Work Preparation Centre
We want people to feel equipped and ready to confidently enter the workplace. Sometimes it’s a matter of getting them the right tools and that’s what we do at the work prep centre.
Cowessess Treaty
Land Entitlement Office
Quick Facts:
We provide clients with the following services
- Skills development
- Job readiness
- Career Assessments
- Apprenticeships
Current Initiatives:
- Office Administration – students are doing their classes online
- Community Helpers Program – physical distancing – working with the Golf Course, health department and other areas
- Income Support Applications – physical distancing through phone calls and emails
- Labour Force Development – Still working with clients who need help with new jobs (tools, PPE), summer student program
Working Towards:
- Life Skills
- Driver’s License Program
- Security Training – Online – process still to be outlined by SITAG
- Fire Fighting Training
- Working with most of the First Nations departments with the community helpers program
- Working with human resource starting Summer student program
Contact:
Barry Sparvier
Director of Employment
Email: barry.sparvier@cowessessfn.com
Phone: (639) 205-7082