Ontario Construction News staff writer
The federal government has announced more than $3 million in funding for the Ontario Masonry Training Centre.
The project will develop a guide for the Red Seal bricklayer trade to create and implement a green training program, the department of Employment and Social Development said in a statement.
It said the training will help bricklayers learn modern, sustainable practices and gain the skills needed to refresh and adjust existing masonry buildings.
This project is funded by the Union Training and Innovation Program’s Sustainable Jobs stream under the government’s Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy, which also complements investments in the Sustainable Jobs Training Fund that helps workers upgrade and gain new skills.
The Liberal government’s recent budget proposed a $75 million expansion of the Union Training and Innovation Program over three years, which the statement says will boost union-based apprenticeship training in the nationally recognized Red Seal skilled trades standards.
