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The Labour Market Group
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Lanark is pleased to present our 2016 Fall LMI Bulletin.
SECOND CAREER SUCCESS STORY
Meet Jeremy.
Jeremy was laid off from 2 jobs
prior to registering for Employment
Services. He was an apprentice
mechanic level one with Edwards
Mazda before being laid off in
February 2015. He came to seek
services in search of year-round,
sustainable employment.
During his search for employment,
we determined he required training
to seek better employment options.
He determined that training as a
Truck Driver was the best option
for him and his eventual goal was
to be employed through Canadian
Nuclear Laboratories as an AZ
Driver. We worked together for a
few months towards Second Career
training funding. After thorough
research, Jeremy selected the 5th
Wheel Training Institute. His next
step was the approval of funding.
On April 27, 2015, Jeremy began
his training in New Liskard, ON for
AZ Truck Driver certification with
the help of Second Career
funding.
Jeremy
successfully
completed training and
gained his license in June
2015. He then researched
and applied to over 20
different employers. Jeremy had
numerous job offers before he
selected X-Site has his employer.
He was employed full-time with
X-Site until April 2016.
Since May 24, 2016, Jeremy has
been a full-time AZ driver. He
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applied multiple times to job
postings online, and was eventually
invited to an interview where he
landed his goal career.
Congratulations
on your successful
outcome!
ARTICLE BY:
JAMIE WILSON, EMPLOYMENT
CONSULTANT
ALGONQUIN COLLEGE
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES PEMBROKE
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
JOB YOUTH CONNECTION SUCCESS STORY
Meet Tom.
Tom participated in the Youth
Job Connection program. He
successfully completed 60-hours
of
Pre-employment
training
including Career Navigation and
Exploration; Goal Setting and
Creating a Personal Life Vision; Job
Attainment Skills; Job Maintenance
Skills and Workplace Skills such as
Teamwork, Professionalism and
Communication; as well as Life
Skills such as Managing Stress and
Budgeting.
Tom’s goal upon intake was to obtain
a job in the culinary field as he enjoys
cooking at home and preparing
complex dishes for his family.
Through Client Service Planning
and Coordination, Tom researched
occupations and employers and
“YJC gave me the skills
and confidence to pursue
my goal and I know now
I am capable of doing
whatever I set my mind
to.” – Tom
expressed interest in pursuing a
job placement with his local A&W.
The YJC Job Developer was able
to meet with the Manager of the
restaurant and present Tom’s skills
to the employer, who was willing
to meet with Tom for an interview
to discuss a possible training
placement. Tom was coached on
presenting himself in the interview
and completed a mock interview
in preparation. The interview went
well and the employer agreed
to provide Tom with a training
placement
opportunity.
Tom
has now completed the training
placement – the employer reports
positive feedback regarding his
work habits and progress and has
hired Tom on permanently.
Tom had been informed about the
Youth Job Connection Program
through his Counsellor at Open
Doors (a local mental health
counselling organization for youth).
Tom has severe ADHD, major
depression and social anxiety.
He was a diagnosed Recluse, but
worked with Open Doors to gain
skills to cope with his disabilities.
Tom states that although he is a
high school “drop out”, he has
goals for himself and would like
to be a chef. He eagerly entered
the YJC Program and gave it all he
had and completed the course.
He now works as a cook at A&W
restaurant in Carleton Place. He
reports that “work is a dream come
true”, expressing thanks to the YJC
program and program staff.
Tom and his family recently received
the Christine Poulter Award from
Open Doors. Tom has agreed to
become a YJC mentor.
ARTICLE BY:
ALGONQUIN COLLEGE
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES PERTH
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
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Literacy & Basic Skills
26% of learners were employed
AGE BREAKDOWN OF LEARNERS
15.7%
4+28+15231416
55 and older
13.7%
45 to 54
upon exit of Literacy and basic skills services,
39% went on to other training/education.
4.1%
Under 18
28.4%
42% of learners accessing
18 to 24
Literacy and Basic skills programs
have a grade 12 or less education.
14.7%
23.4%
LITERACY & BASIC SKILLS LEARNER GOAL PATHS
25 to 29
30 to 44
Employment [
197
130
Total Number of
Learners served:
Total number of Learners that
have completed LBS programs:
Postsecondary [
Secondary School
Credit [
Apprenticeship [
RENFREW COUNTY
April 2016-June 2016
57%
5%
30%
2%
AGE BREAKDOWN OF LEARNERS
49% of learners were employed
upon exit of Literacy and basic skills services,
22% went on to other training/education.
1.1%
1+20+12222421
20.8%
Under 18
55 and older
18 to 24
30% of learners accessing
11.5%
Literacy and Basic skills programs
have a grade 12 or less education.
25 to 29
22.4%
24.5%
45 to 54
19.8%
30 to 44
LITERACY & BASIC SKILLS LEARNER GOAL PATHS
Employment [
Total Number of
Learners served:
Total number of Learners that
have completed LBS programs:
192
171
Postsecondary [
Secondary School
Credit [
Apprenticeship [
N.B. Current Statistics based on information gathered from
100% of the Literacy and Basic Skills service providers in Lanark County.
Independence [
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61%
9%
17%
3%
10%
LANARK COUNTY
7%
Independence [
N.B. Current Statistics based on information gathered from
66% of the Literacy and Basic Skills service providers in Renfrew
County. The LMG continues to make every effort to gather information from all service providers in order to provide the most accurate information.
Employment Services
AGE BREAKDOWN OF CLIENTS
9.0%
9+59+32
31.9%
Under 20
On average, 27% of clients accessing
employment services have a College education
and 3% have a university degree.
44 and older
59.1%
485 clients have exited assisted services,
of those exits 72% are employed and
11% are in training.
21 to 44
RENFREW COUNTY
April 2016-June 2016
15% of clients in training services are
second career clients.
1,134
people have utilized their local
employment services office resource centre.
Total number of people that have utilized
their local employment services resource
centre from April 2015-March 2016
1,435
AGE BREAKDOWN OF CLIENTS
7.1%
7+58+35
35.2%
Under 20
44 and older
On average, 31% of clients accessing
employment services have a College education
and 6% have a university degree.
412 clients have exited assisted services,
of those exits 73% are employed and
13% are in training.
57.7%
381
21 to 44
26% of clients in training services are
second career clients.
people have utilized their local
employment services office resource centre.
Total number of people that have utilized
their local employment services resource
centre from April 2015-March 2016
N.B. Current Statistics based on information gathered from 100% of the employment service providers in Lanark County.
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2,441
LANARK COUNTY
N.B. Current Statistics based on information gathered from 60% of the
employment service providers in Renfrew County. The LMG continues to
make every effort to gather information from all service providers in order to provide the most accurate information.
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WHERE HAVE ALL THE TRADESPEOPLE GONE?
The bigger question is: where are all the
tradespeople going to come from?
In Canada we may see a shortfall
of one million workers by 2020 due
primarily to an aging population
and declining birth rates. As Baby
Boomers gear up for retirement,
there simply aren’t enough of the
next generation to fill those vacant
jobs.
Would you believe me if
I told you that employers
have identified Skilled
Trades as the number
one most difficult job to
fill today in Canada?
Engineers are number
six on that list. The same
is true in the U.S.
Some 40% of new jobs in this country
in the coming years will be in skilled
trades and technology—twice the
ratio held in 1998, according to Skills
Canada.
The average age of a tradesperson
in Canada was 40 in 2007, four years
older than it was in 1987. It’s even
older in a few specific fields, with
the average age of welders at 56,
and framers and finishers being
in their 50s on average. Although
retirement is coming later for
many, it’s easy to see where this
trend is heading.
Colleges, trades associations
and government have for over a
decade tried to right the course
and drive greater interest in
skilled trades; however, as a
community we need to nip a few
misconceptions in the bud. The
long term health of our industry
Politicians would have you believe requires that we do more.
that we are on the path toward a
“knowledge economy.” That may Studies have shown that while
be true, but don’t let that confuse young people are often open to
the issue at hand: trade skills are in careers in the skilled trades, they are
demand now, and will be even more dissuaded by parents, educators and
friends who perpetuate the stigma
so in the next decade.
associated with such jobs.
According to a recent Canadian
Apprenticeship Forum and Skills
Canada poll conducted by IpsosReid:
• 42% of Canadian youth claim
they are unlikely to consider a
career in the skilled trades
• 67% of youth and 55% of adults
would choose university as the
first post-secondary option
• 26% of youth said they would
consider a career in the trades
• 60% of youth said their parents
have not encouraged them to
consider a career in trades
• 71% of youth said guidance
counsellors have not encouraged
them to consider a profession in
skilled trades
We need to break the bad habits
many have developed of devaluing
the trades, apprenticeships and
college educations. Let’s start by
looking at (and correcting) a few
myths and misconceptions about
careers in the skilled trades:
Myth #1 – There are more
opportunities for universityeducated workers
– The very skill shortage being
discussed shows how false this
is. In fact since the ’90s, even
when hit hard by recession, trade
employment has grown slightly
faster than non-trades, according
to Statistics Canada.
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Myth #2 – You make more
money with university
experience
– A few select university-schooled
professionals—such as doctors and
lawyers—can boast the earnings on
which this myth is based. The truth,
however, is that studies suggest
tradespeople
across
Canada
generally earn salaries of around
6% more than the national average
of all careers.2 (And that includes
the country’s doctors.)
In addition to earning more than
average, training in skilled trades
(often paid apprenticeship) means
that most workers aren’t saddled
by student debt.
Myth #3 – Smart kids go to
university
– This is one of the biggest myths
to continue to be perpetuated.
Think of the advanced techniques
and high technology that have
become a part of a tradesperson’s
toolbox. Successful tradesmen
and tradeswomen require a solid
grounding in math, analytical skills,
literacy, the ability to solve complex
problems, understand and analyze
countless situations.
Many tradespeople have some postsecondary education. Provincial
requirements, in fact, set standards
that
make
post-secondary
education more common in some
fields (like plumbing) than that of
the general population.
Myth #4 – The trades are for
men
– While it’s not a myth that most
workers in the skilled trades are
currently men (97% in 2007),
this assertion that the trades are
for men is patently false. It is no
different than the past biases
against women in science and
technology fields. It exists, but we
need to do everything we can to
eliminate it. This kind of old-school
thinking obviously can’t help us get
ahead in the years to come.
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Here’s my challenge to you; when
you are sitting with your sons and
daughters, ask them if they’ve ever
considered a career in the trades?
If they haven’t, they should. A
good personal friend of mine in
the construction trades industry
recently commented to me about
this subject. “The skilled trades
people of tomorrow will earn the
doctor’s salaries of today.” The
opportunity for entrepreneurialminded individuals in the trades
segment over the next few decades
is staggering. I’m betting in the near
future that’s where the money’s
going to be.
INSIGHTS
BY KEN JENKINS
APRIL 25, 2016
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BRUCE POWER CHOOSES ALGONQUIN COLLEGE’S
RADIATION SAFETY PROGRAM FOR FUTURE
WORKFORCE NEEDS
Ontario’s largest private electricity generating
company has chosen Algonquin College’s
Radiation Safety program as one of its key feeder
programs for its future workforce needs.
As part of a broader plan to
affiliate with specific college
programs to address skilled
workforce challenges, Bruce Power
is partnering with four Ontario
Colleges, including Algonquin’s
Radiation Safety program which
will become a two year Diploma
program for the fall intake of 2017.
If approved, the program name will
change to Applied Nuclear Science
and Radiation Safety.
“We want to ensure that people
attending college with a goal of
employment at Bruce Power as an
Operator, Maintainer or Technician
have options identified that will
help with this goal,” said Chip
Horton, Vice President of Nuclear
Operations
Support
Division
who is the executive sponsor for
establishing these partnerships.
The other colleges and programs
that Bruce Power has identified
are: Chemical Production and
Power Engineering Technology,
and Instrumentation and Control
Engineering Technology, both
offered by Lambton College
in Sarnia; Power Engineering
Technology delivered at Georgian
College in Owen Sound and
Electrical Engineering Technology at
Georgian’s Barrie campus; and the
Chemical Laboratory Technology
program at St. Clair College in
Windsor.
Graduates from these six Diploma
programs will eventually be eligible
to receive certification under
the Nuclear Uniform Curriculum
Program, a standardized certificate
“Although we are pleased to
announce these partnerships,
it is important to note that
throughout
this
selection
process Bruce Power was
impressed with the excellent
programs available at colleges
throughout the Province for
people seeking employment
in our industry and graduates
from all colleges will continue
to be tapped for future
employees,” Horton added.
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program developed to help ensure
potential nuclear plant workers
study
an
industry-approved
curriculum. Additionally, students
in the partner programs will be
offered field placements or cooperative education experiences
that are consistent with the
program description, including
opportunities at Bruce Power.
Algonquin College Waterfront
Campus Dean, Karen Davies, is very
pleased with this new affiliation
with Bruce Power. “This partnership
will allow us to further develop
our already strong connection to
Bruce Power to the benefit of our
graduates from our Radiation Safety
program. This formal recognition of
the quality of training our faculty
provide to students will certainly
make the program even more
popular than it already is and will
create advanced opportunities for
employment for our graduates,”
adds Davies.
Since launching its Radiation
Safety certificate program in 2008,
Algonquin College has been the
primary provider of radiation
protection workers for Canada’s
nuclear
industry.
Graduates
work across Canada in a variety
of nuclear operations including
power plants, research facilities
and environmental regulatory
organizations.
About Algonquin
College
Algonquin College is one of
Ontario’s largest public colleges
and has Canadian campuses in
Ottawa, Pembroke and Perth. The
Waterfront Campus in Pembroke
serves
approximately
1,000
full-time students annually and
offers more than twenty full time
programs, including Radiation
Safety.
For more information,
Jamie Bramburger
Manager of Community
and Student Affairs
613-735-4700, ext. 2756
About Bruce Power
Bruce Power operates the
world’s largest operating nuclear
generating facility and is the source
of roughly 30 per cent of Ontario’s
electricity. The company’s site in
Tiverton, Ontario is home to eight
CANDU reactors. Formed in 2001,
Bruce Power is an all-Canadian
partnership
among
Borealis
Infrastructure Trust Management
(a division of the Ontario Municipal
Employees).
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MEDIA RELEASE
ALGONQUIN COLLEGE
AUGUST 25, 2016
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PREMIER’S HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE EXPERT PANEL
RELEASES FINAL REPORT
Will Help Prepare Workers
for the Jobs of Today and
Tomorrow
The Premier’s Highly Skilled Workforce Expert Panel
today released its final report, which will help Ontario
develop an integrated strategy to meet the needs of
our dynamic economy for today and tomorrow.
Building the Workforce of Tomorrow: A Shared
Responsibility makes recommendations on how the
province can build on its world-class skills, education
and training systems to prepare Ontario’s current and
future workforce for the technology- and knowledgebased jobs of today and tomorrow.
The government will continue to work with the panel
members in the next few months to develop actions
informed by the report’s recommendations in six key
areas:
from high school, and another before finishing college
or university
•
Promoting both traditional and non-traditional
career paths by increasing students’ exposure to
options including the arts, science, engineering,
technology, skilled trades and entrepreneurship
•
Investing in human capital by launching
programs to support training in the workplace and
encouraging large employers to share successful
training programs with small and medium-sized
enterprises
•
Closing gaps in skills and competencies by
•
Building stronger partnerships between
finding ways to teach and recognize the skills that
educators and employers by establishing a new Planning
students learn, such as teamwork, problem solving
and Partnership Table, supported by a new Workforce
and entrepreneurial spirit, and by developing training
Planning and Development Office within government.
programs for groups underrepresented in the
Employers, educators, labour, government and others
workplace to allow them better access to employment
would work through this table to drive solutions for
opportunities.
skills and talent development, and for
experiential learning. And Industry Tables
would address mismatches between the
skills that industries need and what the
“A highly skilled and adaptable workforce
workplace offers
•
Increasing access to job market
information by working with the federal
government to help lead the creation of
a national system to give employers and
job-seekers better access to information
such as where jobs exist and which skills
employers will need in the future
•
Expanding
opportunities
for
learning by experience by funding
more placements so that every student
completes at least one experiential
learning opportunity before graduating
is the foundation of Ontario’s economic
competitiveness. Employers, educators
and government all have key roles to play
to prepare the workforce for tomorrow’s
technology-driven knowledge economy.
I want to thank the panel members for
their report. I look forward to continuing to
work with them, and all of our partners, to
address the recommendations.”
Kathleen Wynne
Premier of Ontario
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The panel will use the remainder of its mandate to work
with the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills
Development and other ministries to develop projects
that will implement recommendations in the report.
Investing in people’s talent and skills is part of the
government’s economic plan to build Ontario up
and deliver on its number-one priority to grow
the economy and create jobs. The four-part plan
includes helping more people get and create the
jobs of the future by expanding access to highquality college and university education. The
plan is making the largest investment in public
infrastructure in Ontario’s history and investing
in a low-carbon economy driven by innovative,
high-growth, export-oriented businesses. The plan
is also helping working Ontarians achieve a more
secure retirement.
•
Since 2003, Ontario has invested more than
$300 million in over 360 Ontario Bridge Training
Programs that have served over 60,000 internationally
trained individuals.
“On behalf of the panel, I would like to
thank the province for the opportunity to
advise on a topic that is top-of-mind for
many Ontarians. Preparing our workforce
for success will require that employers,
educators, labour, communities and
governments at all levels rethink what
it means to learn, understand how
the workplace is changing, and how
respective roles and responsibilities
must adapt so that our people and our
economy can reach their full potential.”
Quick Facts
•
Ontario invests $1 billion annually in
education and skills training through Employment
Ontario.
•
Starting in 2017–18, the Ontario Student
Grant will make average college and university
tuition free for students from families with incomes
of $50,000 or less, and more affordable for students
from families earning from $50,000 to $83,000.
Sean Conway
Chair, Premier’s Highly Skilled Workforce
Expert Pane
•
The province will expand the Specialist High
Skills Major program this fall to accommodate 2,000
more students and over 100 new programs for the
2016–17 school year.
OFFICE OF THE PREMIER
NEWS RELEASE
JUNE 23, 2016
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In Conversation With - Sean Conway
An interview with the Chair of the Premier’s Highly Skilled
Workforce Expert Panel, Sean Conway.
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WHERE THE STABLE, HIGH PAYING JOBS WILL BE
THROUGH 2020
The employment
landscape is a fastchanging one where
entire industries can
suffer massive declines
out of nowhere,
leaving people jobless,
scratching their heads,
and wondering what
the hell happened.
So, it’s always a
good idea to, given
the opportunity, join
an industry that is
expected to show
growth over at least
the next few years.
Lucky us, IBISWorld – slogan: “Where
knowledge is power” – has just
released a list of industries expect to
do exactly that.
They’ve called the report Top 9
Industries for 2015 Graduates,
presumably to coincide with the
upcoming mass of students who
will be exiting higher learning
establishments clutching degrees
in one hand (beers in the other)
over the next few weeks. But
really, the information is not just
useful to those entering the job
market but also to anyone looking
to make a career shift – or even
just wondering whether they might
want to consider doing so (I’m
looking at you newspaper reporters
and data entry keyers).
The report says:
Accounting Services
“Using its database of more than
700 industries, IBISWorld narrowed
down the top nine industries for new
graduates in 2015. These industries
are characterized by strong
employment growth, high average
wages and increasing revenue.
Technological advancements, new
regulations and growing demand
from emerging economies are
three main factors contributing
to the positive outlooks for these
industries.”
Projected revenue growth: 3.4%
per year on average
Listed projected growth is 20152020, and the average industry
wages are based on US data.
Projected revenue growth: 3.1%
per year on average
Here are the nine industries
expected to see growth and
high wages over the next five
years according to IBISWorld:
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Projected employment growth:
3.0% per year on average
Average industry wage: $67,474
“Occupations: Accountant
and Auditor; Bookkeeping,
Accounting and Auditing Clerk”
Financial Manager
Software Publishing
Projected employment growth:
2.2% per year on average
Average industry wage: $147,274
“Occupations: Software
Engineer; Software Developer;
Computer Programmer;
Smartphone App Developer”
Investment Banking &
Securities Dealing
Projected revenue growth: 2.9%
per year on average
Projected employment growth:
2.0% per year on average
Average industry wage: $342,360
“Occupations: Investment
Banking Associate; Financial/
Securities/Investment Analyst;
Fund Accountant”
Public Relations Firms
Projected revenue growth: 2.9%
per year on average
Projected employment growth:
2.5% per year on average
Average industry wage: $92,269
“Occupations: Public Relations
Specialist; Account Manager;
Communications Manager”
0.8% per year on average
Representative”
Average industry wage: $66,567
Average industry wage: 58,702
Delving deeper into the same
topic, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
released a report in 2012 looking
at where the jobs will and won’t
be through 2020. It’s important to
note that these are not necessarily
the best jobs one can have, they’re
just the jobs that will be around.
Retail salespeople and fast food
workers, for example, don’t
usually earn high wages, but retail
salesperson is the most common
job in North America.
“Occupations: Management
Consultant Associate;
Strategy Consultant; Research
Consultant”
Here are the BLS’s lists of jobs
projected to see the largest
growth and decline over the
next five years.
Semiconductor & Circuit
Manufacturing
Occupations with the largest
projected job growth
Projected revenue growth: 3.2%
per year on average
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“Occupations: Registered Nurse;
Laboratory Technologist; Physical
Therapist; Physician Assistant”
Management Consulting
Project revenue growth: 3.6%
Projected employment growth:
3.0%
Projected employment growth:
-0.9% per year on average
Average industry wage: $93,167
Engineering Services
Projected revenue growth: 3.8%
per year on average
Projected employment growth:
3.5% per year on average
Average industry wage (2015):
$87,246
“Occupations: Civil Engineer;
Mechanical Engineer; Project
Engineer; Surveyor”
“Occupations: Electrical
Engineer; Manufacturing
Engineer; Mechanical Engineer;
Sales Engineer”
Organic Chemical
Manufacturing
Projected revenue growth: 3.2%
per year on average
Projected employment growth:
3.0% per year on average
Hospitals
Average industry wage: $84,062
Projected revenue growth: 3.9%
per year on average
“Occupations: Chemists and
Materials Scientist; Biotech
Research Associate; Research
Scientist; Pharmaceutical Sales
Projected employment growth:
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Registered Nurses
Retail Salespersons
Home Health Aides
Personal Care Aides
Office Clerks, General
Combined Food Preparation
and Serving Workers,
Including Fast Food
Customer Service
Representatives
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
Truck Drivers
Laborers and Freight, Stock,
and Material Movers, Hand
Postsecondary Teachers
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and
Attendants
Childcare Workers
Bookkeeping, Accounting,
and Auditing Clerks
Cashiers
Elementary School Teachers,
Except Special Education
Receptionists and Information
Clerks
Janitors and Cleaners, Except
Maids and Housekeeping
Cleaners
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Landscaping and
Groundskeeping Workers
Sales Representatives,
Wholesale and
Manufacturing, Except
Technical and Scientific
Products
Construction Laborers
Medical Secretaries
First-Line Supervisors of Office
and Administrative Support
Workers
Carpenters
Waiters and Waitresses
Security Guards
Teacher Assistants
Accountants and Auditors
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Licensed Practical and
Licensed Vocational Nurses
Physicians and Surgeons
Medical Assistants
Occupations with the largest
projected job declines
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Farmers, Ranchers, and Other
Agricultural Managers
Postal Service Mail Sorters,
Processors, and Processing
Machine Operators
Sewing Machine Operators
Postal Service Mail Carriers
Switchboard Operators,
Including Answering Service
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Postal Service Clerks
Cooks, Fast Food
Miscellaneous Agricultural
Workers
Data Entry Keyers
Word Processors and Typists
WORKOPOLIS
BY ELIZABETH BROMSTEIN
JULY 21, 2015
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Algonquin College Celebrates another
Record Enrolment of Students
Algonquin College has a lot to
celebrate as it approaches its 50th
anniversary in 2017, including a record
enrolment at its Waterfront Campus
in Pembroke. More than 950 full-time
students are registered at the campus
where classes started today for the
fall term.
Campus Dean, Karen Davies, says the increased
enrolment is a clear demonstration of the vibrancy of
the campus.
“When we opened the Waterfront Campus
five years ago we had a vision to grow our
enrolments and create a destination campus
that would attract both local and visiting
students. That has certainly materialized as we
are now attracting almost 50 percent of our
students from outside of Renfrew County. It’s an
exciting time for our campus and the greater
community,” says Davies.
The Pembroke Campus is the largest of Algonquin College’s
regional campuses and offers 19 full-time programs,
ranging from the skilled trades to health sciences.
Nursing continues to be the program with the largest
enrolment with more than 180 students registered in
the four year Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree,
a program that is offered in collaboration with the
University of Ottawa. The Outdoor Adventure program
has the largest first year group with almost 80 students
enrolled. Across all programs, there are approximately
600 first year students registered and more than 350
returning students.
Manager of Community and Student Affairs, Jamie
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Bramburger, says it is very rewarding to see how the
college’s growth has positively impacted the community.
“The significant growth that has occurred in the colleges’
out of town student population has directly resulted in
the building of privately owned and operated student
residences, and has spun off new businesses in the
city’s downtown. The College is certainly a substantial
economic driver for Pembroke and the community has
welcomed our students, helping create a college town
atmosphere that continues to help the campus achieve
its enrolment goals,” adds Bramburger.
From humble beginnings with only sixteen students
in its first year of operation in the fall of 1967, the
Pembroke Campus has gradually grown to become
one of Ontario’s largest regional college campuses.
In addition to its full-time programs, the campus also
offers Academic Upgrading classes and apprenticeship
training, as well as continuing education courses in the
evening and on weekends.
Three new full-time programs are planned for the
fall of 2017. These programs are Urban ForestryArboriculture, Action Sports and Park Development
and Applied Nuclear Operations and Radiation Safety.
The launch of these programs is expected to push the
campus enrolment over 1,000 full-time students.
For more information,
Jamie Bramburger, Manager of
Community and Student Affairs
613-735-4700, ext. 2756
MEDIA RELEASE
ALGONQUIN COLLEGE
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
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