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Workplace Skills Programs

• Essential Skills
  Details on how Essential Skills help people participate fully in the workplace and the community and provide a foundation for learning other skills.
  
• Foreign Credential Recognition
  The FCR Program will improve the integration of internationally trained workers into the work force by working with key stakeholders to implement projects that will facilitate the assessment and recognition of qualifications acquired outside of Canada.
• Foreign Worker Program
  Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) work to ensure that foreign workers will support economic growth in Canada and help create job opportunities for all Canadians.
• Occupational and Skills Initiatives
  To help develop Canada's skilled workforce, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) develops and undertakes a variety of occupational and career awareness products and activities, so Canadians may fully understand the evolving labour market. Here you will find information on the Essential Skills Research Project, the National Occupational Classification and Career Handbook, National Occupational Standards, and Career Awareness products. You will also find information on HRSDC's many skills information partners who help HRSDC develop career-related products, services and information available to Canadians.
  • The National Occupational Classification provides a standardized language for describing the work performed by Canadians in the labour market. The NOC is used for many applications including defining and collecting statistics, managing information databases, analyzing labour market trends and extracting practical career planning information.
• Sector Council Program
  The Government of Canada's Sector Council Program works to enable partnerships that address skills and human resource issues by establishing, developing and supporting national partnerships and the capacity of partners to address both pressing and emerging skills and human resources issues.
• Trades and Apprenticeship
  The Government of Canada is working with key apprenticeship stakeholders, including provincial and territorial governments, to find solutions to ensure an adequate supply of skilled trade workers and to allow qualified, skilled Canadian workers to practice their respective trades anywhere in Canada.
  • Apprenticeship Grants
    Through the Apprenticeship Incentive Grant and the Apprenticeship Completion Grant, registered apprentices who complete their apprenticeship training and receive their journeyperson certification in a designated Red Seal trade can receive up to $4,000. These grants encourage Canadians to finish their training and launch rewarding careers in the skilled trades.
    

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Date Modified:

2011-08-30