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Aboriginal Initiatives

Building an Aboriginal Labour Market for the Trucking Sector through the Application of Standardized Essential Skills Assessments

Phase I : develop and pilot a standardized/ customized assessment tool – Employment Readiness TOWES that can be used by employers and AHRDA holders to identify Aboriginal candidates' essential skills and learning needs.

Phase II of the project would be the upgrade training of essential skills for those individuals requiring it.

Phase III would be the provision of technical training and experience as truck drivers.

Partners: Aboriginal AHRDA community, ECL Group of Companies of Alberta and Denendeh Development Corporation AHRDCC’s Inclusion Network

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