Project Timelines: 01/2014 - 06/2016
Funding: Government of Canada

The Moving Canada’s Trade: Labour Market Information Project is the third year of the Skills Table LMI program. The current project is an update on 52 key occupations, 6 sectors and 3 regions in the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG).

Project Timelines: 01/2014 - 06/2016
Funding: Government of Canada

The APGC LMI Project leverages the existing, successful LMI model developed by the Skills Table beyond the Asia Pacific Gateway and into the Corridor. The project will develop labour market forecasts for 34 key transportation occupations that support the APGC (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba).

Project Timelines: 02/2015 - 06/2016
Funding: Government of Canada

Management attrition has been identified as a growing challenge for gateway industries. The Attrition in Gateway Management Knowledge Transfer Project will see the Skills Table work closely with approximately ten Gateway employers to study their specific issues, and develop knowledge transfer plans for each company. A diverse range of companies are participating, and will receive customized recommendations on how to minimize the negative impacts of inevitable retirements. Case studies will be aggregated into a report to help industry understand the issues and develop strategies to address attrition and knowledge transfer.

Project Timelines: 07/2015 - 06/2016
Funding: Government of Canada

The issue of labour supply is a concern among a number of industries and regions within BC, including the Prince Rupert/Port Edward communities. This study will answer the questions: Is the supply of local industrial labour sufficient to meet the demands of the PR/PE port facilities and related employers? How many new jobs can the local labour supply fill? How far can the local labour supply stretch?

Project Timelines: 01/2014 - 03/2016
Funding: Government of Canada

The Developing a National Mobile Crane Operator Demonstration of Skills Test (DOST) project will develop and pilot a voluntary, national mobile crane operator (lattice boom friction and hydraulic) demonstration of skills test (DOST). This standard will complement the existing Red Seal Certification for mobile crane operators, and encourage and facilitate labour mobility across the country by using a nationally-consistent practical assessment. Input from crane stakeholders across Canada will drive the development.

View the project website in English at cadmobilecranedost.com or French at cadmobilecranedostfr.com.

This initiative continues the work completed in 2013 by the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC (ASTTBC) and Skills Table where 85 employers in B.C. were consulted on their interest and needs related to International Trained Technology Professionals (ITTPs). Two key outcomes of that project were the identification of five core competencies and the integration of a log book to help guide and track career development. Phase 4 of this project will extend the competency-based assessment standards and online applicant evaluation methodology.

The purpose of the B.C./Canada and India Mutual Recognition Agreement Project, as with the Foreign Training Assessment for Technologists and Technicians project completed in 2013, is to complete an on-site visit to India to fully assess/evaluate education and training, and, with favourable circumstance, to sign a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) on education standards.