(AGENPARL) – lun 20 giugno 2022 News Release
June 20, 2022
Manitoba Government’s
Million Investment Opens State
Art Welding
Shop
t Manitoba Institute
f Trades
nd Technology
Shop
xpansion and
reation of
dvanced
raining
pace to
ssist with
evelopment: Reyes
The Manitoba government
has officially
opened the ex
panded state
art welding
shop at Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology
(MITT)
after a $4
million
investment, Advanced Education, Skills and Immigration Minister J
on Reyes
announced today.
“Welding is one of the most in
demand trades in Manitoba and this project will play a
pivotal role in training welders in the province with hands
on skill development,” said
Reyes. “The funding is part of the Manitoba government’s
investment in the province’s
education and
training strategy that ensures the future workforce has more
opportunities to learn and develop the skills they need to land in
demand jobs in
Manitoba.”
The opening of the new addition is the largest expansion
by MITT in over 20 years and
features a 6
addition to the south wing of its Henlow campus.
“We are so pleased to open this expansion to the weld shop,” said Ray Karasevich,
president & CEO, MITT. “We hear from industry every week that there is
a critical
shortage of welders in the labour force and know this space will make room for more
students at the high school and post
secondary levels as well as short
term training
specifically for industry.”
The project includes a 4,000
expansion
of the existing weld shop with 36 new
welding stations and space serving as flex use for numerous programs to learn aspects
of advanced manufacturing. It will serve both secondary and post
secondary programs
as well as industry.
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MANITOBA G
OVERNMENT’S
The minister noted t
he new addition will also serve specialty welding components that
industry requires
aligning with the vision of
Manitoba’s Skills, Talent and Knowledge
Strategy
. This will include an innovation skills lab, a space to intro
duce students to new
technologies in manufacturing and welding, and a hub for industry on advanced
manufacturing projects, prototyping and troubleshooting.
Additionally
, MITT signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Canadian
Welding Bureau (CWB)
to further enhance
ability to support the Manitoba welding
industry. The MOU designates MITT as a training institute for CWB programming
making MITT a top
tier training facility for CWB in Manitoba. MITT will also be the
centralized location for all
ducation supervisor and inspector courses in
Manitoba.