ACCESS Trades - Program: Welding C Level
Start October 18, 2010 - June 17 2011
Welding level C is an 8 month program which includes one month of Essential Skills upgrading. Applicants must have a minimum grade 10 education, be under skilled and/or underemployed, and/or not eligible for Employment Insurance benefits. click hereACCESS - Urban Spirit Newsletter - May 2010
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ACCESS Trades - Carpenter Level II Apprenticeship program May 25 – July 16 2010
Location BCIT. Must have successfully completed Level I and have 1000 hours of work base training. For more info click here...Employment Assistance Services - Vancouver Police Department is looking for applicants for the 2010 summer Aboriginal Cadet Program. This program is sponsored in part by ACCESS.Deadline: Friday, April 9, 2010 For more info...
ACCESS Trades - The start date for the 23 week Sheet Metal Program has been changed to April 19 2010. There are a few seats available. This program is in partnership with BCIT Industry Services March 22 to August 27 2010. For more info...
ACCESS Summer Student applications deadline is March 31, 2010. For application form click here...
Essential Skills for Aboriginal Futures in partnership with Hastings Racecourse Groom School is offering a 5-week training program for applicants with little or no experience with horses. The program will teach the skills required for an entry level Groom’s position. Participants will learn how to properly care for and groom thoroughbred horses.
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Aboriginal Gateway to Health Careers
Intake Two: May 31, 2010 - October 1, 2010 (May 14th, 2010 deadline)
Intake Three: November 1, 2010 - March 4, 2011
View Aboriginal Gateway to Health Careers Poster
For more information...ACCESS Essential Skills for Aboriginal Futures
Intake 11 - Banquet Servers, Bartenders and
Bus People. For more info...ACCESS, MNBC and BC Housing win WOW Award. Please visit Essential Skills for Aboriginal futures
Former ACCESS client, Jennifer Azak, wins Top In Trades award! Read more...
ACCESS Funded Programs - Native Education College (NEC) Northwest Coast Jewellery Arts Program (August 3, 2009 – March 31, 2010) Read more...
ACCESS is the place to start building your future today. We deliver a unique and diverse assortment of education, training, counselling, support and financial services designed to help members of the urban Aboriginal community overcome barriers that may stand in the way of success and self-sufficiency. We develop partnerships with organizations and companies that match their needs to the needs of our Aboriginal clients creating a win, win situation for both partners.
ACCESS is an Aboriginal Human Resource Development Agreement (AHRDA) holder. We are the only urban AHRDA in British Columbia serving urban Aboriginal clients throughout Metro Vancouver. Our mandate is to enhance human resource development and the sustainable capacity of the urban Aboriginal population in Metro Vancouver through the provision of employment and training services. ACCESS is responsible and accountable for the programming, delivery, and reporting of results to government and community stakeholders.
Our core values are Respect, Honour, Kindness and Sharing and we treat our clients according to those values.
We envision an urban Aboriginal Community empowered through culture, wellness, achievement, and self–sufficiency. ACCESS offers customized employment and training services designed specifically to provide urban Aboriginal people with the education and skills they require to compete equally and effectively in today’s job market.
Our programs are on-going through out the year. Clients need to register at our Employment Assistance office and meet with a counsellor to help determine eligibility and how we can best meet their needs.
Our programs are open to all aboriginal people all ages from youth to older workers. We look at your skills and interests and help create an action plan for building your future.
For convenience and ease of access for our clients, we have various locations throughout Metro Vancouver including Surrey, New Westminster, Downtown East Side, the Vancouver Friendship Centre and our Adminstration office and Trades office in West Vancouver.
ACCESS is funded by Service Canada and the Province of BC.
