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:: Monday, April 19, 2004 ::
Apprenticeships improve job hunt By TONYA ZELINSKY, The Calgary Sun
The search for employment and experience can be a difficult task, but thanks to new trades programs popping up across the province, the job hunt is getting easier every day. Whether it's laying carpet, bricks or shingles, home construction is covering the bases from top to bottom.
Huge demand for skilled labour By PAUL WELLS, The Calgary Sun
Much like the province itself, job demand for skilled labour in the construction and trades vocations is booming. Over the next two decades, 40% of all new jobs will be in skilled trades and emerging occupations.
The demand for tradespeople is growing and many sectors are experiencing serious shortages.
'The opportunities for young people in the trades is very diverse,' explains Jerry Heck, vice-president of the Careers: The Next Generation program, a non-profit entity funded by both government and industry.
Alberta works itself to death By DAVID SANDS, The Calgary Sun
Work is killing Albertans at an alarming rate. 'There is a great deal of concern around this issue,' said labour minister Clint Dunford yesterday, asked about a rocketing number of workplace deaths even as the workplace injury rate plummets. 'I don't know how to explain it.'
This year, Occupational Health and Safety has opened more than a dozen investigations into workplace deaths.------------------------------------------- posted 7:00 AM :: reference link ::
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