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We have trades consultants who provide outreach services to the Merritt, Lillooet, Lytton, Salmon Arm, Barriere and Kamloops area. To meet with a trades’ consultant the first step is to meet with an Employment Counselor in your area to develop a RTWAP. The Employment Counselor will refer to CITAC so that we can work with the client to develop a trade career action plan.  

CITAC has three programs:

1. Targeted Initiative Older Worker Program (TIOW)- for persons 50 to 64 years of age

2. Trades Initiative Program- for persons 16 to 64 years of age

3. Aboriginal Strategic Initiative Funding for eligible Aboriginal Clients.

How the programs works:

1st attend a CITAC Orientation Session (there is an orientation session every Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:45am) to see if the programs are right for you

2nd determine which CITAC program you would like to enroll

3rd get a referral from an Employment Service Agency if you want to participate in the Trades Initiative program

4th meet with a trade consultant and develop a trade career action plan

Targeted Initiative Older Worker Program

• For unemployed persons legally entitled to work in Canada.
• 50 to 64 years of age
• Target clients lack necessary skills to successfully integrate into new employment
• 12 Clients per intake
• Participate in general orientation to learn about CITAC programs
• Sign up on waitlist for next intake
• Start your action plan & determine how the program will help you succeed
• Participate in the New Intake/Orientation
• Interview with a trades consultant for suitability
• 2 weeks of workshops +
• 8 weeks training/upgrading
• Or 10 weeks wage subsidy
• Paid participation
• Tuition funding available

We Provide:

Self Directed Services

• Local & Regional Trades Job Postings

• Trades Job Postings from Local Employers

• Computers with Internet Access for Trades Job Search, Trades Resumes & Trades Cover Letter writing assistance

• Telephone access for Trades Job Search

• Faxing and Photocopying

• An up-to-date Trades Career Resource Library

• Trades Labor Market Information

Cased Managed Services

We work with trades’ consultant in one of the four Employability Dimensions which are:

• Career Decision Making

• Skills Enhancement

• Job Search

• Employment Maintenance

As Trade Consultants funded by the Province of BC and Central Interior Partners in Aboriginal Human Resource Development, Shuswap Training & Employment Program (STEP) and Interior Salish Employment & Training Society (ISETS), we are also the referral agents for clients who are on a current EI claim or who have Reachback status (have either had a regular EI claim in the last 3 years or a maternity or parental claim in the last 5 years) to other Service Canada funded services. These include the Skills Development Employment Benefits Program, the Targeted Wage Subsidy Program and the Self Employment Benefit Program.

Economic Recovery Training Pilot Program

The Ministry of Advanced Education and Labor Market Development (ALMD) with the support of the Ministry of Housing and Social Development (HSD) are implementing an "Economic Recovery Training Pilot" Program for the period of November 1, 2009 to March 31, 2011. This will provide training supports to unemployed or underemployed persons not on EI, conditions may apply. For further information, please visit this site.