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The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum-Forum canadien sur l'apprentissage (CAF-FCA) has launched the CAF-FCA Employer Toolkit, designed to provide employers with tips on how to recruit and retain apprentices. The interactive web-based Employer Toolkit is aimed at employers who are interested in learning more about apprenticeship training.
The toolkit includes:
"This toolkit should prove to be most helpful for all apprentice employers, particularly potential employers," said Terry Burton, Chair of the Workforce Development Committee, Construction Owners Association of Alberta. "I'm very pleased to see that the CAF-FCA is once again showing leadership and vision by championing this initiative. This tool will certainly help to convey the message and understanding that apprentices are essential to our industries', provinces' and country's future success."
The CAF-FCA Employer Toolkit can be found at www.apprenticeshippays.com/english/workshop.html.
The toolkit includes:
- Information on why it pays to hire an apprentice;
- An online forum where employers can chat with one another and get answers to their questions;
- Learn directly from other employers' experiences; and
- A comprehensive list of all the available supports for employers who hire apprentices that is searchable by province or territory.
"This toolkit should prove to be most helpful for all apprentice employers, particularly potential employers," said Terry Burton, Chair of the Workforce Development Committee, Construction Owners Association of Alberta. "I'm very pleased to see that the CAF-FCA is once again showing leadership and vision by championing this initiative. This tool will certainly help to convey the message and understanding that apprentices are essential to our industries', provinces' and country's future success."
The CAF-FCA Employer Toolkit can be found at www.apprenticeshippays.com/english/workshop.html.
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Essar Steel Algoma Inc. in Sault Ste Marie, Ont., was fined $300,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) that caused a worker's death. The company was fined another $25,000 for a different OHSA violation after a worker was injured in a separate incident.
On July 31, 2008, at the company's steel mill in Sault Ste Marie, a worker was doing routine maintenance on a truck. As the worker was checking the battery, it exploded, splattering liquid in the worker's face. The worker attempted to use the emergency eyewash fountain, but it was not working.
Essar Steel Algoma Inc. pleaded guilty to failing to maintain an eyewash fountain and deluge shower in good condition and was fined the $25,000.
In a separate incident at the mill on October 30, 2008, three workers were doing a pre-start check on a conveyor system used to pile rocks. The maintenance team believed the system was empty, but toward the end of the check material appeared on the conveyor above one of the workers. The material, weighing over 125 kilograms, fell onto the worker, killing him.
Essar Steel Algoma Inc. pleaded guilty to failing to ensure appropriate overhead guarding was in place to prevent falling material from injuring a worker.
The fines were imposed by Justice of the Peace Patricia Tennant. In addition to the fines, the court imposed a 25-percent victim fine surcharge, as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.
On July 31, 2008, at the company's steel mill in Sault Ste Marie, a worker was doing routine maintenance on a truck. As the worker was checking the battery, it exploded, splattering liquid in the worker's face. The worker attempted to use the emergency eyewash fountain, but it was not working.
Essar Steel Algoma Inc. pleaded guilty to failing to maintain an eyewash fountain and deluge shower in good condition and was fined the $25,000.
In a separate incident at the mill on October 30, 2008, three workers were doing a pre-start check on a conveyor system used to pile rocks. The maintenance team believed the system was empty, but toward the end of the check material appeared on the conveyor above one of the workers. The material, weighing over 125 kilograms, fell onto the worker, killing him.
Essar Steel Algoma Inc. pleaded guilty to failing to ensure appropriate overhead guarding was in place to prevent falling material from injuring a worker.
The fines were imposed by Justice of the Peace Patricia Tennant. In addition to the fines, the court imposed a 25-percent victim fine surcharge, as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.
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Led by variable speed drives in Canada, sales of power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) products by U.S. and Canadian manufacturers grew in August, after a decline in July. U.S. sales were up 7.6 percent and Canadian manufacturers’ sales were up 2.6 percent, according to sales data released by the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) in its Market Outlook Report.
In the U.S., year-to-date sales are up 10.2 percent over the same period in 2009. In Canada, sales are 12.0 percent ahead of 2009.
After three months at the neutral position of 5.0, confidence in the market by U.S. manufacturers dropped to 4.8 on a scale of 1 (very pessimistic) to 10 (outstanding). Canadian manufacturers’ confidence rose to 5.2, back from a drop to 4.9 in July.
Month-to-month sales for product categories between July 2010 and August 2010 for Canadian manufacturers are reported below.
Canadian Manufacturer Percent Change in Product Sales
(July 2010 vs. August 2010)
Led by variable speed drives in Canada, sales of power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) products by U.S. and Canadian manufacturers grew in August, after a decline in July. U.S. sales were up 7.6 percent and Canadian manufacturers’ sales were up 2.6 percent, according to sales data released by the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) in its Market Outlook Report.In the U.S., year-to-date sales are up 10.2 percent over the same period in 2009. In Canada, sales are 12.0 percent ahead of 2009.
After three months at the neutral position of 5.0, confidence in the market by U.S. manufacturers dropped to 4.8 on a scale of 1 (very pessimistic) to 10 (outstanding). Canadian manufacturers’ confidence rose to 5.2, back from a drop to 4.9 in July.
Month-to-month sales for product categories between July 2010 and August 2010 for Canadian manufacturers are reported below.
Canadian Manufacturer Percent Change in Product Sales
(July 2010 vs. August 2010)
| Product | Percent Change |
| Positioning Systems/Linear Motion Products | –46.4% |
| Shaft Couplings | –32.3% |
