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Skills Ontario looks forward to working with Skilled Trades Ontario

Skills Ontario supports and looks forward to working with Skilled Trades Ontario to assist with its goals to simplify the system for skilled professionals, encourage employer participation, and break the stigmas that surround the skilled trades.


Installing into ICF

As you read this, thousands of insulated concrete form buildings are going up across Canada, in addition to many detached residential homes, garages and barns. This type of construction is now gaining significant momentum for the first time since its arrival in Canada in the early 1950s.


Vaccines and the law

Encouraging or requiring employees to get vaccinated – or refraining from doing so – remains a fraught issue across the country. Last fall, lawyers Lisa Stiver and Kristin Kersey presented a webinar on behalf of the Winnipeg Construction Association offering valuable advice on how employers in the construction industry should approach the issue of COVID vaccination in their workplace and on jobsites. Here are some highlight points.


Ten attributes of successful supervisors

When asked about the toughest part of a job, there is one answer that stands above the rest: dealing with people. Employees often get frustrated or annoyed with their job because of the people around them. These interpersonal problems can lead to the downfall of the hierarchal system within a company.
 
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Glass Talk

Glass Talk Episode #32: Trading Up – Monte McNaughton, Ontario Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development

Monte McNaughton joins Glass Talk to explain the new agency, Skilled Trades Ontario, which replaces the Ontario College of Trades as the skilled trades regulator in the province. McNaughton explains his the reason for the change and the direction the new organization will take in trying to smooth the path for apprentices to move through the system, and in trying to attract new workers to the trades. Following McNaughton’s interview, a panel of industry voices joins the podcast to discuss his comments: Ian Howcroft, president of Skills Ontatio, Angelo Cairo, president of Stouffville Glass and Brett Lucier, president of Provincial Glass. » Listen now...
 
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Curtain Wall Fabricator

Matrex Window System Inc. is currently looking to add a full-time Curtain Wall Fabricator to our growing team. If you have a strong attention to detail and can work in a dynamic environment, then the Curtain Wall Fabricator position is perfect for you! Our company offers an inclusive and collaborative atmosphere to help foster teamwork and growth within the company. » Learn more...

Estimator - Window Wall/Curtain Wall

Matrex Window System Inc. is currently looking to add a full-time Estimator to our growing team. If you have a strong attention to detail and can work in a dynamic environment, then the Estimator position is perfect for you! Our company offers an inclusive and collaborative atmosphere to help foster teamwork and growth within the company. » Learn more...

Industrial Mechanic / Millwright

We are located in Petersburg, Ontario and we’re looking for a SITE MECHANIC / MILLWRIGHT to perform the maintenance and repairs of our equipment (containers, hoists, hydraulic systems, welding) on the sites of our client-suppliers in Ontario. » Learn more...
 
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FGIA Hybrid Annual Conference

Date: February 28 - March 03, 2022 » Learn More

Top Glass

Date: April 20, 2022 » Learn More

AVFQ Annual Conference

Date: April 21 - April 22, 2022 » Learn More