News

The Review Panels have recently released decisions on the journeyperson to apprentice ratios for the following trades:

• Painter and decorator Br 1- Commercial and Residential; Painter and decorator Br2 - Industrial
• Plumber; Steamfitter
• Refrigeration and air conditioning systems mechanic; Residential air conditioning systems mechanic
• Residential (low rise) sheet metal installer; Sheet metal worker

To read the College's News Release, please visit our website at:Ontario College of Trades

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Premier Wynne Selects Her Cabinet

Upon being sworn in as the new Premier and becoming the Minister of Agriculture, Premier Wynne has revealed who will compromise her new cabinet.

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Tomorrow's Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC) membership drive is a chance for non-members and members to connect and create new relationships, says the organizations president.

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Contractor Elem Rinomato, president of Trino Drywall, recalls the first time she attended a meeting of the Interior Systems Contractors Association of Ontario some 20 years ago.

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In keeping with its mission of encouraging and supporting the entry of women into the industry, the Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC) is donating $2,000 to a recently launched Canadian military employment transition program.
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Mary Ross and Sandy Law have never met, but both say they made a life-altering decision this year.
The women are at different points in their lives – Ms. Ross of Burlington, Ont., is 27 while Ms. Law, who lives in Cambridge, Ont., is 46 – but each was unsatisfied with the direction of their working lives.....

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