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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Canadian Citizen, PR or Protected Refugee (with court's decision), and

• Legally entitled to work in Canada, and

• Unemployed or Precariously Employed, and

• Have 4-5 years or 9000 hours of work experience in Trade(Electrician/Plumber or Carpenter)

• Referred by a WorkBC Centre with an Action Plan, and

• Currently receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits or

• Reachback, have had an EI Benefit within the previous 60 months, or

• Have earned more than $2,000 in insurable earnings and have paid Employee EI premiums on those earnings in at least 5 of the last 10 years (Note: the 5 years do not have to be consecutive years) or

• BCEA PWD status, or

• BCEA Income Assistance Recipient

BENEFITS:

• Free training funded by the government

• $300 per week living allowance (administered by WorkBC)

• Personal Protective Equipment provided

• Employability and Skills for Success (Essential Skills) Training

• Unpaid Work Experience Placement (4 weeks)

• Follow up and job search support

Training information-

This training is 15 weeks long which includes:

• 1 week of Red Seal Occupational Standard (RSOS),

• Language and essential skills,

• 8 weeks of RED SEAL upgrading training (carpentry, electrical or plumbing),

• 1 week review/write Inter-Provincial Red Seal Exam,

• 4 weeks of work experience with employers, and

• 1 week of job search and placement support follow-up.

Certificates-

Students will receive these certificates after the training-

• RED SEAL Certificate (examination required)

• Occupational First Aid Level 1

• Workplace Safety

• WHMIS

• Confined Spaces

• Fall Protection

• Ladder Safety

• Excavation and Shoring Safety