynamic new plan

to put the Skills for Jobs

Blueprint into action.

OUR 2014/15 RESULTS TELL THE STORY >

WE’RE REACHING OUT, AND WE’RE LISTENINGWe’ve placed 15 new Apprenticeship Advisors in communities across BC. Our Advisors met face to face with 1,200 British Columbians at 13 Apprenticeship Advisor open houses around the province.

www.itabc.ca/apprenticeship-advisors

WE’RE BUILDING A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH INDUSTRYOur team of Industry Relations Managers is working closely with 11 new Sector Advisory Groups (SAGs) to better understand, communicate and respond to each industry’s needs. The new SAGs have been created to take an active role in advising ITA and government on the skills training issues affecting their industry. SAG membership includes large and small employers, contractors and representatives of Aboriginal and labour groups in each industry sector. Their views on training policy, strategy, labour market data and forecasts will help keep BC’s labour market and skills training approaches on target.

www.itabc.ca/industry-engagement

UP AND RUNNING: LNG TRADES TRAINING ACTION PLANDemand for key construction trades linked to the LNG sector – Labourers, Gas and Steamfitter/Pipefitters, Sprinkler System Installers, Electricians, Machinists, Millwrights and Welders – is expected to soar over the next decade. ITA worked with industry, Aboriginal organizations and trainers to build an LNG action plan to get BC ready for this boom.

Research shows that Construction Craft Workers will be the most in-demand trade across LNG industries. ITA launched a new Construction Craft Worker training program as it’s 48th Red Seal trade.

ITA is also on target with other key actions, including targeted communications and youth outreach to recruit apprentices to LNG’s high-demand trades, research into innovative training models and establishing standards for a range of service jobs in the upstream sector.

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CRANE OPERATORS HEAVY DUTY EQUIPMENT MECHANICS

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WITH INDUSTRY & APPRENTICES

Total Registered Sponsors2014/15 Forecast = 9,5002014/15 Actual 9,958

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ITA IS ENSURING THAT BC HAS THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AT THE RIGHT TIME. GARY HERMAN CEO

RENEWED YOUTH STRATEGYITA is helping kids and young people learn about the trades and supporting them in building an early and successful trades career. We’ve launched a brand new website, ITA Youth (www.itabc.ca/youth), designed to help young people make the connection between their own interests and trades careers. More than 64,000 visitors have already explored ITA Youth since April 2014.

Last year, 8335 elementary and secondary students participated in hands-on skilled trades related activities at 31 fast-paced Yes 2 It events. Our popular Lions in the House program took BC Lions players right into 25 schools to engage students in fun and interactive games with information about careers in skilled trades. Over the past two years, our ongoing work to make pre-apprenticeship programs relevant to young people has resulted in a six percent increase in the number of students continuing from Foundation programs directly into an Apprenticeship.

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIANS

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FIRST NATIONSITA is engaging Aboriginal communities to explore ways to meet the anticipated demand for workers in the LNG and other major construction projects. Last year ITA participated in 42 Aboriginal Career Fairs and 15 Aboriginal Conferences. ITA will be piloting a supported industry-entry pathway for Aboriginal people called the Enhanced Construction Craft Worker Program in Fall 2015. This is aimed at increasing participation and continuation rates for Aboriginal worker in the trades.And, six of ITA’s 15 new regional Apprenticeship Advisors are Aboriginal subject matter experts.

This measure is based on continuation by participants in Foundation programs.

Capacity Utilization2014/15 Forecast = 88.0%2014/15 Actual

Continuation from Foundation to Apprenticeship

2014/15 Forecast = 53.0%2014/15 Actual 57.0 90.2

ITA’S PERFORMANCE MEASURES: REAL RESULTS!

This year, we exceeded our forecasts on key ITA performance measures: increasing the number of

Registered Sponsors, the number of youth who continued from Foundation to Apprenticeship programs, and our

efficient use of training spaces.

NEW TOOLSITA’s website and social media tools are introducing youth to career and training possibilities. ITA’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/itabctradestraining, includes videos focusing on women and youth experience, which have generated interest and have garnered more than 30,000 thousand views.

In partnership with WorkBC, the new Apprentice Job Match service has been launched to connect apprentices and employers online. Job seekers and employers create accounts to build a community of shared interests, ensuring that those seeking valuable career opportunities and those looking for qualified apprentices are being matched up appropriately.

www.itabc.ca/apprentice-job-match

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LABOUR MOBILITYOur commitment to innovation, improving services and apprenticeship opportunities is shared by provinces across Canada. Exciting progress has been made through the New West Partnership to get skilled people into the workforce faster with more freedom to choose where and how they obtain their training and work experience across BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The Pan-Canadian Harmonization Initiative is also underway to increase apprentice mobility across Canada for the benefit of all stakeholders, whether they be industry members, training providers, or apprentices themselves.

This initiative involves harmonization of an initial 10 trades: Carpenter, Metal Fabricator, Welder, Heavy Duty Equipment Technician, Ironworker – Reinforcing, Ironworker – Generalist, Ironworker – Ornamental/Structural, Mobile Crane Operator, Mobile Crane Operator – Hydraulic, and Tower Crane Operator.

BUILDING A CULTURE OF INNOVATIONBuilding a culture of innovation in technical trades training was a key McDonald Report recommendation. ITA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, hosted regional forums engaging employers, industry and aboriginal leaders, apprentices and trainers. Necessity and opportunity have been driving innovation, creating more flexible training models that improve service delivery. In June, more than 400 people came together in Vancouver to advance the innovation agenda at the first annual Skilled Trades Innovation Forum. The ideas generated from the annual event will keep innovation at the forefront of ITA’s programs and future trades training.

www.itabc.ca/innovation

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