An introduction to the construction trades will take place in several regions of Quebec in the coming months, in order to convince people to adopt the industry or redirect their careers.
These Construction Trades Camps were launched Friday by two ministers, Kateri Champagne Jourdain (Employment) and Jean Boulet (Labour), accompanied by the President and CEO of the Commission de la construction du Québec, Audrey Murray, and the President of the Quebec Construction Association, Éric Fraser.
As part of these camps, participants will be introduced free of charge to the trades of carpenter-joiner, bricklayer-mason, plasterer, shovel operator and electrician. This will be a one-day hands-on experience.
The Camps are particularly aimed at under-represented clients in the industry, such as women and Indigenous people, but also young people and those who are thinking about a career change.
These Camps will respectively visit Sept-Îles, Pessamit, Jonquière and Gatineau, in October, then Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Anjou and Longueuil, in November. Laval will follow on November 30 and 1er December, as well as Montreal and Sherbrooke next February. Interested parties must be at least 15 years old.
The Quebec Construction Commission estimates labor needs in the industry at 17,000 people annually, on average.
The activity comes from an idea from the Construction Association — an industry employers’ association, specializing in the industrial, commercial and institutional sectors — which received the sum of 1.3 million from the Quebec government to carry out the project.