The Ontario Apprenticeship Program has been quite a success for the management, apprentices and all others associated with London Mack Performance Hino of London.Led my the successful and business savvy Dave Galadja,     the quality of technicians turned out is at the top of its class. 

Dave started in a management role in 1989, and has been dealing hand in hand with the Ministry of training colleges and apprenticeships ever since. Mr Galadja has made remarks that the quality of the technicians leaving the college and entering the workforce are properly adapted to the ever-advancing technology of todays Heavy trucks; this is thanks to the readily evolving Curriculum of Fanshawe College.

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Fanshawe College will be training more apprentices to meet local demand for workers in the London area.

Ontario is providing $800,000 over the next three years for Fanshawe College to train agricultural equipment technicians, truck and coach technicians, heavy duty equipment technicians, industrial mechanic millwrights, industrial electricians and construction and maintenance electricians.

Through the Apprenticeship Enhancement Fund, the College will invest in simulation software and accompanying training stations to teach electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic principles to various trades so that training will keep pace with technological changes. The fund will also help the College train more apprentices.

"Fanshawe College provides opportunities in fields where demand for workers is very high, especially in the skilled trades. We are a leader in apprenticeship training and continue to work with our governments, faculty and community partners to match the skills of our students to the needs of industry," said Rod Cameron, Dean, Faculty of Technology.

These upgrades are part of the $2-billion

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Joseph Conlon – Electrical Apprentice with Pro Electric

Former OYAP Student and Fanshawe College Job Connect Client

Speech given at the2008 Apprenticeship Network Employer Recognition Awards

It’s truly an honour to share my story with all of you tonight.  (As you all now know) my name is Joe Conlon a fourth term apprentice currently employed at Pro Electric.  I am 21 years old and will soon be returning here to Fanshawe for my advanced level schooling. I hope that maybe I can give some insight on apprenticeships and maybe convince some young minds that an apprenticeship is very rewarding. Apprenticeships are a career path that should be considered.

So let’s start as a young man in high school on my way into grade 12. Like many people that age I still had no idea of what to do with my life.  I enjoyed math and French but most of all my tech classes. Although I hadn’t really had much experience in the workplace or any way of gaining any, my teachers at Catholic Central could see that I tackled

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