Education, Training and Professional Development

Your committee has had a busy period having successfully arranged and provided four seminars over the past five months.

Building Contracts - attended by 25 members who all agreed it had been worthwhile and have requested more of this type

Employment Law - Presented by David Witherington of JACS and gave us all an update on the workings of the law and the outcome of Tribunal cases.

Asbestos - Literally a sell out with 95 attendees, who all agreed that it had been of benefit to them.

Waste Management Law - which was introduced in February of this year. The attendees were informed that the grace period passed on the 1st of August and Environmental Services will now be cracking down, to the extent that companies not having applied for a license to transport waste in their vehicles not being allowed access to La Collette, so be warned.

As we go to press, we are also holding a GST seminar on the 25th of October, details of which were sent out with an invitation earlier this month. This subject is further covered in this newsletter and on the website.

Finally we hosted a stand at the recent Careers Fair held at Fort Regent. This was well attended and plenty of interest was shown with many students and adults looking toward a career in construction.