Federal UTIP Funding Supports Expanded SMART Canada Training

The Green Futures Training Partnership is a five-year national initiative led by SMART Canada in partnership with Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU), SkillPlan and SRDC, supported by $8.9 million in federal funding through the Sustainable Jobs Stream. The project will provide green training to more than 2,000 sheet metal apprentices and journeypersons across Canada.

Now in its research and program development phase, Green Futures is focused on developing a national SMART Green Certification, modernizing and digitizing apprenticeship training, and enhancing the Building It Green climate literacy program, including Indigenous content. Consultation with training centres, instructors, apprentices, journeypersons and industry will help ensure the new training reflects regional and workplace needs.

SMITB is contributing to this national work through participation on the SMART Canada Advisory Committee, helping bring B.C.’s training perspective to the development of future green skills training for the sheet metal trade.