32 — Sunday, January 5, 1992 - North Shore News

CAREER OPTIONS FOR ‘92

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‘Training programs aided by government funding

BOTH ECONOMIC and technological changes in the labor market re-
’ quire employers and prospective employees to upgrade skills or retrain

to remain competit ive.

Training programs funded fed-
erally through Canada Employ-
ment help these needs to be met
without opportunities being im-
paired through a lack of financial
resources.

Programs aimed at both
employers and unemployed people
were recently outlined by Jennifer
Leonty, supervisor of employment
services for North Vancouver’s
Canada Employment Centre.

Two programs aimed at
employers — Skili Investment and
Skill Shortage — will be combined
in April to become the Workplace
Based Training program.

Both offer financial assistance
to employers who want to retrain
their staff because of labor market
changes, she said.

While one employer may be
upgrading an employees’ skills so
that that person is able to effi-
ciently use a new computer
system, another may have a
dramatic change in the demand
for his products and require an
employees’ skills to change, ex-
plained Leonty. .

Both employers can hire consul-
tants and training firms that are
paid on a cost-sharing basis by

the company and Canada

Employment, she said.
As well, the. government agency
can offer assistance to train peo-
- ple for positions that are consid-
ered to be in short supply on the
North Shore, said Leonty.
Common locally is the need for
management training because of a

high number of small businesses,
said Leonty.

Canada Employment funds
training that is considered to be
learning oriented rather than pro-
ductivity oriented, so that al-
though the courses may take place
at the employer’s work site, train-
ing sessions should not be treated
as on-the-job training with pro-
ductivity as the intent, she said.

Typically a company will find a
training firm to take care of their
needs, but Leonty added that ‘‘we
know who the trainers are,’’ and
can assist in finding the ap-
propriate trainers, Leonty said.

Trainers and employers then
work together to develop a plan
appropriate to the company and
its employees.

The workplace-based programs
are aimed at employers with less
than 100 employees, she explain-
ed, larger companies would be
referred to programs such as the
Training Trust Fund.

Both the company and the gov-
ernment contribute toward a fund
and the interest on the fund is us-
ed to “support future training
nieeds’” for the company, she ex-
plained.

Another program aimed at
larger companies is currently in

use ca the North Shore. The In-.
dustrial Adjustment Service pro-.

vides consulting services to com-
panies expanding rapidly or
downsizing because of changes to
the marketplace.

When major industry changes

take place, she said, a committee
is struck to examine the situation.

The shipbuilding industry from
the point of view of five B.C.
companies is now under such an
examination, with the committee
looking for a strategic action. plan
for dealing with industry changes.

Another recent example is that
of a North Shore company that
was about to fold. The employees
decided that they wanted to buy
the company, but were uncertain
of its viability, said Leonty.

The federal program paid for
an independent adviser to assess
the financial viability of the com-
pany and make recommendations
to the employees, helping them
reach a final decision.

The company-oriented pro-
grams do not typically apply to
entry level positions, but there are
other programs specifically meant
for people who are entering the
work force for the first time or
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