The college has finalized its Trades Training Plan and will receive an increase in funding from the Industry Training Authority (ITA) totalling $1,090,400 over the previous 2008-09 year’s level.

 “These additional funds combined with funding provided by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development (ALMD) will enable the College to deliver a total of 2,060 student spaces in trades related programs across the college region,” said CNC president John Bowman. “This represents an increase of 25 classes for 2009-10, which give us the potential to enroll as many as 400 more students in a variety of trades training programs across the college region.”

The program areas that will see additional courses offered are: plumbing, welding, carpentry, electrical, culinary arts, industrial mechanic/millwright and residential building maintenance.

In total, the approved 2009-10 Training Plan and Funding Agreement between CNC and the ITA provides for $5,427,328. The ITA and ALMD funding will support delivery of 109 trades apprenticeship courses and 23 trades foundations program classes at the six CNC campuses.

“This is huge for us,” said CNC Associate Dean of Trades Frank Rossi. “It is serving the needs of the community and sharing it around the regional campuses. We are very excited. We are trying to lower the wait-lists to accommodate industry.”

The programs that will be offered at CNC include: Automotive Service Technician, Automotive Collision Repair, Carpenter, Culinary Arts (Professional Cook Training), Electrical, Heavy Duty Mechanic/Commercial Transport Vehicle Mechanic, Industrial Mechanic, Machinist, Plumbing, Residential Building Maintenance Worker, Residential Construction Framing, Welding, and Power Engineering.