Sept-Mar 2013

The formation of a regional labour market planning committee for Loyalist Township, Frontenac County and the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.

Challenges:
There is a need to better co-ordinate our community resources in the planning and prioritization of labour market information and its distribution to the various stakeholders and citizens in our communities.

The need for this co-ordinated effort in respect to labour market intelligence for our area is critical to our economic growth and the development of our workforce.  Development of a two year labour market strategy which will provide a blueprint of what our labour market information needs are and the strategies to achieve them.

This is a project in partnership with 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board, Employment Ontario Service Providers, Economic Development Offices, OYAP Coordinators, Educators and Trainers.

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Oct-Jan 2013

The 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board will work in co-operation with Literacy Link Eastern Ontario in hosting a Literacy and Essential Skills workshop for employer organizations located in Frontenac County. 

The primary goal of this workshop is to increase the understanding the employer community of the services available within the Literacy community and to open up dialogue with the employers in respect to Literacy issues within the workplace. This includes the Literacy requirements of their present and future employees.

Challenges:

• There is a need to expand the role of Literacy and essential skills in supporting local economic and workforce development. To enhance the working relationship of the employer community and Literacy providers in Frontenac County that would result in an industry shared approach to the needs of employers and Literacy providers in the provision of their services. 

The creation of a working group of employer organizations and Literacy providers that would focus on the co-ordination of their efforts in workforce development. This working group would meet quarterly and would be facilitated by the 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board in its development and implementation.

This is a project in partnership with 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board, Literacy Link Eastern Ontario, Employment Ontario Service Providers, Algonquin Lakeshore Catholic School Board, Kingston Literacy, Northern Connections, Centre de formation  pour adults, Limestone District School Board and St Lawrence College. 

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Oct-Dec 2013

The 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board will host an Employment Ontario Service Provider Workshop for organizations operating in Leeds and Grenville.

Agencies will be canvassed in the planning stages to determine what specific topics they would like to have as agenda items with the primary theme pertaining to enhancing service co-ordination.

A guest speaker from MTCU will be invited to attend and speak to the participants on a specific topic of interest to the workshop participants.  

Challenges:

1. Currently there is no working committee of the EO providers in this area. The EO network in this area only meet when MTCU schedules a meeting to provide a program update or to initiate discussion on a program topic.
2. The goal of this project is to foster enhanced communication and co-ordination of the services offered by the Employment Ontario providers in Leeds and Grenville. 
3. Increased co-operation, communication and co-ordination of the various programs and services provided by agencies involved in the delivery of Employment Ontario Services.
4. Creation of a Leeds-Grenville working committee of Employment Ontario Service Providers working group that would meet quarterly. The 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board would act as the champion for its scheduling and agenda in its initial stages.

This is a project in partnership with 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board, CSE Consulting, Employment Education Centre, KEYS  Job Centre – Gananoque, Literacy Providers / St Lawrence College , Upper Canada District School Board, Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation, Skebo and Associates, Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario and United Counties of Leeds & Grenville.

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Sept 2012 - Jan 2013

To create a Health Care Sectorial working group that would review the findings identified by the board in the "Youth Filling Gaps in Skilled Trades" Report (March, 2012 ) in respect to the projected needs for Registered Nurses in Frontenac County.

A challenge will be ensuring that community stakeholders and the general public are well educated on labour market trends and opportunities in order to make well–informed decisions.

1. One of the challenges identified in the LLMP report was that of “attracting and retaining registered nurses due to part-time employment opportunities “as noted in the Youth Filling Gaps in Skilled Trades study that was conducted by the board in 2012. Health care in this area is one of the leading economic sectors – both as an employer and investment stimulus. This area represents 15 % of our total employment in this region compared to 8 % across the province.
2. Further information is needed in respect to this projected occupational demand.

The purpose of this project is to review the projection of Registered Nursing vacancies  and to obtain input & feedback about the projection with those stakeholders who are involved in the training and employment of Registered Nurses in our communities. A report was completed of these consultations which was shared with the various organizations involved in the employment, training and potential counselling of individuals who are seeking to become trained and employed in this occupation. 

This is a project in partnership with 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board, Employment Ontario Service Providers, Employers – Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Educators.

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Sept-Nov 2012

To create a Welders Sectorial Working group that would review the findings identified in the Youth Filling Gaps in Skilled Trades Report (March, 2012) in respect to the projected needs of Welders in Frontenac County. 

1. One of the challenges identified in the "Youth Filling Gaps in Skilled Trades" study conducted by the board in 2012 identified a need to hire 80 full time positions in the Frontenac area in the coming months. This is a significant number if one compares this projection to other occupations in the skilled trade’s area of this report and it is important that further analysis is completed to quantify this projection with the employers who responded to the survey. Further analysis is also needed to clarify if these positions are specific to a manufacturing or an industrial environment.
2. It is important that further consultations take place with the employer and educational community who are involved in this sector.
3. Ensuring that community stakeholders and the general public are well educated on labour market trends and opportunities to make informed decisions.

The purpose of this project is to review the projection of welding opportunities with those stakeholders who are involved in the training and employment of welders in our community for their input and feedback to this projection. A report was completed which reflected the outcome of these consultations which was shared with the various organizations involved in the employment, training and potential counselling of individuals who are seeking to become trained and employed in this occupation.   

This is a project in partnership with 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board, Eastern Region OYEP co-ordinator, Employers involved in the 2012 "Youth filling gaps in skilled Trades report" and Employment Ontario Service Providers.

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Sept-Nov 2012

To create a Carpenters sectorial working group that would review the findings identified in the "Youth Filling Gaps in Skilled Trades" Report (March, 2012) in respect to the projected needs for carpenters in Frontenac County

1. One of the challenges identified in the "Youth Filling Gaps in Skilled Trades" study conducted by the board in January, 2012 identified that there would be a need to hire 47 full time carpenters in the Frontenac area in the next 18 months. This is one of top ten occupations identified in the study in comparison to the 39 skilled occupations that were studied in the survey. The construction sector (buildings) is ranked as 12 among the top 15 small and medium sized enterprises in Frontenac County.
2. It is important to ensure that community stakeholders and the general public are well educated on labour market trends to make informed decisions.

The purpose of this project was to review the projection of these occupations with those stakeholders who are involved in the employment and training of carpenters for their input and feedback to this projection. A report was completed which reflected the outcome of these consultations and was shared with the various organizations involved in the employment, training and potential counselling of individuals who are seeking to be trained and employed in this occupation.  

This is a project in partnership with 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board, Employers involved in the 2012 "Youth filling gaps in skilled Trades report", Kingston Construction Association, Eastern Region OYEP co-ordinator, Employment Ontario Service Providers.

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