Training subsidy available for power companies

Ottawa: The Electricity Sector Council is offering energy related companies a subsidy up to $10,000 for each new technician, technologist and engineer they hire or contract through the Career Focus Initiative program. To qualify for the subsidy, host companies/employers must:

• Be a small to medium energy related business (under 2,300 employees)

• Guarantee a minimum of 30 hours of work per week in a full-time position

• Provide $2 in wages for every $1 of wage subsidy received (a maximum of $10,000.00 per participant available)

• Have nepotism policy in place

• Have the employer wage subsidy contract in place before the participant starts work.

            For a participant hire to qualify they must:

• Have graduated as a technician, technologist or engineer

• Be between the ages of 15 and 30

• Be a new hire or contract (not an existing employee) and

• Be a Canadian citizen or have landed immigrant status.

            For further information, inquire with Leigh-Anne Donovan, Career Focus Initiative, Project Coordinator, Electricity Sector Council, 130 Slater Street, Suite 600, Ottawa, ON K1P 6E2,  (613) 235-5540 x 237, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.