ASPECT provides leadership, education, advocacy and public awareness in support of its members who provide community-based workforce development services.
All people have access to quality community-based workforce development services that support their opportunity to achieve meaningful employment.
The Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training (ASPECT) is a non-profit association of community-based trainers that collectively strive to prepare people for the world of work. Our members are leading experts in the delivery of career training programs that lead to improved chances of employability and job retention.
ASPECT has more than 175 members with approximately 3,000 employees in over 100 communities throughout British Columbia. Some members are private trainers and others are not-for-profit agencies.
ASPECT works with government and partners to ensure that the integrity of community based training values are reflected in employment programs. ASPECT liaises with our Provincial funding partners to ensure that policies reflect the needs of clients and members in all communities throughout BC. On a larger scale, we work together with our national and provincial counterparts to strengthen community based training through lobbying, networking, research and professional development. We are a voice at the national, provincial, regional and local levels.
ASPECT meets regularly with provincial and federal governments, promoting the value of community-based training by maintaining open communication and advocating on the part of our member agencies.
Through contracted programs like ASPECT Skills Connect and ASPECT Small Business Employee Training Program we offer training programs and opportunities for community employers and this means jobs for people.
ASPECT strives to work together with all community-based training stakeholders. On behalf of our members we work with a variety of public, private and non-profit sector organizations that can help with the development of effective training and employment solutions that meet the unique needs of all people in communities throughout BC. Nationally, we are members of the Canadian Coalition for Community-Based Employability Training (CCCBET).
The community-based employment training sector continues the historic mission of providing holistic, collaborative and non-institutional career development opportunities and employment preparation for people who are unemployed and who experience barriers to employment. Community-based trainers provide a variety of employment training programs and services to the unemployed including people with disabilities, new immigrants, youth, women and more.
Community-based training is more than 150 years old and predates most other forms of education and training. Most importantly, it simply makes sense.
The goal of community-based training is to assist all clients in their efforts to become employable-get people working in their own communities and provide them with relevant skills for the future.
This isn't training from a textbook-this is individually focused training rooted in the community in which you live. It's flexible, culturally sensitive and cost effective for all.
Personal and emotional growth, consideration of special learning needs and full access to resources available within the community are everyone's rights.
How do ASPECT members achieve all this? By offering:
Bottom line results… It's Working for Everybody!
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Calendar of Events including ASPECT events and other industry events.
2010 Provincial Conference
November 4 & 5, 2010
Victoria, BC
Job Seekers & Practitioners visit BC Workinfonet for on-line information and resources on career planning, education, and employment. And be sure to check out the new Forum.
