It's Your Life - News http://tradesrock.com It's Your Life - News Shipbuilding & Repair Workforce Table - News Release, April 26, 2012 April 26, 2012 <a href="http://www.rtobc.com/Assets/RTO+Assets/News/BC+Shipbuilding+and+Repair+Workforce+Table+-+News+Release+-+April+26$!2c+2012.pdf">Click here for further details</a> Trades in Action Day April 25, 2012 <a href="http://www.rtobc.com/Assets/RTO+Assets/News/$!e2$!80$!98Trades+in+Action$!e2$!80$!99+Day+gives+Middle+School+Students+Hands+on+Trades+Workshops.pdf">Click here for more information!</a>&nbsp; RTO participates in successful Northern BC Job Fair February 26, 2012 <A href="http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fair+promotes+booming+north+with+video/6230828/story.html ">Click here for more details!</A> 2012 Northern BC Job Fair February 14, 2012 <A href="http://www.emapjobs.ca/jobfair">Click her for further details re upcoming Northern BC Job Fair in Vancouver, BC - Feb 29, 2012</A> Harper Government Creates Jobs and Growth in Shipbuilding Industry February 13, 2012 &nbsp;<A href="http://www.wd.gc.ca/eng/77_13518.asp">Click here for press release</A> Shipbuilding & Repair Workforce Table News Update - Feb, 2012 February 6, 2012 <a href="http://campaigns.gocrocodile.com/t/ViewEmail/j/137D9BB15EB98AD2">CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST NEWS UPDATE ON THE SHIPBUILDING &amp; REPAIR INDUSTRY</a> Take the RTO Tradeswomen Survey & Win $200 Visa Card! January 26, 2012 Are you a tradesperson or female apprentice working in the resource sector? Take the brief survey and you could a $200 RBC Visa Gift Card. <A href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BK5M3GX">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</A> Information gathered will be used to develop a website to support tradeswomen in BC. Industry Training News - ITA December 16, 2011 For the latest Industry Training News check out ITA’s Quarterly Newsletter and Monthly News Digest <A href="http://www.itabc.ca/Page867.aspx">click here</A> BC Shipbuilding Group Ahead of the Skills Shortage Wave October 28, 2011 <A href="http://www.rtobc.com/Assets/RTO+Assets/News/BC+Shipbuilding+Group+Ahead+of+the+Skills+Shortage+Wave.pdf">CLICK HERE for MEDIA RELEASE</A> Seaspan News Releases October 21, 2011 <A href="http://www.seaspan.com/vanship/">CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION</A> Results of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy October 19, 2011 <A href="http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?mthd=tp&amp;crtr.page=1&amp;nid=629989">Click here for further information</A> BC Faces Big Challenges to Prepare Workers Who Will Build The Future - Vancouver Sun Article October 15, 2011 <A href="http://www.vancouversun.com/business/faces%20challenges%20prepare%20workers%20will%20build%20future/5555547/story.html">Click Here for Further Information</A> RTO Launches Apprentice BC site - Connecting Out of Work Apprentices with Employers October 10, 2011 <A href="http://apprenticebc.ca">Click here for website</A> BC Targets Innovation, Job Creation & Training September 21, 2011 <A href="http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2011/09/bc-targets-innovation-job-creation-and-training.html">FURTHER DETAILS HERE</A> Drive the Trades 1st Annual RTO/TRU School of Trades & Technology Golf Tournament - September 23, 2011 August 16, 2011 <A href="http://www.rtobc.com/About_the_RTO/Events/Drive_the_Trades_1st_Annual_RTO_TRU_School_of_Trades___Technology_Golf_Tournament_-_September_23__2011.htm">CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER DETAILS</A> RTO Apprenticeship Toolkit Site Launched August 9, 2011 <A href="www.apprenticeshiptoolkit.ca">Check out RTO's new Apprenticeship Toolkit Site: A Guide for Navigating the BC Apprenticeship System:</A> &nbsp; BC Stimulates Marine Training July 8, 2011 <A href="http://www.hrwire.ca/index.php?section_copy_id=1559&amp;section_id=5624">CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER DETAILS</A> RTO attends ITA National Aboriginal Awareness Day Event June 21, 2011 <A href="http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2011/06/21/18316691.html">CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION</A> BC Looks at Training to Support Shipbuilding Bid June 18, 2011 <A href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/looks+training+support+shipbuilding/4969225/story.html">Click here for further information</A> BC Skills Competition Results - 20 Medals Breaks 2009 Record of 18 June 13, 2011 <A href="http://www.skillscanada.bc.ca/">Click here for further information:</A> Cranbrook YES2IT Trades Exploration Day May 24, 2011 May 24 &amp; 25, 2011 Hosted by College of the Rockies in Cranbrook, BC. RTO will participate in an interactive hands on trades day for high school students. This has been a highly successful, ongoing event where students get to try out different trades, participate in skills competitions, and learn about career options in the trades. Trail Daily Times Article - Teck & RTO Host Successful Youth Event April 29, 2011 &nbsp; <A href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/traildailytimes/business/119421044.html?mobile=true">CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE</A> Teck Opens Its Doors to Area Students April 6, 2011 <A href="http://www.bclocalnews.com/kootenay_rockies/traildailytimes/business/119421044.html#">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</A> &nbsp; &nbsp; RTO Press Release - Teck Trades in Action Day Gives Students Hands on Exposure to Trades Careers March 24, 2011 <A href="http://www.rtobc.com/Assets/RTO+Assets/News/Teck+Trades+in+Action+Day+Gives+Students+Hands+on+Exposure+to+Trades+Careers.pdf">CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS</A> RTO Winter Newsletter Update, Dec, 2010 December 22, 2010 <A href="http://tradesrock.com/newsletter/Dec15.1-10.htm">CLICK HERE FOR FURTHER DETAILS</A> Immediate Opportunity for Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians to Receive Red Seal Certification through New Alternative Challenge Process November 26, 2010 Immediate Opportunity for Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians to Receive Red Seal Certification through New Alternative Challenge ProcessAre you a skilled heavy duty mechanic who has never received your C of Q? &nbsp;Or do you have someone working for you that meets this description?&nbsp;If you or your employee would like a chance to earn Red Seal trade certification without sitting the traditional written exam, we want to hear from you.&nbsp;The Industry Training Authority (ITA) and the Transportation Career Development Association (transCDA) are offering experienced heavy duty equipment technicians the opportunity to earn their Red Seal Certificate of Qualification through new, alternative methods of assessment.&nbsp; RTO Press Release Nov 22, 2010 - RTO Recognized As Climate Smart Business 2010 November 22, 2010 <A href="http://www.rtobc.com/Assets/RTO+Assets/News/RTO+Press+Release+Nov+22$!2c+2010+-+RTO+Recognized+as+Climate+Smart+Business+2010.pdf">CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS</A> Industry Training Authority Calls for Action to Remedy Skills Shortage Caused by Downturn July 21, 2010 <A href="http://www.itabc.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=1656">Click</A>&nbsp;here&nbsp;for press release and further details. First Time Industrial Electrician/Industrial Instrumentation Mechanic Foundation Program offered at TRU. May 5, 2010 <A href="http://www.tru.ca/trades/foundation/im.html">CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS</A> 2010 BC Skills Competitions April 21, 2010 Come join the RTO at the 2010 BC Skills Competitions at the Abbotsford Tradex. <A href="http://www.skillscanada.bc.ca/">Click here for more information</A> New Gold will soon need another 100 employees for copper-gold mine March 31, 2010 MABC Daily News - New Gold will soon need another 100 employees for copper-gold mine &nbsp;<A href="http://content.enewslettersonline.com/11715/35000.html">CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY</A> Youth Encouraged to Explore Careers in Skilled Trades & Technology March 30, 2010 Skills Canada BC will receive $98,929 through the Government of Canada's Youth Awareness program to organize and promote the 2010 BC Skills Competition. &nbsp; RTO Press Release: Wind Energy Apprenticeship Planned for BC March 23, 2010 <A href="http://www.rtobc.com/AssetFactory.aspx?did=1555">CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY</A> &nbsp; Press Release - Trades in Action Day Gives Middle School Students Hands on Exposure, October 19, 2009, October 20, 2009 <A href="http://www.rtobc.com/AssetFactory.aspx?did=1342">CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY</A> &nbsp; Press Release: INDUSTRY TRAINING PLAN AIMED AT MEETING GROWTH DEVEOPED BY BC'S SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIR INDUSTRY, September 28, 2009 September 28, 2009 <A href="http://www.rtobc.com/AssetFactory.aspx?did=1252">CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY</A> &nbsp;