Fredericton Immigrants: Training and Certification Branch

fredericton immigrants: The 12-week training came from a partnership between the Department of Post-Secondary Training and Labour, the New Brunswick Community College and the Multicultural Association of Fredericton, according to CBC. Immigrants with unrecognized credentials offered help scaling barriers N.B. employers have jobs they can't fill so they're looking south for job-seekers Young newcomers flourish in rural New Brunswick over cities The program was developed with newcomers in mind, said Lori Leach, the strategic manager of the apprenticeship and occupational certification branch of the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour. The men graduated Friday from the first phase of a bricklaying program in Fredericton meant to train or re-certify them to work in the New Brunswick construction industry. It's an alternative delivery model at the early stages to deal with language barriers that refugees and newcomers would feel, said Leach. Catherine Harrop/CBC Vlad Kudish, a Russian immigrant who graduated from the first stage, said he didn't expect to reach that level so soon. Lori Leach, the strategic manager of apprenticeship and occupational certification at the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, says the program was made with the language barriers of newcomers in mind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.