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Left to right: David Weeks,Roddie Campbell Local 1338 Business Rep,

John Kamphius Vice Chair, Provincial Apprenticeship Board

Vol. 3, No. 2 — Fall 2001

Island Apprentice

Best In CanadaWe’ve always felt thatPrince Edward Islandapprentices were among thebest in Canada or, for thatmatter, the world. InSeptember of this yearDavid Weeks proved usright when he captured topspot at the Canadian UnionCarpenter’s SkillsCompetition in Saint John,New Brunswick. Thecompetition was intense asthe best union apprenticesfrom across Canada vied forthis honour in a contest comprised of theory as well as practical exams intransit and construction skills. This year’s project was a six-sided wishingwell with a shingled roof. The completed projects were donated to charitiesfor use in fundraising.

David, who lives in Fredericton, PEI, is a fourth year apprentice andmember of Local 1338 of the Carpenters’ Union. He has also competedsuccessfully in Skills Canada competitions and plans to write for hisInterprovincial Red Seal license in 2002. Congratulations David! You’vemade PEI’s first entry in this event a memorable one and we look forwardto seeing more Island apprentices competing since Prince Edward Islandwill host the competition in 2003.

Joint Registration

AgreementIn January 2001, theProvincial ApprenticeshipBoard and Local 1338 of theUnited Brotherhood ofCarpenters and Joiners signedPrince Edward Island’s firstJoint RegistrationAgreement. This will allowfor the registration ofapprentices to theorganization and improvetraining and employmentopportunities. To furthercomplement these trainingefforts, the local has madeapprenticeship mandatory fornew members who are notholders of Certificates ofQualification.

Inside

Skills C anada PEI Inc . . . 2

Construction Craft Labourer

Trade Designated . . . . 2

ASA P Upd ate . . . . . . . . . 3

Computer Managed Exams 3

Provin cial Ap prentice ship

Board a nd Staff . 3 and 4

Skills Canada PEI Inc.Team PEI has returned from the National SkillsCompetition in Edmonton where they turned in apowerful performance, winning eight gold, one silverand two bronze medals:

Gold M edalsCharles Smith, Charlottetown Rural HighAuto Service, secondary level

Philip Hardy, Westisle HighCarpentry, secondary level

Jonathan Green, Charlottetown Rural HighGraphic Design, secondary level

Karen Schoenrank, Culinary InstituteBaking, post-secondary

Chris Gallant, Holland College graduateElectrical Wiring, post-secondary

Roy Beck, Holland CollegeIT/PC Network Support, post-secondary

Pat McMaster, Bluefield High graduateIT/PC Software Applications, post-secondary

Nick Dickey, ATHI Restaurant Service, post-secondary

Silver MedalMark Foley, Holland CollegeAircraft Maintenance, post-secondary

Bronze MedalsTodd McInnis, Holland College graduateCNC Precision Machining, post-secondary

Travis Webb, Holland College graduate Precision Machining, post-secondary

“This competition has been a great success for PEI,”says Art Gennis, Executive Director of Skills CanadaPEI Inc. “The team came through in spades, clearlyestablishing PEI as a leader in Canada in training forskilled trade and technology careers.”

“With this being only our fourth year competing, it isabsolutely staggering that we could win over 20 percent of the Gold Medals,” Mr. Gennis adds. “TeamPEI was competing against the best of the best fromacross Canada. In eight of the competitions, theyshowed that in fact, PEI has the best of the best!”

Skills Canada PEI Inc. is a registered charity thatpromotes skilled trade and technology careers as firstchoice career options for young people today.

“There is a labour shortage in many skilled trade andtechnology fields today, and this shortage isgrowing,” says Mr. Gennis. “Careers in trades andtechnology are rewarding and we should encourageour youth to consider all options before deciding onone. Just as a trade career path may not be right forone person, a university based career path may notbe right for another. Neither is a better choice thanthe other. The best career path for youth today is thepath that is right for them, even if it is not the paththat peers or parents perceive as the right one.Everyone is different.”

Construction Craft Labourer

Trade DesignatedIn December of 2000, Education Minister, Jeffrey E.Lantz, designated the new Construction CraftLabourer (CCL) trade as appropriate forApprenticeship training in the province of PrinceEdward Island. This designation follows severalyears of study, industry consultations and a formalapplication for Trade Designation by representativesof construction labourers and employers oflabourers. The CCL trade will provide labourers in theconstruction industry with certification and trainingthat was previously unavailable. The training,coupled with the apprenticeship record keepingsystem, will further allow for labourer mobilityacross the industry and the country.

A Trade Advisory Committee was established inMarch 2001. The committee has approved a Plan ofTraining and forwarded it to Holland College forfurther development. It is anticipated that trainingprograms will be available by January 2002. Agrandfathering phase of one year for those labourerswith 5,000 hours or more in the trade has beenestablished. Those workers who are certified asmeeting the hours requirement will be eligible tochallenge the journeyperson exam and receive theircertification.

Fast Facts On ApprenticeshipPrince Edward Island apprentices areinvolved in 23 of the 44 Interprovincial

Red Seal trades.

Fast Facts On ApprenticeshipBetween April 1, 2000 and March 31, 2001,93 Prince Edward Island residents received

their Red Seal. This brings the total number ofRed Seal holders on PEI to 1,997.

Workers interested in becoming apprentices orapplying for certification under the grandfatheringprovisions are encouraged to contact the Departmentof Education, Apprenticeship Branch at 368-4460.

ASAP Up-DateThe Accelerated Secondary Apprenticeship Program(ASAP) is PEI’s youth apprenticeship program. ASAP is a unique delivery model that offers highschool students a head start in apprenticeshiptraining. High School students who are working in adesignated trade, part-time or in the summer, areeligible to apply to ASAP. All of the hours andskills accumulated in ASAP will be credited to thepost-secondary apprenticeship program upon Grade 12graduation and enrollment into apprenticeship.

ASAP has had a very successful first year with 16youth apprentices registered in the program over thesummer. Youth apprentices were provided withsafety and technical training in June which includedsessions in Entrepreneurship, Occupational Healthand Safety, WHMIS, CPR and First Aid. Therewere also a number of summer employmentopportunities created for students through ASAP andIsland employers.

The need to train and educate young people isbecoming more and more evident as the skillsshortage grows and our trades people retire. ASAPwill continue to provide PEI’s youth withopportunities for advancement in trade careers.

For more information on ASAP please contact:Karen Saunders RedmondYouth Apprenticeship CoordinatorTel: (902) 368-4463Fax: (902) 368-6144E-mail: [email protected]

Computer Managed ExamsBeginning in 2002, Interprovincial examinations arechanging and will never be the same again.

For the past 10 years, Canada’s IP exam developershave been working on ways to address three majordifficulties: technology advancements, lost or stolenexams and the fact that 100 to 150 questions fail totest the scope of any of our 44 Red Seal trades.

The solution – technology. A first-in-the-worldcomputer program has been developed that will testall skills in a trade (as outlined in the NationalOccupational Analysis). Since some skill areas aremore important, some skills are performed moreoften and some areas of a trade are more difficult, aprogram had to be developed to ensure all exams areequal in difficulty, scope and length and still reflectthe importance determined by industry for each skill.

When you come in to challenge one of these newexaminations, it will look and feel the same as in thepast but will be generated from a bank and printedfor you alone. If someone is sitting beside youwriting in the same trade, it could be an entirelydifferent exam. Later in the year you will have theoption of writing online – doing away with thepaper and pencil version entirely. In either case allexams will be scored electronically and theinformation will be stored in a central serveraccessible by all provinces and territories.

This new system may take some getting used to butwe feel it will provide an examination program thatis easier to administer and more adaptable toindividual trade changes.

Fast Facts On ApprenticeshipIsland apprentices wrote a total of 949 block

and module exams during the2000-2001 training year.

The Provincial

Apprenticeship

BoardDavid Webster(Chairperson), KensingtonJohn Kamphuis (Vice Chair),CharlottetownM. James Pauquet,CharlottetownPeter Brown, RichmondJerry MacDougall, MontagueGrant MacLeod, StratfordAlicia Kadey, Tyne ValleyRay O’Brien Jr., SummersideMaureen Campbell-Ross, SourisRosemary Terris (Holland College), CharlottetownCraig Norton (Resource Person), Fortune

Meet a Board MemberYou don’t have to talk with Maureen Campbell-Rossfor long to know that she is a strong believer intraining and its importance in the lives of Islanders.The owner/operator of three seasonal businesses inSouris West, with close to 70 employees, many ofthem young people, she is keenly aware of the manyopportunities and choices available to today’sworkers.

Her personal work and life experience, volunteerwork with Junior Achievers and duties as presidentof the Eastern Kings Community EnhancementCorporation and member of the TIAPEI executivegives her a diverse perspective on current career andtraining trends.

As Maureen enters her second term as a member ofthe Provincial Apprenticeship Board, her confidencein the Island’s training system continues to grow. “Iam very interested in the opportunitiesapprenticeship presents for all Islanders. In particularI believe that apprenticeship provides great hope forthe future of our youth and that we should continueto promote apprenticeship as a path to a successfulcareer.”

Meet a Staff MemberJoyce Lamont joined theapprenticeship team asSecretary in 1964 aftercompleting the SecretarialProgram at the ProvincialVocational Institute.

Joyce plays an important rolein the Apprenticeship Branchas she is the friendly voice you hear when you call orthe warm smile you receive when you come to visitour office. She has a lot of experience dealing withthe public, enjoys talking with people and is veryknowledgeable and supportive of the apprenticeshipprogram.

Joyce received her Certificate of Qualification forSecretary in April 1985. She served on the HollandCollege Advisory Committee for the SecretarialProgram and presently serves as Secretary for theProvincial Apprenticeship Board.

If you have any questions about apprenticeshiptraining, certificate renewal or would like otherapprenticeship information, Joyce would be pleasedto help you.

For more information,

contact the Apprenticeship Branch

Fax: 368-6144Third Floor, Sullivan Building, 16 Fitzroy Street

PO Box 2000, Charlottetown, PEI C1A 7N8

Craig N orton, Manager

Tel: 368 -4625 ; E-mail: [email protected]

Harv ey Hy de, Examination Officer


Alan L arge, Field Officer


Pope C onnick, Field Officer


Kare n Saun ders Re dmon d, Youth A pprentice ship

Coordinator


Joyce Lam ont, Secretary


www.gov.pe.ca/educ

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