Grow your Employees Potential
The ASPECT Small Business Employee Training Program is focused on helping small businesses to grow the potential of their lower skilled workers (known as "growth employees") by providing them access to government funded training courses that are tailored to the needs of small businesses and their employee(s).
Why the ASPECT Small Business Training Employee Program is Beneficial to Your Business
- Training programs demonstrate you are interested in your employees’ professional development or skill enhancement
- When employees realize you are investing in them, they reciprocate with loyalty
- Ongoing training helps to create the reputation of a great place to work and results in fewer wage demands, less absenteeism, and a longer list of job applicants
- Knowledgeable employees make fewer mistakes
- Your customers should be working with trained individuals; skilled employees will impress customers to come back and utilize your services/products
- Increased efficiencies in processes, resulting in financial gain
- Training will ensure you have quality people on hand if you expand. Because employees that know what to do can help grow your business
- Improve your business’ ability to adapt to changes in the marketplace, since your staff is learning and working efficiently you can shift to new ideas quickly
- Training can increase the ability to adopt new technologies and methods
- Reduce employee turnover as trained employees can grow within your business
- Training builds a motivated and committed team. It also creates a pool of qualified replacements for employees who do leave
- Increase employee motivation, job satisfaction and morale among employees
Program Details
This pilot project has space available for 1,000 "growth employees" across different regions in British Columbia that fit the eligibility requirement for this project. Each eligible "growth employee" will be provided with up to a maximum of $900 to be used towards training courses that are specific to the employees need. You and your employee(s) meet with one of our Training Coordinators to determine what type of courses are required to help your employee grow within your organization. The Training Coordinator will then fit your needs to appropriate courses. In addition, your employee(s) will also receive up to 5 online courses offered through ASPECT Impact.
Are You Eligible?
In order for your business to qualify for the ASPECT Small Business Employee Training Program you must have less than 50 employees and have "growth employee(s)" which require additional training for the workplace.
A "growth employee" is someone that does not possess a high school diploma or has a high school diploma but does not have accreditation from a recognized institution. Each "growth employee" is only able to participate in the program once, however more than one "growth employee" from your business can take part in the program at the same time.
As space is limited to 1,000 participants don’t miss the opportunity to receive free training for your "growth employees"- enroll your business in the ASPECT Small Business Employee Training Program today!
List of ASPECT Members offering the program:
Greater Vancouver and North Shore
Hal Klein and Associates
Serving - Richmond, Vancouver, Burnaby
#202 – 6125 Sussex Ave
Burnaby, BC V5H 4G1
T: 604 438-5030
Training Innovation Inc.
serving - Burnaby, Vancouver, North Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler
600 – 4180 Lougheed Hwy
Burnaby, BC V5C 6A7
T: 604 298-4757
www.training-innovations.com
UFCW247
Serving - New Westminster
544 Columbia St.
New Westminster, BC V3L 1B1
T: 604 523-5441
www.ufcw247.com
Surrey
Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society
serving - Surrey, White Rock, Delta and Langley
#205 – 12725 – 80th Avenue
Surrey, BC V3W 3A6
T: 604 596-7722
www.pics.bc.ca
Fraser Valley
Bowman Employment Services
Serving - Maple Ridge, Coquitlam, Abbotsford, Mission, Chilliwack, Hope
22575 Lougheed Hwy
Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2V2
T: 604 466-1375
www.bowmanemployment.com
Interior
Bowman Employment Services
Serving - Penticton, Oliver, Osoyoos, Kelowna, West Kelowna, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Revelstoke, Kamloops, Chase, Ashcroft, Merritt, Barriere, Clearwater, Lillooet, Lytton
211 – 1664 Richter St
Kelowna, BC V1Y 8N3
T: 250 861-3100
www.bowmanemployment.com
Community Futures North-Okanagan
Serving - Vernon, Lumby, Armstrong, Enderby
#3105 – 33rd Street
Vernon, BC V1T 9P7
T: 250 545-2215
www.communityfutures.ca/provincial/bc/index.html
Princeton & District Community Skills Centre
Serving - Princeton, Keremeos, Coalmont, Tulameen, Manning Park
PO Box 69, 206 Vermillion Ave
Princeton, BC V0X 1W0
T: 250 295-4051
www.princetoncsc.com
Kootenays
Kootenay Career Development Society
Serving - Nelson, Kaslo, Slocan, Salmo
Suite 203 – 514 Vernon St.
Nelson, BC V1L 4E7
T: 250 352-6200
www.kcds.ca
Greater Trail Community Skills Centre
Serving - Greater Trail, Castlegar
#123 – 1290 Esplanade
Trail, BC V1R 4T2
T: 250 368-6360
www.communityskillscentre.com
Community Futures - Boundary
serving - Beaverdell , Bridesville, Westbridge, Rock Creek, Midway, Greenwood, Grand Forks, Christina Lake
2049 Central Ave, PO Box 2949
Grand Forks BC V0H 1H0
T: 250 442-2722
www.communityfutures.ca/provincial/bc/index.html
Caribou Chilcotin
ESP Consulting
Serving - Clinton, 100 Mile House, Lac La Hache, Williams Lake, Horsefly, Quesnel, Wells, Chilcotin Region
279 N 3rd Ave
Williams Lake, BC V2G 2A6
T: 250 392-4446
www.espconsulting.org
Vancouver Island / Sunshine Coast
Steele O'Neil and Associates
Serving - Port Alberni and the West Coast communities of Tofino and Ucluelet
PO Box 426
Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1S9
T: 250 724-4560
F: 250 724-4565
www.steeleoneil.com
Global Vocational Services
Serving - Duncan, Ladysmith, Nanaimo, Parksville, Courtenay, Campbell River, Port Hardy
301 80 Station St.
Duncan, BC V9L 1M4
T: 250 748-9880
www.globalvocationalservices.com
Beacon Community Services
Serving - Victoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, View Royal, Colwood, Lanford, Highlands, Sooke, Saanich, Sidney, Gulf Islands
9860 Third Street
Sidney, BC V8L 4R2
T:250 595-6626
www.beaconcs.ca
Career Link
Serving – Powell River and the Upper Sunshine Coast
103 – 4511 Marine Ave
Pwell River, BC V8A 2K5
T: 604 485-7958
www.careerlinkbc.com
North Coast
Hecate Strait Employment Development Society
Serving - Prince Rupert, Port Edward, Kitkatla, Lax Kwalaams, Hartley Bay, Metlakatla, Masset, Port Clements, Tlell, Sandspit and Queen Charlotte City
208 First Ave East
Prince Rupert, BC V8J 4M8
T: 250 624-9498
www.hseds.ca
