Southeast Regional College

Jobstart/Future Skills
Workbased Training For The Employed

Program Objectives

Increase training opportunities for current employees of Saskatchewan businesses who need retraining as a result of technological and workplace change;
Increase industry investment in training to improve competitiveness and support economic growth and job creation;
Support the portability of skills and the mobility of workers;
Support worker adjustment through retraining;
Improve the collaboration and partnership between employers, employees and training deliverers in addressing skills training needs.

Program Criteria

Eligible retraining:

The program will provide re-training assistance for the following situations:

The adaptation or implementation of new manufacturing and processing technologies in the workplace;
The operation of new equipment;
The implementation of new product lines or new work processes;
The prevention of worker layoffs due to job abolishment; and
To significantly increase the hours of employment for staff working less than full-time hours;

Excludes:

Training required under government legislation.
Upgrades in office technology.
Training normally provided by a supplier for the introduction and maintenance of new product lines.
Training that leads to the displacement of other employees.

Eligible Employers

Non-eligible employers

Eligible Trainees

Eligible Training Costs

External instructor costs (such as public training institutions and private trainers), including travel, meals and accommodation if applicable.
In-house instructor costs where in-house instructors are critical to the success of the training.
Employee wages where employees are removed from production to undertake training.
Training materials, including multimedia, used exclusively for training.
Facility and equipment rental.
Tuition.
Travel and accommodation for off-site training of staff or instructors (train the trainer).

Excludes:

Financial Assistance

For businesses with less than 100 employees the program will provide up to 1/3 of the approved training costs to a maximum of $1,500 per trainee
For businesses with 100 or more employees the program will provide up to 1/3 of the approved training costs to a maximum of $1,000 per trainee.
Normally, the maximum funding available to any one employer is $25,000.00 per year.
Employers will be required to submit a training proposal.
Training should not commence prior to program approval.
The employer will be reimbursed by the program after the training period.

Application

Employers must include the following information on their application form:

In workplaces where a collective agreement is in place, a confirmation of support from both management and the union should be provided.

Submission Process

Applications will be accepted until all funding has been committed.
Applications should be submitted to the appropriate training institution listed below.
It is the responsibility of the submitting employer to ensure all of the components of the application are complete and submitted to the training institution.
SIAST/Regional Colleges will make training consultants available to assist employers with the development of proposals and training plans.
SIAST/Regional Colleges will submit work-based training applications to Saskatchewan Learning for approval

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