Oil & Gas Safety Certification Program
Oil & Gas Safety Certification Program Delivers Training-to-employment Results
This program was funded by the First Nations Capacity Fund
Last year, Kevin Ned had an idea. As the Employment Training Facilitator for the Westbank First Nation, Kevin had been hearing community members talk about their eligibility for employment opportunities in the oil and gas sector. It’s an industry with a lot of safety requirements, even for entry-level positions, and Ned knew this would be a barrier to employment for many of those expressing interest.
Ned wanted to offer an Oil & Gas Industry Safety Certification Program to WFN members and others in the Okanagan Nation. The program would provide participants with the opportunity to earn the eight safety training tickets required for entry-level work in the sector, including Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS-09), Confined Space Entry and Monitoring, Fall Protection, Elevated Work Platform, and First Aid Priority Trauma.
Finding funding for the program
Ned approached Leonard Jackson, one of the founding members of the First Nations Capacity Fund, at an Okanagan Training & Development Council (OTDC) event. Out of that meeting, Ned’s idea became reality. Read more...