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invites female candidates to meet the participants from its recent 42-week WIST CNC Industrial Mechanic Millwright Pre-Apprenticeship Certificate Program. The job fair takes place Dec. 7, 2022 from 1-4 p.m. at St. Clair College, and is seeking to fill the following positions: welders/millwright, tool and die; tool and mold; general machinist; CNC machinist.

WEST of Windsor, in partnership with St. Clair College and Unifor, delivers the to provide employment training and support to low-income women who are unemployed or underemployed, to gain gender-sensitive, in-class and on-the-job training to prepare them for employment in the trade.

Program participants complete the Level 1 industrial Mechanic Millwright Apprenticeship in-school curriculum, 70 hours of “hands-on” CNC practical skills with general machinist concepts, combined with a eight-week industry work placement. The program is designed to meet current labor market shortages and address industry’s specific needs in these trades.

The program incorporates components not included in basic level training, such as job search and communications skills, computer literacy training and various computer applications. The benefits of the placement are two-fold: trainees benefit from real-world exposure; industry benefits by reducing the training time for new employees; and are paid a wage subsidy to offset training costs.

To register, fill out . For more information, please contact Sergio Hernandez by phone (226-773-5069) or email (sergio@westofwindsor.com).