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Find your passion; find your skilled trade
Some job titles
- General Contractor
- General Labourer
- Red Seal and Apprentice Carpenter
- Fine Carpenters
- Electrician
- Plumber
- Drywaller
- Tiling and flooring specialist
- Painter
- Bricklayer
- Foundation specialist
- Architect
- Surveyor
- Roofer
CHBA-PEI, which has about 30 members, is the provincial arm of the national organization.
Programs to help enter the trades
- Youth Internship Program (SYnC) –https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/workforce-and-advanced-learning/youth-internship-program-sync
- Trade HERizons – for women interested in entering the trades: www.wnpei.org/Trade-HERizons
- PEI Construction Association Youth in Trades program: www.capei.ca/home
- BuildForce Canada programs to attract women, First Nations, and youth to the trades: www.buildforce.ca
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For more information:
- The Construction Association sector on PEI, call 902-368-3303. Visit www.capei.ca.
- For more about Buildforce Canada, visit www.buildforce.ca/en.
- For more about the Canadian Home Builders Association-PEI, call 902-367-6125. Visit www.chba-pei.ca.
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