Annual Industry Meeting February 25, 2015 Our Mission: As advocates - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Annual Industry Meeting February 25, 2015

Our Mission: As advocates and stewards, the agency, industry, and its partners will build a leading edge apprenticeship system, creating more jobs for apprenticeship, giving broader access to training and certification, and exceeding nationally recognized performance.” Strengthening Changing the Culture: Changing the Changing the Delivery: Connecting Making Certification Inclusive, Connected, Outcome: Apprentice Outcome: Employer Training and an Economic Driver Industry-Led Success Success Workplaces • Build an agency led- • Ensure training and • Develop innovative • Optimize the • Develop a system by and accountable certification approaches to suit allocation of responsive to to industry pathways are the capacity and resources across labour market stakeholders relevant, needs of employers the system and needs • Embed diversity • Develop • Promote awareness integrated, report on and inclusion in the effective, and partnerships with performance of the importance • Develop and apprenticeship available stakeholder of certification • Help potential • Pursue system organizations to promote a • Promote apprentices make increase employer comprehensive interprovincial apprenticeship and more informed engagement apprenticeship initiatives to • Educate and skilled trades career choices system enhance labour • Advocate for • Tailor support and • Focus on increasing communicate mobility and change with planning for employers’ roles diversity harmonization • Leverage • Contribute to a fair, partners, including individual needs and responsibilities the Federal and support their technology and consistent, and safe Government achievement exemplary practices work environment to enhance through an program delivery effective regulatory and connectivity regime focused on enforcement and procurement standards Our Vision: An industry-led apprenticeship system that builds and maintains a highly skilled and diverse workforce, contributing to the economic success of Nova Scotia

Values Guiding Strategic Plan • Partnership-based • Regionally and Nationally Aligned • Innovative and Strategic • Diverse and Inclusive • Flexible and Accessible • Results focused and Accountable

Big Picture Outcomes Sy System Infl nfluence Suc uccessfu ful Emplo Emp loyer Com omple letio ion Eng Engag agement La Labour Mar arket Inc nclu lusiv iveness Responsiv iveness Targets will be identified and results achieved over a 5-7 year period.

Action Plan System Influence • The system will successfully influence the full continuum of trades training and regulation, including: P-12, bridging programs, pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, post-journey training and regulation - Expand Youth Apprenticeship and Summer Employment Programs - Improve Career Decision Making and NSCC - Support Industry Training Fund and Blue Seal - Develop and Implement Trade Regulation Framework

Action Plan Employer Engagement • More employers will provide strategic direction to the system, hire more apprentices and engage more intentionally in their training - Board and Committee Leadership and Participation - Annual Industry Meeting - START program - Mentoring Resources - Procurement Initiatives - Enhanced Enforcement

Action Plan Inclusiveness • The system will successfully attract and retain more individuals from under-represented groups - Develop a Diversity Plan - Develop formal communication mechanisms - Develop outreach and bridging programs - Increase and enhance Joint Registration Agreements with First Nations and other groups - Work with employers to hire and provide welcoming workplaces

Action Plan Labour Market Responsiveness • The system will optimize and grow the resources it needs to meet labour market needs - Conduct a capacity study and develop a process for reallocating resources within the NSCC funding envelope - Develop and maintain trade profiles and other LMI for system leaders and users - Brand and market the new Agency - Continue mobility and harmonization initiatives

Action Plan Successful Completion • The system will support apprentices to complete in a timely manner, gaining the depth and breadth of skills employers need - Increase the number of NSCC pre-apprentices moving on to apprenticeship - Increase quality training pathways for apprentices - Deploy internal resources more effectively to support the apprentice/employer relationship - Improve overall technical training capacity