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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

May 28th, 2009 1:00 - 3:00

Pond Mills Branch Library

1166 Commissioners Road East, London, ON

Details:

Job Connect Partners from Fanshawe College, Youth
Opportunities Unlimited, Association canadiennefrançaise
de l’Ontario (ACFO) and London Employment
Help Centre (LEHC) along with representatives
from the Local Apprenticeship Office and the Ontario
Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) will all be on
hand to answer questions and offer assistance to anyone
interested in learning more about apprenticeships

Did you know?
• There are over 150 different
apprenticeships in Ontario?
• Students can start an apprenticeship
while in High School?
• There could be assistance available
to help you find employers?
Come and learn more!

For more information call:  (519) 432-1220

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