10/11/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/11/2024 07:21
This includes investments through the Skills Development Fund(SDF) and Apprenticeship Capital Grant (ACG), including:
"Investing in our communities means investing in our future. With over $750,000 dedicated to training workers in South Stormont, we are not just enhancing skills; we are empowering lives," said Nolan Quinn, MPP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry. "By ensuring our firefighters are certified and our construction apprentices are equipped with the latest tools, we are building a safer, more skilled workforce ready to tackle the challenges ahead."
The government continues to strengthen protections for firefighters across the province, including proposing legislative changes in Working for Workers Five, Actto expand presumptive coverage to firefighters and fire investigators for skin cancer and lower the service time required for firefighters to receive compensation from 15 to 10 years, bringing Ontario to the lowest required duration of service in the country.
In June 2023, Ontario expanded presumptive occupational cancer coverage for firefighters and fire investigators to include primary site thyroid and pancreatic cancers, making it faster and easier for them to access WSIB compensation and services. The government's Working for Workers Four Act, 2024lowered the required employment period for primary-site esophageal cancer from 25 to 15 years, the lowest duration of service in Canada.
October 11 is the deadline to apply for the government's fifth round of SDF Training Stream, the largest round since the fund launched in 2021 with up to $260 million in available funding. With the fifth round of SDF Training Stream and the Capital Stream, this brings the government's investment up to $1.4 billion to grow Ontario's workforce for in-demand careers in the skilled trades.
"We're thrilled to receive these resources through the Province's Skills Development Fund to support South Stormont Fire and Rescue. These funds will ensure our great team of local firefighters are appropriately trained to service our community and keep our residents safe."
- Bryan McGillis
Mayor of the Township of South Stormont
"On behalf of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 793, I would like to thank David Piccini, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development for the Ontario Government's investment in apprenticeship training. The Apprenticeship Capital Grant assists the Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario to obtain new equipment, which is relevant to the industry, to prepare the apprentices to meet the challenges in the workforce. As our trade has a large capital cost in training this funding greatly assists in keeping our training current."
- Mike Gallagher
Business Manager, IUOE, Local 793
"As the Construction and Mining sectors continue to expand, its important that Training Delivery Agents (TDA) stay relevant to the skills required in the workforce. The Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario (OETIO) applauds the Ontario Government and Minister Piccini's investment in Skills Training. Given labour shortages in this trade and the evolving technology that continues to improve the efficiency of operators, obtaining an excavator with relevant practical attributes will improve the apprenticeship experience as well as employment opportunities of individuals completing the training program."
- Rick Kerr
Executive Director, OETIO
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