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Jobs for skilled workers
new Conestoga head says
t o
John Goddard, the new
director of the Stratford and
Clinton campuses of
Conestoga College, is going
to be introducing a new
program at the Stratford
campus.
The program is a metals
machining program. and the
college plans to start phase
one of the program on April
1
Both Mr. Goddard and the
new program were formally
introduced at a press confer-
ence held at the Stratford
campus on Thursday after-
noon.
Mr. Goddard, a pro-
fessional engineer, was
employed in industry for 18
years in a number of
managerial positions, before
he joined Conestoga College
in 1969 as a technology
teacher.
Dean Goddard told tl-
press conference audience
that as time goes on, there
will be more and more
community college programs
designed to fill specific jobs
in the surrounding commun-
ity.
Kenneth E. Hunter, pres-
ident of Conestoga College,
"Profitable Pork Pro-
duction for.1979" will be the
theme of a swine symposium
to be held at the Howick
Community Centre, on High-
way #87 between Gorrie and
Fordwich, on February 15th.
Advance registration
before February 12th is a
must in order to be assured
of a pork dinner at noon.
Registration may be ar-
ranged at a cost of $6.00 per
person via the Huron County
Pork Producer Directors or
the Agricultural Office,
Clinton.
The program commences
with registration at 9:30 a.m.
Timely presentations will
include: "Premixes, Supple=
ments or Complete Feeds
Today", Ralston Purina re-
presentative; "Financing a
Swine Operation for the
Young Farmer and the
Established Pork Producer",
said a recent survey of the
four county areas served by
the school, found 800 job
openings related to metal
machining trades.
He said, industries were
going to need skilled metal
workers from machine oper-
ators to technicians • and
technologists. He said the
survey found the larger
number of job openings in
the field would be at the
more highly skilled level.
Under the new program,
which will start this spring,
students will progress
through a series of 'modules'
Jr levels. Mr. Hunter said
college staff hope secondary
schools will eventually pro-
vide the first module for their
students at the Grade 9 and
10 level.
Mr. Hunter emphasized
the new program is open to
both young men and women.
The college president said,
"The day is gone when a
machine shop was a dirty,
filthy place (to work)."
With the program being
offered in modules, the stu-
dents can progress as far as
they want, from a semi-
skilled to skilled level of
training.
Brian Little, Royal Bank,
Kitchener; "Farrow-to-
Finish Operation - Would I
do it .Again?", Ian
McAllister, . Zurich;
"Refelctions - Would I Re-
peat our Course of Action -
Under Today's Prices and
Conditions?", • Charlie
Thomas, Brussels. Guest,
speaker at the noon pork
dinner will be Jack Riddell,
M.P.P., Huron-Middlesex.
Remarks will feature "Con-
sumers and Producers in a
Complex, Changing
Economy".
A panel discussion about
"Current Fads and Myths in
Pork Production", chaired by
Ron Fleming, Huron County
Agricultural Engineer, will
round out the afternoon pro-
gram. Panel members will
include Cliff Dickie, Hyde
Park Farm Supply; Don
Henry, Bluevale; Ken
John Goddard
Mr. Hunter said in the
next three years, there will
be 2,000 job openings in the
metal machining segment of
industry, and support jobs
will increase this figure to
4,500 openings.
Mr. Hunter said he
wonders if Canada's
economic problem is simply
that we lack skilled people to
fill job openings. The college
president said at one time,
skilled people immigrated to
Canada from other countries.
Now people in Western
Europe are living in coun-
Keates, Bright; Neil
Hemingway, Brussels; and
Richard Smelski, Swine
Specialist, O.M.A.F., Strat-
ford.
Panel will examine trial
and error on the farm! Will it
work?; Negative and Positive
results Along the Road to
Seeking the Recipe for
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tries as prosperous or more
prosperous than Canada and
they are unwilling to em-
migrate.
Mr. Hunter said the situ-
ation of importing skilled
workers seemed to be one
peculiar to Canada. Also, he
said because skilled workers
were often immigrants, the
rest of society tended "to put
skilled labor down."
He said in the past society
has over-emphasized univer-
sity degrees and education.
The college president said
eventually the college wants
to look at the fields of
electronics, materials train-
'ng and data processing to
see the job requirements of
these industries and to con-
sider creating programs to
fill these requirements.
Dean John Goddard said
the new metals machining
programs, which are a series
of five programs, will be
"competency-based". He
said by doing this the college
hopes to get away from the
idea of pieces of paper
attesting to certain level of
educational background.
Mr. Hunter said this
competency-based program
will put less emphasis on
examinations. The college
president said examination
Individual questions and
discussion will be en-
couraged.
Pork production
information leaflets will be
available to all participants.
Couples are encouraged to
attend.
D.S. Pullen
Agricultural Representative
for Huron County
of a general machinist, tool
and die worker, found there
are 6,000 separate compe-
tencies in this trade.
In his remarks to the
audience, Dean Goddard
said some innovations would
be required at the Stratford
and Clinton campuses to
serve the populations of
Perth and Huron counties,
which are ,relatively spread
out.
He said in the future, the
college may need more tech-
nology to bring education to
people rather than trying to
being the people to the
college campuses.
Dean Goddard said some
of the technologies the school
will be exploring include
using the radio, television
and telephone to reach the
public. ,
The dean said in the future
he looks forward to meeting
people in the community and
he wants the community to
indicate their needs to the
college.
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