About Us

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About Us

Skills/Compétences Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador (S/CC - NL) is a not-for-profit organization, which works with employers, educators, labour groups and governments to reposition trade and technical careers as a first choice career option for Canadian youth. Our mandate is to look for ways to guide students toward the professional opportunities available in skilled trade and technology fields. Along with our private and public sector partners, we are helping to secure Newfoundland and Labrador's future skilled labour needs.

Our goals are:

• To provide a unique, proven, effective and efficient program to raise awareness in the current and emerging skilled trades and technology careers, by bringing young Newfoundlanders and Labradorians into a competitive spotlight.
  

• To actively lead in developing dynamic partnerships with agencies & organizations involved in promoting current and emerging skilled trades and technologies by identifying and using best practices.

A lack of information regarding the opportunities in trades and technology prohibits many young Canadians from considering a career in skilled trades. Through provincial, national and international skills competitions, S/CC - NL helps make these occupations more visible for teachers, students, parents and the general public.

The competitions are an incredible display of hands-on expertise, talent and determination which showcases the many promising futures to be found in trades and technology.

Skills Canada - NL together with our many public and private sector partners - wants youth to understand the many opportunities, benefits and rewards of skilled and technological jobs. Improving the expertise and confidence of individual pursuing technical careers will benefit us all.

MISSION

"TO PROMOTE CAREERS IN SKILLED TRADES AND TECHNOLOGIES AS FIRST CHOICE OPTIONS FOR YOUNG CANADIANS"

HOW?

COMPETITIONS: - The Main activity of Skills Canada - NL is to organize provincial, national and participation in international career competitions in skilled trades and technologies for high school, post-secondary students and apprentices.

SKILLS WORK FOR WOMEN: This program raises the level of awareness of trades and technologies among young women beginning to think about career paths.

TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARENESS: School tours and speaking opportunities aimed at increasing the awareness among youth of the many viable career options in trades and technology.