Vernon Trades Training Centre

Kathy Butler (left) is seen here with her partner Teresa Kisilevish and Rotarian Morgan Roney. Kathy and Teresa spoke to the club members about Okanagan College and the new Vernon Trades Training Centre. This new centre is a $6.2 million dollar investment from both Federal and Provincial Governments. The announcement of this funding can be viewed at the following link - http://globalnews.ca/video/3080784/trades-training-centre-planned-for-vernon

Kathy also talked about the ‘Women in Trades Program’ that is currently being offered in Kelowna, and will be coming soon to the Vernon Campus. This was designed to get more women involved with trades training in this province – more information about this program can be seen at - http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/Page19415.aspx

Kathy and Teresa noted that the Aircraft Maintenance Program continues to be available through the College. This program has been a mainstay of the college and continues to be popular.  See info at - http://webapps-5.okanagan.bc.ca/ok/Calendar/AircraftMaintenanceEngineerAMEMLicense

A new program called ‘Youth at Risk’ has recently been started in conjunction with School District #22. They were very enthusiastic about this program as it has already shown that it can have a positive effect in changing the life of youth who need the assistance.  More information about this can be seen at - http://www.sd22.bc.ca/Programs/career/Pages/default.aspx