Targeted Skills Shortage Program (TSSP)
The ASPECT Targeted Skills Shortage Program (TSSP) is focused on helping businesses and non profit organizations grow the potential of their low skilled employees by providing access to funded training to eligible staff.
How the ASPECT Targeted Skills Shortage Program Can Benefit Your Organization
- Training programs demonstrate your interest in your employees’ professional development or skill enhancement
- 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 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
- 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 program has space available for up to 1,200 eligible employees and is available in every region of British Columbia. Each eligible employee can be provided with up to a maximum of $1500 ($7500 per employer) to be used towards training courses that are specific to the employees’ workplace need. You and your employee(s) will 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 the appropriate courses.
Are You Eligible?
In order for your organization to qualify for the ASPECT Targeted Skills Shortage Program you must have less than 100 employees and identify with one of the following sectors:
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
- Healthcare and Social Assistance
- Transportation and Warehousing
- Manufacturing
You must have an eligible employee(s) who either does not possess a high school diploma or has a high school diploma but does not have any recognized certification. Each eligible employee is able to participate in the program only once, however more than one “growth employee” from your organization can take part in the program at the same time.
As space is limited to 1,200 participants, don’t miss the chance to secure training opportunities for your eligible employees - enroll your organization in the ASPECT Targeted Skills Shortage Program today! You can enroll by contacting one of the service providers in your area.
Funding provided through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Agreement
News Release - May 19, 2011
Service Providers
Region 1 - Vancouver Island / Coast
WorkLink Employment Services
2234 Sooke Rd
Victoria, BC | V9B 1X1
Michael Stephen
mstephen@worklink.bc.ca
T: 250-478-9525
www.worklink.bc.ca
Beacon Community Services
1450 Elford Street
Victoria, BC
Rose Hunter
rhunter@beaconcs.ca
T: 250 595-6626
www.beaconcs.ca
Career Link
103 – 4511 Marine Avenue
Powell River, BC V8A 2K5
Kate Saunders Cooper
kate.businesslink@careerlinkbc.com
T: 604-485-7958
www.careerlinkbc.com
Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
101 – 319 Selby Street
Nanaimo, BC V9R 2R4
Pedro Oliveira
tssp@cvims.org
T: 250-753‐6911 ext. 108
www.cvims.org
North Island Employment Foundations Society
870C 13th Avenue
Campbell River, BC V9W 4H2
Tina Gonsky
tina.gonsky@niefs.net
T: 250-286-3441
www.niefs.net
Steele O'Neil and Associates
4805-B Mar Street
Port Alberni, BC V9Y 8J5
Kendall Currie
kcurrie@avemployment.ca
T: 250-724-4560 ext. 230
www.avemployment.ca
Region 2 - Lower Mainland
Training Innovations Inc.
600 – 4180 Lougheed Hwy
Burnaby, BC V5C 6A7
www.training-innovations.com
Nicole Cannon
nicole.cannon@training-innovations.com
T: 604-512-4782
Kat Starosta
kat.starosta@training-innovations.com
T: 604-362-2060
Patrick James
patrick.james@training-innovations.com
T: 604-512-6239
Immigrant Services Society of BC
#201-7337 137th Street
Surrey, BC, V3W 1A4
Bob Gabriel or Ellen Gao
tssptraining@issbc.org
T: 604-595-4021
www.issbc.org
Bowman Employment Services
150-2881 Garden Street
Abbotsford , BC V2T 4X1
Don Handley
dhandley@bowmanemployment.com
T: 604.504.5515
www.bowmanemployment.com
Bowman Employment Services
22575 Lougheed Highway
Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2V2
Doreen Emo
demo@bowmanemployment.com
T: 604.466.1375
www.bowmanemployment.com
Free Rein Associates
895 Third Ave
Hope, BC V0X 1L0
Mark Glentworth
mark@freereinassociates.ca
T: 604-869-2279
www.freereinassociates.ca
Region 3 - Thompson / Okanagan
Community Futures – North Okanagan
3105 33rd Street
Vernon, BC V1T 9P7
Karen Heiberg
karenh@futuresbc.com
T: 250-545-2215 ext. 224
www.futuresbc.com
Bowman Employment Services
#770 175 2nd Avenue
Kamloops, BC V2C 5W1
John Wieczorek
jwieczorek@bowmanemployment.com
T: 1.887.372.2222
www.bowmanemployment.com
Bowman Employment Services
211-1664 Richter Street
Kelowna, BC V1W 8N3
Jamie McLellan
jmclellan@bowmanemployment.com
T: 778-436-2301
www.bowmanemployment.com
Region 4 - Kootenay
Greater Trail Community Skills Centre
#123 – 1290 Esplanade
Trail, BC V1R 4T2
Chris Pistner
cpistner@communityskillscentre.com
T: 250-368-6360
www.communityskillscentre.com
Kootenay Employment Services Society
119-11th Ave
Creston, BC V0B 1G0
Heidi Bjarnason
kesadmin@kes.bc.ca
T: 250-428-5655
www.kes.bc.ca
Region 5 - Nechako
Progressive Employment Services Ltd.
# 100 - 2375 Burrard Ave
Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0
Robin Work
robin@pesl.ca
T: 250-567-5785
www.pesl.ca
Region 6 - North Coast
Progressive Employment Services Ltd.
# 202 - 4716 Lazelle Ave
Terrace BC V8G 4B5
Karen Seeley
robin@pesl.ca
T: 1-877-631-2170
www.pesl.ca
Region 7 - North East
Employment Connections
101, 9907 – 99 Avenue
Fort St. John, BC V1J 1V1
Jeannette Karasiuk
jeannette@employmentconnections.bc.ca
T: 250-787-0024
www.employmentconnections.bc.ca
Region 8 - Cariboo
Horton Ventures Inc.
808 Alpine Avenue
100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E1
Ulli Vogler
u_vogler@hortonventures.com
T: 250-398-0841
www.hortonventures.com
Progressive Employment Services Ltd.
# 207 - 575 Quebec Street
Prince George BC V2L 1W2
Eric MacKenzie
robin@pesl.ca
T: 250-562-6623
www.pesl.ca
