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Employment Skills Access Program

Unemployed?

Employed with no recognized certification or university degree-level education?

The Employment Skills Access Program offers you a more secure future.

The Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development is funding a second year of the Employment Skills Access (ESA) program, under the Canada/ British Columbia Labour Market Agreement.

This ESA program is designed to provide eligible individuals with the opportunity to access training in local public post-secondary institutions to prepare them for employment or further education.

  • We offer training programs that are specifically selected to help you gain or improve employment.
  • We will also assist you to achieve success by developing an Action Plan that is designed just for you.
  • Get a leg-up on the competition by enrolling in the Employment Skills Access Program today!

Purpose of the ESA Program

ESA is a provincially-funded program designed to:

  • Provide access to skills training for unemployed, non-Employment Insurance clients, as well as for employed individuals without any recognized certification or university degree-level education, to assist them to meet the demands and shortages in the labour market.
  • Build career paths for eligible individuals as noted above, to assist them in their long-term attachment to the labour market.
  • Strengthen community, social and economic development by addressing skills shortages to meet local labour market needs.

Upcoming Programs

Professional Oilfield Driver & Airbrakes Dawson Creek April - June
Professional Oilfield Driver & Airbrakes Ft. St. John June - July and Nov - Dec
Professional Oilfield Driver & Airbrakes Fort Nelson July - Sept
Professional Oilfield Driver & Airbrakes Chetwynd Sept. - Nov

Industry Field Medic Dawson Creek March – April
Industry Field Medic Fort Nelson April – May
Industry Field Medic Chetwynd May - June

Essential Office Skills Dawson Creek March – May
Essential Office Skills Chetwynd May - July

Professional Office Skills Tumbler Ridge April 23 - May 25
Professional Office Skills Tumbler Ridge June 4 - July 6
Mining Fundamentals Tumbler Ridge April 25 - July 6
Mining Fundamentals Tumbler Ridge July 4 - Sept 21
Mining Fundamentals Chetwynd April - June
Mining Fundamentals Chetwynd July - Sept

Health Care Assistant Dease Lake Feb - Aug

The Industry Field Medic program is a 4-week program and the Essential Office Skills program is 7 weeks long with 12 tuition free seats available for each program to qualifying students only.

For details, contact Lisa Watson at 250-787-6238, or email esaprogram@nlc.bc.ca.

Program End Date: August 31, 2012