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Spring/Summer 2019 Newsletter
CHAIRMAN'S NOTES
I am pleased to announce that after your request at the AGM to have additional training available we were successful in getting Metl-Span to host a training course in Edmonton this summer. I believe in talking to Metl-Span this could become a regular thing if the interest is there. We need to insure that we fill the class and the AMBA board will continue with ongoing discussions with Metl-Span.
The board is looking for ways to improve our commitment to the members with new and innovative ideas to increase value for the membership, please feel free to call on any of the board members with your ideas so we can look into the possibility of implementing your ideas.
The Ironworker Provincial Apprenticeship Committee has been quiet the last 6 months. We met in October to discuss scope creep we saw with other trades doing work that is in the ironworker’s trade regulation. It was a productive meeting and we managed to come to an agreement with the other trades. We meet again May 7th to discuss the Architectural Cladders Trade that is being proposed. If you have any points that you would like brought up, please contact me to discuss.
The Ironworker PAC is a successful group due to the willingness of people in the industry volunteering time to be a part of the group. Continue to support the PAC by sending your employees for secondary training and applying to be part of the committee. You can be a member for two 3-year terms. If you have any questions, please contact the AMBA Board.
After an interruption of 44 years of Progressive Conservative Government, the United Conservative Party regains a foothold in Alberta. But what does it mean for our future, and will Jason Kenney be able to rebuild our resource dependent economy?
As indicated at our recent AGM, members are requesting more training opportunities. In response, AMBA is working with Metl-Span to provide a two-day IMP Certification Course.
Cost: $275.00 USD
There is a limited amount of space available for this course so please register early.
The Jim Mitchell Memorial Award & The Larry Derksen Memoral Award
The Alberta Metal Building Association has established two awards for apprentices in the Metal Building System Erector trade. The awards are in the amount of $750 each to be presented to two AMBA member apprentices at the AMBA Annual General Meeting each year. Only those apprentices successfully completing the technical training period will be eligible for nomination to receive either one of the awards.
What is it? The First Period Apprentice Award is a $750 financial award for first year apprentices registered in the Alberta apprenticeship program who are entering first period technical training at a public technical training institute in Alberta on or after August 1.
To assist first year MBSE apprentices with the financial burden of technical training, AMBA will issue a $500 bursary to eligible apprentices based on the following criteria:
Apprentices must be employed by an AMBA member company and enrolled in first year technical MBSE training at NAIT Souch Campus;
Sponsoring company must be an AMBA member company for minimum 12 months to be eligible;
Cheque will only be issued once apprentice is in training.
