Tag:Health and Safety
A look back at how our locals continued to improve training, safety, and supporting our communities in 2018, with a look at the challenges ahead in 2019.
Maintaining and promoting the value of certification for electricians is critical to the future of the industry and to the safety of both workers and the public.
Ontario Electrical League Calls for Apprentice Ratio Reform
The OEL wants to reduce apprentice to journeyperson ratios as the Ontario College of Trades (OCOT) enters its next round of reviews.
In this video, two apprentices talk about the risks they face as unsupervised, inadequately trained workers.
Even though a Toronto company has been convicted after an unqualified worker received a serious shock trying to do electrical work, there should have been additional action by OCOT.
Industry Perspectives: Promoting the Value of Certification Critical to Ontario’s Future
We continue to hear about the challenges Ontario is facing in retaining and recruiting much-need skilled trades professionals. However, it is alarming that a proposed solution by some is to lower the standards on training and safety as a way to attract more people to the trades.
Pending changes to the classification of trades may permanently dilute the trades, lower training standards and compromise public and worker safety. This responsibility was removed from OCOT and transferred to an unaccountable body with no skilled trades background.
From the every outset, OCOT has failed in its mandate, which has been very, very disappointing to the IBEW CCO and its members.
Watch the “Their Only Power Was Moral: A History of Injured Workers in Ontario” video series and learn more about a fight for justice that is still taking place.
On April 9 2018, OCOT announced that its compliance and enforcement team is ramping up efforts. The IBEW CCO will be watching closely.
The IBEW and the ECAO work together to provide a strong and vibrant electrician apprenticeship program recognized as number one across the industry.
As computerized teaching technologies mature, IBEW continues to take the lead in putting them to work to help ensure better training.