BC Aboriginal Mine Training Association

BC Aboriginal Minerals & Mining Training and Employment Partnership (Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership)

Industry, aboriginal, educational and government partners have collaborated to form a minerals and mining specific Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership (ASEP) through the BC Aboriginal Mine Training Association (BCAMTA). BCAMTA consists of sixteen partners, six of which have made employment commitments. The partnership shares the cost of implementing the proposal with significant investment funding from the private sector/major employers, AME BC, MABC and aboriginal groups involved. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada provides federal funding to the partnership, which is focused on training-to-employment plans that cover a broad range of basic skills, literacy, academic upgrading, job-specific training and apprenticeships, retention counselling and other support while on the job.

For further information visit http://www.bcamta.ca.