CHATHAM: The Ontario government is investing almost $4 million through Support Ontario Youth to help up to 2,100 young people access training opportunities to become future electricians, plumbers, millwrights, automotive service technicians and horticulture technicians.
This funding will help deliver 70 one-day boot camps in communities that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic to provide youth with hands-on training, resume writing help and introductions to prospective employers in the industrial, construction, motive power and service sectors.
Details were provided by Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, and Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington.
“Minister McNaughton said: “This great project will offer over two thousand young people an opportunity to get basic skills and form valuable connections.”
From September 2021 to March, 2022, Support Youth Ontario will run “Tools in the Trades Boot Camps,” targetings:
• Grade 12 students who have an interest in the skilled trades
• People who lost their job during COVID-19 and people looking for a new career. Youth from more than 25 communities across Ontario, including Ottawa, London, Hamilton, Chatham and Sault Ste. Marie will get help. Some500 employers and industry associations and 300 education and training providers will be involved in the project.