WorldSkills Crew Canada 2024 Assemble to Start Preparations for WorldSkills Lyon 2024, The Canadian Enterprise Journal

MONTREAL, Oct. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Final Friday, Abilities/Compétences Canada (SCC) hosted a reception on the Centre de formation horticole de Laval, in QC, to introduce the 29 members of WorldSkills Crew Canada 2024. They are going to be competing in 27 Talent Areas, on the 47^th WorldSkills Competitors, in Lyon, France, in September 2024. The members of WorldSkills Crew Canada 2024 characterize Canada’s finest in expert trades and applied sciences. Whereas in Montréal, they will even be taking part in a number of actions over the subsequent two days, as a part of their coaching to organize for WorldSkills Lyon 2024.

“We’re very pleased with every competitor for qualifying to compete at this prestigious occasion and can look ahead to seeing them excel on the WorldSkills Competitors, to earn a spot on the rostrum. These expert commerce and expertise champions characterize our nation’s expert future workforce and can assist develop our world economic system,” stated Shaun Thorson, Chief Government Officer, Abilities/Compétences Canada.

Throughout this reception, the WorldSkills Crew Canada 2024 rivals together with their specialists and trainers had been in attendance. The members had the chance to listen to their tales and be impressed by their expertise journey as they put together to compete on the world’s largest expert commerce and expertise competitors. As well as, a number of particular company attended the reception to supply their help to WorldSkills Crew Canada 2024 as they embark on this impactful journey. This included visitor audio system Dominique Bousquet, Member of Abilities/Compétences Canada’s Nationwide Board of Administrators, Shaun Thorson, Chief Government Officer of Abilities/Compétences Canada, Élisabeth Simoneau and Mattéo Bérubé, WorldSkills Crew Canada 2022 rivals in Panorama Gardening, and Jean-Pierre Archambault, Assistant Common Supervisor, Centre de providers scolaire de Laval. A number of Abilities/Compétences Canada Member Organizations additionally attended this occasion to encourage the rivals for this upcoming worldwide competitors.

“At Centre de providers scolaire de Laval (CSS), we’re conscious of all of the enter and excellence supplied by vocational coaching when it comes to high quality of labour. It’s all the time a supply of nice delight to see our college students attaining their full potential in a commerce they love and turning into specialists of their discipline. The rivals of Crew Canada heading to WorldSkills Lyon 2024 embody that excellence, and are able to blossom on the world stage. These college students characterize our dedication in the direction of expert workforce readiness, thereby contributing to the expansion of the regional and even world economic system. We’re proud to help them via this superb expertise. Congratulations to all of the Canadian rivals,” stated Yves-Michel Volcy, Chief Government Officer of Centre de providers scolaire de Laval.

In line with Statistics Canada’s newest estimate, about 700,000 expert commerce employees are anticipated to retire between 2019 and 2028, creating an ever-growing have to recruit and prepare 1000’s extra.

To study extra about WorldSkills Lyon 2024 and to learn the competitor and professional biographies, observe this LINK.

About Abilities/Compétences Canada
Abilities Canada was based in 1989 as a nationwide, not-for-profit group with Member Organizations in every of the provinces/territories that work with employers, educators, labour teams and governments to advertise expert commerce and expertise careers amongst Canadian youth. Its distinctive place amongst non-public and public sector companions permits it to work towards securing Canada’s future expert labour wants whereas serving to younger folks uncover rewarding careers. Abilities Canada gives experiential studying alternatives together with expert commerce and expertise competitions for a whole lot of 1000’s of younger Canadians via regional, provincial/territorial, nationwide and worldwide occasions, in addition to expert commerce consciousness packages. Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Abilities/Compétences Canada is the Canadian Member group of WorldSkills. For extra info, go to www.skillscompetencescanada.com or name 877-754-5226.

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Media Contact: Michèle Rogerson, 613-266-4771, [email protected].

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