SLAAMB

The Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board under the Centre for Aboriginal Apprenticeship Research (CAAR) Project is again seeking interested applicants to participate in its C of Q Exam Preparation Program (Carpentry)

The Centre for Aboriginal Apprenticeship Research Project is a three year pilot project to enable aboriginal candidates to receive trade certification. This project started in April 2007 and will end March 31, 2010. This will be the final fiscal year this project will be delivered.

For the last two years, the project has provided northern trade workers in the SLAAMB area an opportunity to challenge the trade exams in carpentry, plumbing and electrical. SLAAMB will offer one final exam preparation program for carpenters only on September 21, 2009. This program will be twenty -two (22) weeks in duration and it will continue to be open to include carpenters from other regions including Treaty Three communities and all of Nishnawbe-Aski Nation. The program will be delivered in Sioux Lookout. Participants will be able to go home for a small break after seven weeks into the program. The program is delivered in partnership with Confederation College of Applied Arts & Technology.

This program offers tutoring in residential, commercial and industrial construction applications, math upgrading and hands-on trade practices to enable a carpenter to be successful in challenging the carpentry trade exam. To pass the exam, a carpenter will need a mark of 70% or over. If the carpenter is successful, he or she will be certified as journeyman carpenter by the Ministry of Training, Colleges & Universities.

There is a onetime participation fee of $3000.00, for participants outside the SLAAMB catchment area. The project will pay for all expenses, including airfares, accommodations, course fees and a weekly allowance of $315.00.

To participate in the project you will need to have worked as a carpenter for seven years or more, or have accumulated 7,200 hours of work experience as a carpenter. You will need your work experience verified by letter by your employer(s) and provide two reference who can attest to your experience as a carpenter.

Our next and final program under the Centre for Aboriginal Apprenticeship Project will start September 21, 2009. Exams are written immediately after completion of each program.

If you are interested in any of the programs or want further information, please contact any of the following CAAR Team members at 807-737-4047 or 1-800-563-2183 (Good only in area code 807)