Sibi Employment and Training Essential Skill Program or Initiative Elements 1. Title of Initiative 2. Delivery Organization (Name) Sector Not for Profit First Nations, Métis, Inuit ☐ Business ☐ Other (specify) 3. Contact Details 4. Website or Other Information Source 5. Funder(s) Amount of funding 6. Other Partners involved Partner name Moose Cree First Nation Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Building Trade Unions (BTU) Kiewit-Alarie, A Partnership Description Sibi Employment and Training Sibi Employment and Training Kim Radbourne Moose Cree First Nations (MCFN) Employment Coordinator - LMRP 705-658-2117 [email protected] Not currently Initial funding: Aboriginal skills and employment partnership MTCU – Ministry of Provincial Colleges and Universities Ongoing funding: Corporate funding $4.5 million (first 2 years of pilot funding) Role Partner with OPG for the Lower Mattagami project, Sibi Board member, Sibi Executive Director/ Lower Mattagami Employment & Training Coordinator, support staff Partner with Moose Cree First Nation and board member on Sibi, holds agreements with Taykwa Tagamou Nation (TTN), Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) and Building Trade Unions (BTUs), and a contract with Kiewit-Alarie Represent trade positions on Lower Mattagami project, cooperate in preferential placements and registration of new members Board member on Sibi, Responsibilities Program coordination and oversight, program delivery, clients supports Program coordination and oversight Interviews and testing and pretraining for designating apprenticeship levels Identifies employment opportunities First Nations, Inuit and Métis Essential Skills Applications Inventory 1 Essential Skill Program or Initiative Elements Employer Sodexo Employer Advance Security Employer Mushkegowuk Employment and Training Detour Gold Steering Committee Inlink Taykwa Tagamou Nation (TTN) Funding Agency Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO)– Timmins Office Board member on Sibi Employer Board member on Sibi, client support staff 7. Third Party Contractors involved Name Role Northern College Pre-training/ Readiness program Office Skills Carpentry Trade school (levels 1, 2) Electrical Trade school College Boreal Warehouse Training Quality Assurance (American Concrete Institute) Niska Cement Truck G1 Licensing Heavy Equipment Refresher Various Health & Safety Operating Engineers Training Haul Truck Institute Heavy Equipment AZ program Mobile Crane Level 1 Tower Crane Level 1 Infrastructure Health and Various courses to qualify a Safety Certified Health and Safety Description on project and assists to maximize targeted training-to-employment program, provides on-site training Program coordination and oversight Provides feedback in regards to pretraining curriculum Hire clients through the program Cooperates for advanced skills training for underemployed workers Provides feedback in regards to pretraining curriculum Hire clients through the program Asset holder, flow-through body for the region Coordinate programming in common areas Hire clients through the program Employment coordinators referring clients to Sibi Program coordination and oversight Employment coordinators referring clients to Sibi Program coordination and oversight Responsibilities Created training program for individual. First Nations, Inuit and Métis Essential Skills Applications Inventory 2 Essential Skill Program or Initiative Elements Description Officer Ironworkers Union Pre-training and Reinforcing Rodbuster Level 1 Carpenters Union Interviewing, testing and onsite formwork program Sault College Ironworkers Structure level 1 and 2 Plumber level 1 United Association of Interviewing, testing, Plumbers &Pipefitters apprentice registration Millwrights Interviewing, testing, apprentice registration Labourers International Interviewing, testing, Union apprentice registration, safety training 8. Location (Name of city, community, etc.) Moose Factory Urban 9. Location Type Rural Fly-in (accessible only by air) First Nations, Métis, Inuit community ☐ Prison ☐ Other: Scope of Program ☐ National ☐ Provincial/territorial Local ☐ Special interest group (in-house program) 10. Target Audience Age ☐ Youth (15-25) Adult Other (specify): Adult 18+ Male Gender Female ☐ Other (Specify): First Nations Group ☐ Inuit Métis 11. Participant Eligibility Criteria: Identified EA First Nation community member Adult: age 18+ 12. Year Program/Initiative Started November 2009 13. Year Program/Initiative Ended Ongoing Why did the program end? 14. Description of Initiative Sibi provides job counseling, work readiness, academic upgrading/Literacy/Essential Skills, Overview training-to-employment, work placement, work transitioning, skills advancement and apprentice First Nations, Inuit and Métis Essential Skills Applications Inventory 3 Essential Skill Program or Initiative Elements 15. 16. 17. 18. Topics covered Duration of program (# of sessions) length of each session Number of times offered per year Number of participants per intake Completion rate (%) Which Essential Skills are covered (check all that are covered) Description coordination services to FN and Métis persons in the Lower Moose River Basin area (northeastern Ontario). Sibi provides preferential hiring services for the Lower Mattagami project as well as a general service link to other programs, services and employment opportunities within its region. Example pathways that Sibi clients who are unemployed or underemployed can follow are outlined below: 1. Individual with required experience & certification Direct to job & union applications 2. Individual with experience but no formal certification, or lacking some certification Training to acquire certification(s) 3. Individual with training but limited/no experience Work placement 4. Individuals who have an avid interest, commitment and aptitude to pursue a trade but have neither the training, certification or experience Assessment, skills training, academic upgrading, job readiness Work readiness: Goal setting Self-awareness Work ethics Training to employment programs Apprenticeship support Workplace literacy for local businesses Ongoing – not applicable Ongoing – not applicable Continuous intake Continuous intake 75% Reading Text Document Use Numeracy Writing Oral Communication Working with Others Thinking Skills Computer Use Continuous Learning First Nations, Inuit and Métis Essential Skills Applications Inventory 4 Essential Skill Program or Initiative Elements 19. Main Objectives 20. Does the program include special emphasis on: (check all that apply) 21. Type of Intervention: (Check more than one if applicable) 22. Type of delivery approach: (check all that apply) 23. Staff/Practitioner Training and Background 24. Tools and Resources Used to Implement program (e.g., assessment tools, video tapes of practice, etc.) Description Maximize employment at the Lower Mattagami Project Apprenticeship completion across the trades Culture Language Tradition Awareness Building Assessment of skills Development of Learning Plan Training or Skill Development ☐ Tool Development ☐ Other: ☐ Lecture Seminar, discussion Personal reflection-awareness training Project/Theme Based Skill practice by participants in sessions Skill practice by participants in work place Interview/consultation with stakeholders ☐ Other: Literacy instructor – 10+ years’ experience Trained in Guiding Circles instruction Training with Ontario Native Literacy Coalition Background in teaching/education Outgoing, comfortable talking with people (counsellor) Guiding Circles, Gift of Self Esteem, specifically developed training-to-employment programs for non-apprenticeship positions Assessment Entry-Level Apprenticeship Aptitude Sample Test to illustrate the types of core skills necessary for success in the academic portions of trades training includes links to additional self-testing resources http://www.tradesbc.org/toolkit/aptitude.ht m Essential Skills for Ontario’s Tradespeople research Essential Skills for 53 Red Seal trades. Take online assessments to see how your skills measure up and build your skills with customized learning plans using free online materials http://www.csc.essentialskillsgroup.com Trades and Apprenticeship Exam Bank offers trade-specific sample exams there is a First Nations, Inuit and Métis Essential Skills Applications Inventory 5 Essential Skill Program or Initiative Elements Description subscription fee http://trades.exambank.com/index.html Training Delivery Resources Trades Essentials: More skills… More opportunities Essential Skills Manuals The Trade Essentials program was designed to help clients improve their Essential Skills so they are better prepared to advance in their chosen career. The goal is to provide a seamless learning path to trades certification. These manuals include a guide for assessing existing Essential Skills; curriculum framework and guidelines; and a guide for the Essential Skills curriculum instructor. The focus is on one of the following 13 trades. The authors have also included information about adult learning and trades education in general. Carpenter - http://library.nald.ca/item/9414 Welder Trade Essentials http://library.nald.ca/item/8930 SkillPlan: List of Publications resources available include Essential Skills lessons, guides to developing lesson plans, trade-specific information, and more http://www.skillplan.ca/tools-andpublications 25. Difficulties or Barriers encountered Coordination of service delivery in the region 26. Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanisms. Please provide details on how you assess the following: Annual planning and review, annual audit and report Achieving general program goals Support workers report Tracking program adherence by participants Case Management by Accountability Resource Tracking program adherence by Staff Management database By training program. Licensing, employer Assessing participant skill attainment evaluation, demonstration of skills through interviewing and assessment. Employer evaluations/feedback of trainees upon Assessing participant knowledge hire. Was the curriculum in training to employment acquisition program relevant? Life skills program evaluation, follow up surveys. Assessing changes in participant attitudes Traditional counselling onsite retention program. Program Impact including key results First Nations, Inuit and Métis Essential Skills Applications Inventory 6 Essential Skill Program or Initiative Elements or outcomes 27. Lesson Learned 28. Reporting (what and to whom) Description Continuous assessment and improvement. Evaluations by training program and follow-ups upon terminations. Lack of LBS referral organizations in area therefore Sibi provides Essential Skills curriculum throughout programming. Initial intake, trade school preparedness, workplace training for skills advancement once employed. Reports to Sibi Employment and Training Board Financial reports Statistics o # of clients o Graduation rates o # of people seeking employment o # of placements Weekly meetings with Kiewit-Alarie to discuss who is coming into the system and who is employed with the contractor and what supports or additional training they may need to be successful. First Nations, Inuit and Métis Essential Skills Applications Inventory 7
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