The Labrador Aboriginal Training Partnership (LATP) would like to congratulate the 9 students from Natuashish who successfully completed the Natuashish Carpentry Training Program, which began October 2010 and was completed in June 2011. The training took place in the student's home community of Natuashish and was provided by the Academy Canada, via LATP funding.

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

Ben Andrew, Joshua Benuen, Ivan Katshinak, Peter Pasteen Jr, Penote Poker, Aldea Rich, Brian Rich, Etienne Rich, Romeo Rich

The Labrador Aboriginal Training Partnership is sponsoring an 8 week Plaster/Painting Skills Enhancement Customized Program for NunatuKavut members and Nunatsiavut Beneficiaries.

This customized training program will be offered in the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

The first week of the program will cover safety courses, including Occupational Health and Safety, St. John Ambulance Standard First Aid, WHMIS, Workplace Safety Tools and Equipment. The remaining seven weeks will occur at the...

The Labrador Aboriginal Training Partnership (LATP) would like to congratulate the 17 students from Sheshatshiu who successfully completed the Sheshatshiu Carpentry Training Program. This program began in June 2010 and was completed in February 2011. This was the second community based training project in Sheshatshiu funded by the LATP for 2010/2011. The training was provided by Academy Canada, via LATP funding. The successful completion of this training has provided the students with...

The Labrador Aboriginal Training Partnership (LATP) would like to congratulate the 13 students from Sheshatshiu who successfully completed the firefighter program, which began June 2010. These graduates have successfully completed this training in two parts, a portion of this course was completed at the Safety and Emergency Response Training Centre (SERT) at the Marine Institute in Stephenville, Newfoundland, and the remainder was held in their home community of Sheshatshiu. The high quality...

LATP'S Wage Subsidy Program for Apprentices and on-the-job training is progressing very well. We now have 20 apprentices working with various private sector companies in Labrador. LATP is presently working with a large company to hire on more than 20 apprentices, with more companies regularly coming forward intrested in the wage subsidy program. In addition, people who have completed pre-apprenticeship programs are also coming forward to enlist in the apprenticeship program to aid them in receiving their journeyperson status.

LATP has had a very positive response from the three Aboriginal Groups- Innu, Inuit and Metis of Labrador and therefore the demand for training has been Immense. LATP has received 560 funding appliciations and despite the high demand and high cost of conducting training in the North, was able to fund 245 applicants.

In the summer and fall of 2010, LATP has worked very closely with Nalcor Energy, Our industrial partner, and their Sub-Contractors to provide high quality on-the-job training related to the Lower Churchill development. From July until October, 53 individuals were hired by Nalcor's contractor, SNC-Lavalin, under a LATP wage subsidy for Nalcor Energy's feild program training at Muskrat Falls. When that work was finished in October 2010, 12 of the individuals were employed for smaller site investigations being carried out by a second contractor, AMEC.

At present, LATP clients are in training for the apprenticeship-type occupations, such areas those applicable to the construction trades. Examples of the LATP funded training include; business administration; along with community based training in the innu communities of Sheshatshiu and Natuashish. This includes carpentry, firefighting and heavy equipment operators, with security to start in the near future.