Atlantic Provinces and Apprenticeships

metal fabricators: In the case of apprenticeships, the inter-provincial barriers between the Atlantic Provinces are coming down slowly, according to The Chronicle Herald. Apprentice cooks, bricklayers, welders, and metal fabricators in Atlantic Canada can now work and train under a standardized system, in which all four provinces have streamlined their apprenticeship processes to promote labour mobility. In a province that has pegged its economic future to attracting residents from other countries and provinces, these barriers need to come down. Eventually, other trades will be harmonized across the region— and in some cases across the country—starting with carpenters, construction electricians, industrial electricians, plumbers, steamfitters and pipefitters, and instrumentation and control technicians. But while it will be easier for some apprentices to cross provincial borders without a major career setback, the same can't yet be said for doctors and other professionals. This means curriculum, hours of work, rules, exams, and administration will become uniform, so that an apprentice in any of the harmonized trades may seek or complete an apprenticeship anywhere in the Atlantic Canadian market. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.