{"id":22758,"date":"2023-10-20T13:37:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T20:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/nova-scotia-to-spend-100-million-to-recruit-more-skilled-tradespeople\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T13:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T20:37:18","slug":"nova-scotia-to-spend-100-million-to-recruit-more-skilled-tradespeople","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/nova-scotia-to-spend-100-million-to-recruit-more-skilled-tradespeople\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia to spend $100 million to recruit more skilled tradespeople"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oct. 20, 2023 \u2013 Nova Scotia says it will spend $100 million over three years to help speed up its ability to recruit and train people in the skilled trades.<\/p>\n

Premier Tim Houston says the goal is to add up to 5,000 new apprentices to the system.<\/p>\n

Houston says with the province\u2019s population growing it\u2019s important to increase the pool of skilled workers in order to build needed homes, roads and other infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n

He says the province is changing training ratios on work sites for most skilled\u00a0trades, allowing three apprentices per journeyperson instead of two apprentices.<\/p>\n

Nova Scotia is also waiving the requirement that immigrants who worked in the\u00a0trades\u00a0in their home countries have a high school diploma before they can start as apprentices.<\/p>\n

The investment includes $40 million in various grants and incentives for students, apprentices, employers and journeypersons to help with such things as buying new tools.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 19, 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n