The B.C. Employer Training Grant program provides access to the skills training needed to adapt to the changing requirements of jobs and the labour market while encouraging employer involvement in the training of their employees. Training must result in a better job at the applicant’s company once training is completed.
The ETG is a cost-shared program. Reimbursement amounts vary between 60% and 100% depending on the training stream. Employers are eligible to receive up to $300,000 per fiscal year (April 1 – March 31).
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WorkSafe BC offers a resource database to support employers in completing the required daily health checks, including checklists, posters, and a self-assessment tool.
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The Tourism Digital Academy is a free 8-week digital marketing program for BC tourism businesses who are interested in building their knowledge and skills in digital marketing at an intermediate level. The Self-Guided program provides six months of access to digital marketing instruction videos, templates and resources focused on practical, actionable guidance to set participants on the path to completing a digital marketing plan.
There are multiple intakes, each running for 8 weeks. Applications for the October intakes will open in August 2021.
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Free workshops, webinars and information to help employers and employees in industries hard-hit by the pandemic manage stress and build resiliency. The Workplace Mental Health Hub provides a range of tools for workers in the tourism, hospitality, and community social services and other sectors to improve their overall mental health as well as navigation support to connect to other mental health services, including counselling and peer support.
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The Ready to E-Market: Digital Support Services provides tourism businesses with one on one guidance in determining where you currently are digitally and where your business needs to be.
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Ideas Labs are a series of online workshops on original topics requested by tourism operators across the province. The labs will bring small groups together in a business-to-business learning environment to address hot topics where solutions to common problems are discussed and shared, and new ideas are incubated.
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Tourism businesses can sign up for a FREE subscription to eLearningU to gain access to live and recorded webinars for Canadian tourism marketing, internet marketing, social media, branding, sales, packaging, and more.
Members will have access to the full webinar library of 350+ recordings, live webinars, and the Tourism Digital Marketing Certification Program.
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The Hospitality Professional Program will support Okanagan tourism businesses by training 40 British Columbians for a variety of positions within the Hospitality sector. Okanagan College will provide a unique online training program and work experience component to prepare participants for jobs in the hospitality industry, enabling them to grow their careers in the industry while supporting a more skilled and resilient tourism workforce.
Participants must meet the definition of an “EI client,” be eligible for WorkBC Case Management, and be referred by a WorkBC Case Manager.
Intake 1
Online Course Dates: Sept. 28, 2020 – Jan. 29, 2021
Work Experience and Follow Up Support: Feb. 1 – April 30, 2021
TOTA has signed a formal agreement with the Canadian Mental Health Association, Kelowna and Thoughtfull Workplace Wellness Strategies, which includes:
Personal wellbeing resources & services are available free of charge.
CMHA will deliver programming through an ongoing webinar series.
Participants of the Tourism Resiliency Program can access workplace psychological health and safety training and advising at a subsidized rate.
TOTA is collaborating with Okanagan College to offer one-on-one training and mentoring sessions to tourism industry businesses with a focus on managing COVID-19 related challenges.
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Alacrity Canada is offering a new virtual Digital Marketing Bootcamp that will support people and businesses as they move online during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Competitiveness will cover tuition costs for participating BC-based small- and medium-sized businesses. Registration is open until July 31, 2020.
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