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The
Grand River Employment and Training Summer Student Office is once again
gearing up for the crunch of students looking for summer work. Young
Six Nations Band Members can come in and get assistance with their job
search at the Student Office which has been in operation for over a
dozen years. There are a variety of programs that offer a wide range
of employment opportunities for students, depending on their age.
Patty Davis
is the Student Coordinator for the Summer
Student Office. She explains there
are several benefits for young people who have a summer job, such as
promoting strong work habits, building self-esteem,
earning spending money, and keeping busy. There are many routes a young
person can take in finding summer employment. Some part-time jobs may
carry into the next school year.
The Summer
Career Placement is one program offered through the Student Office at
GREAT. It is for students 16 and older (there is
no cut off age) and is geared to
post secondary students. The employer pays a portion of the hourly wage
for the student and receives a wage subsidy to round out the rest of
the pay. Non-profit employers can receive up to $7.15 per/hour while
for profit businesses are subsidized up to $4.00 per/ hour.
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Brandi
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similar program is the Summer Employment Opportunities Program. The
age limit for this program is 16-30 years old. To date, there are 120
employers, most on reserve, registered with the Summer Student Office
and taking part in various programs.
Another program
is the Summer Job Service (SJS) at GREAT, which is part of the provincial
JOB CONNECT Program. This is for students aged 15 - 24 years old, and
also offers a wage subsidy for employers from $2.00 - $4.00 per/hour.
Part time jobs are also posted at the student office for the Brantford
area.
GREAT's Summer
Student Office even offers help for students under the age of 15. "This
is an age group, the 13 and 14 year olds, who often want to work, but
are simply too young to be hired anywhere," Patty explains. Younger
students can come in and check out the "Odd Job Squad". Employers
and private individuals call the GREAT office when they need someone
for a short term job, such as yard work, babysitting and housecleaning,
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Not
only does the OGWEHOWEH Skills and Trades Training Centre (OSTTC)
offer welding, gas fitter instruction, landscaping, construction
and automotive trades training, in September 2004 in partnership
with Willis College, the Centre is offering TEKNOWAVE.
TEKNOWAVE,
Canada's national Aboriginal Technology Training Program is a one
year program where graduates can expect to receive: Ministry of
Education approved IT (information technology) College Diploma,
IT (information technology) Industry Internationally recognized
certification, university level management certificate, university
degree credits and life long learning. The TEKNOWAVE program includes
graphic and Web design as well as networking engineering training.
The cost for students for the one-year program is $25,000.00. The
community benefits from the program because as a key element of
the program TEKNOWAVE will include a community internship program
component which will see over $10 million in information technology
applications being developed for participating local Aboriginal
communities and charitable organizations. TEKNOWAVE has been acknowledged
as "Community Development at its best", is completely
unique and has already garnered international attention. Six Nations
applicants can apply for funding through G.R.E.A.T. and others can
apply through the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).
Recruiting
has already begun for TEKNOWAVE with eight students already registered
by the Centre. For more information about these exceptional programs
being offered, please contact Blair Martin, Trades Coordinator or
Morrison Thomas, Business and Technical Coordinator of the ONGWEHOWEH
Skills and Trades Training Centre.
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OSTTC
offers introductory training in the following:
Students
will also receive introductory training in health and safety, blueprint
reading, welding symbols, welding theory and practices, and Workplace
Hazardous Material Information Systems (WHMIS). Lyle Sandy is the
welding shop trainer, and teaches a combination of theory and practical
applications. OSTTC has state-of-the-art Miller© welding machines
and Miller© wire feed machines.
Blair
Martin is the Training Coordinator at OSTTC, and a welder by trade
and says welders should be prepared for different kinds of work environments,
depending on whether they are doing structural or fabrication work.
Blair adds that the high wages make it worthwhile. Blair says a facility
like OSTTC is important because Six Nations students don't have to
go off reserve to receive such quality training, which means more
economic development and keeps the dollars on reserve. And, he adds,
it's good to
have our own people doing the training.
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The
G.R.E.A.T. Opportunity Centre Ongwehoweh Skills and Trades Training
Centre is offering the following Courses for the 2004/2005 year
WELDING
(Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
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May 10, 2004 - July 2, 2004 (full)
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July
12, 2004- September 3, 2004 - (full)
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September
13, 2004 - November 5, 2004 - (full)
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November
15, 2004 - January 21, 2005
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January
31, 2005 - March 25, 2005
PART
TIME WELDER TRAIINING (Mondays & Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.)
is also available via NIGHT CLASSSES
FULL-DAY
PROGRAMS (Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
GAS FITTERS COURSE
- May 25, 2004 - December 17, 2004
AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING - September
6, 2004 - March 25, 2005
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