training – IUOE Local 793

Heavy Equipment Apprenticeship Program: Openings Available

Posted on August 30, 2018 at 12:00 am.

Written by Local 793 Staff

IUOE Local 793 Area Offices are accepting Heavy Equipment Apprenticeship Applications for 2018/2019. For program information please visit OETIO here: Entrance Requirements are: 18 Years of Age Resumé Grade 12 or Equivalent Valid Drivers License (G) Pass a Trade Entrance Exam (70 per cent passing grade) If you are interested in applying, please contact your […]

IUOE Local 793 Area Offices are accepting Heavy Equipment Apprenticeship Applications for 2018/2019.

For program information please visit OETIO here:

Entrance Requirements are:

18 Years of Age
Resumé
Grade 12 or Equivalent
Valid Drivers License (G)
Pass a Trade Entrance Exam (70 per cent passing grade)

If you are interested in applying, please contact your local union office at the contact information listed below.

Barrie	240 Bayview Drive, Unit 12, Barrie Ontario L4N 4Y8 Justin O’Neill	barrie@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 705-734-2494 Fax: 705-734-1407
Belleville	1 Millennium Parkway, Unit 102 Belleville, Ontario K8N 4Z5 Andrew Patton	belleville@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 613-968-3363 Fax: 613-968-6302
Cambridge	100 Sheldon Drive, Unit 10 Cambridge Ontario N1R 7S7 Bob Sutherland	cambridg@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 519-621-6344 Fax: 519-621-5887
Hamilton	35 Goderich Road, Unit 5 Hamilton Ontario L8E 4P2 Virgil Nosé Mike Schutte Brian Rogerson	hamilton@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 905-544-1851 Fax: 905-544-3595
London	4096 Meadowbrook Drive, Unit 115 London Ontario N6L 1G4 Anthony Wade Kelly Burla	london@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 519-652-2740 Fax: 519-652-9676
Oshawa	1255 Terwillegar Avenue, Unit #7 Oshawa Ontario L1J 7A4 Ryan Wilbee Paul Marshall	oshawa@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 905-720-0480 Fax: 905-720-0722
Ottawa	174 Colonnade Road South, Unit 2, Nepean Ontario K2E 7J5 Rick Kerr Jim Laginski Gerry St. Jacques	ottawa@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 613-228-1759 Fax: 613-228-1841
Sarnia	1390A Lougar Avenue Sarnia Ontario N7S 5N7 Mike Barons Paul Knight	sarnia@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 519-337-2053 Fax: 519-337-3849
Sault Ste. Marie	432 Great Northern Road, Suite 203 Sault Ste. Marie Ontario P6B 4Z9 Robert Turpin Robert Catling	saultstemarie@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 705-949-6860 Fax: 705-949-4541
St. Catharines	188 Bunting Road, Unit 5 St. Catharines Ontario L2M 3Y1 Steve Homewood	stcatharines@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 905-227-8211 Fax: 905-227-3046
Sudbury	430 Westmount Avenue, Unit H Sudbury Ontario P3A 5Z8 Eric Giroux	sudbury@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 705-675-8643 Fax: 705-675-8683
Thunder Bay	979 Alloy Drive Thunder Bay Ontario P7B 5Z8 John Kelly Mark Anttonen	thunderbay@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 807-344-7612 Fax: 807-345-9317
Timmins	54 Waterloo Rd, Unit 2 Timmins ON P4N 8P3 Kirk Fournier	timmins@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 705-531-3119 Fax: 705-531-3121
Windsor	3383 Walker Road, Windsor Ontario N8W 3R9 Steve Booze Dave Pfaff	windsor@iuoelocal793.org Phone: 519-250-8877 Fax: 519-250-9354

OETIO Receives Funds for New Equipment

Posted on April 15, 2016 at 12:00 am.

Written by Local 793 Staff

Local 793 business manager Mike Gallagher was quoted in the following article that appeared recently in Daily Commercial News. With an aging workforce and infrastructure spending ramping up, the need to teach specialty skills such as crane and heavy equipment operation in Ontario has gone past talk and into crunch time. Mike Gallagher, Oakville, Ont. […]

Local 793 business manager Mike Gallagher was quoted in the following article that appeared recently in Daily Commercial News.

With an aging workforce and infrastructure spending ramping up, the need to teach specialty skills such as crane and heavy equipment operation in Ontario has gone past talk and into crunch time.

Mike Gallagher, Oakville, Ont. business manager of Local 793 of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), addressed the gravity of the situation recently as he welcomed funding for seven new pieces of heavy equipment worth close to $1.3 million for the Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario (OETIO) campuses in Morrisburg and Oakville.

The OETIO trains crane operators as well as heavy equipment operators who run dozers, backhoes and excavators but Gallagher said they are barely keeping up with demand.

There are currently 320 crane and tower apprentices training at the Oakville centre but research shows OETIO and the colleges who also train heavy equipment operators are in a race against time as the huge boomer generation reaches retirement age.

The average age of a journeyman mobile crane operator according to Ontario statistics compiled in 2012 was 50; even more pressing, the average tower crane operator was 58.

“We carefully monitor that,” said Gallagher. “We allow retirees to work for a certain amount of time after they retire but you can only keep working for so long at this trade, it is a physically demanding trade.”

“So the opportunity is there for young people considering a career.”

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New Training to Protect Workers

Posted on March 21, 2014 at 12:00 am.

Written by Local 793 Staff

Ontario is introducing new training to help protect workers and keep them safe on the job.
The new training requirement becomes mandatory July 1, 2014.
Workers and supervisors will be required to take part in a one-hour tutorial, either individually or in groups using free, online e-learning tools or hard copy workbooks that can be obtained from ServiceOntario.
The training is designed to help prevent workplace incidents and injuries by making workers and supervisors aware of their roles, rights and responsibilities in the workplace.
The training was developed in partnership with labour groups, businesses and municipalities and will be mandatory for all workers and supervisors in the province who are covered by the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Mandatory basic health and safety awareness training was a key recommendation of the Expert Advisory Panel on Occupational Health and Safety, led by Tony Dean in 2010.
The Panel was appointed following a Christmas Eve scaffolding accident that claimed the lives of four workers in 2009.
The Panel conducted a review of the province’s workplace health and safety system and came up with a number of recommendations.
Workplaces that have provided similar training to employees will not need to participate, as long as the previous training met the minimum requirements of the new regulation.
Once the e-learning training module is complete, an employee will receive a certificate that is valid for the remainder of his or her career. The printed training materials are available in nine languages.
Chief Prevention Officer George Gritziotis says the awareness training will lay the foundation for building a strong occupational health and safety culture in the province of Ontario.

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Local 793 Members Profiled in SAY Magazine

Posted on March 19, 2014 at 12:00 am.

Written by Local 793 Staff

Articles about training opportunities offered by Local 793 and the Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario (OETIO) to First Nations peoples were published in a February education guide produced by SAY Magazine. The magazine is distributed to First Nations communities across Canada and the U.S. The articles profiled a number of First Nations apprentices and […]

Articles about training opportunities offered by Local 793 and the Operating Engineers Training Institute of Ontario (OETIO) to First Nations peoples were published in a February education guide produced by SAY Magazine.
The magazine is distributed to First Nations communities across Canada and the U.S.
The articles profiled a number of First Nations apprentices and operators who are members of Local 793, and gave readers an overview of the instruction offered at the OETIO campuses in Oakville and Morrisburg.

Click here to view the articles

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