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NEWTRADES PROGRAMS AT LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE WILL OFFER STUDENTS MORE OPPORTUNITIES


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ethbridge College is expanding two programs to help keep students who are studying trades local.


Both the Baker Apprenticeship


Programand the Plumber Apprenticeship Programwill see significant expansions at the college this fall. Historically, Culinary


Arts at Lethbridge College has been a cooking school without a baking program. Students have always


spent hours baking within their culinary curriculum, but last year there was increased interest in introducing of baking apprentice program. In the 2018 fall


local, and not forcing them to leave the city to pursue education. The plumbing curriculum is being


adjusted province-wide, combining first year plumbing with other pipe trades not currently offered through the college. The expansion will give base training


in pipe trades such as gas fitting, sprinkler fitting, steamfitting and pipe fitting. This enhanced first-year training


“It’s good to be able to


showoff other programs. As a first-year apprentice you’re not locked in to


one trade. Studentsmay find another trade that


interests them." -Jeremy Bridge, Lethbridge


College Plumbing Instructor


semester, the Baker Apprenticeship Programwas finally introduced, and with its success the college will be offering those students a second year and expanding the programfor all students. DougOveres, Chair of the School of


Culinary Arts, said this is the only programlike it offered south of Calgary.He believes it will encourage more bakers to stay local. “Wewent through a bit of a cycle


where baking was a dying trade in the south and it has finally picked up,” he said. “Thisweekly apprenticeship delivery


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where they come to school once a week for the year allows students to work and get an education at the same time.” Overes said new lab space and equipment for the programwill be ready to accommodate baking students this fall. The expansion to the Plumber


Apprenticeship Programcame about because the local plumbing industry sawa similar need as the local baking industry in keepingmore apprentices


will give local college students an opportunity to experience all the different pipe trades and then choose specialized training in specific fields. Jeremy Bridge, a


Lethbridge College plumbing program instructor, said this will allowthe programto reachmore students and offer more courses for local apprentices. “It’s good to be able to


showoff other


programs,” Bridge said. “As a first-year apprentice you’re not locked in to one trade. Students may find another trade that interests them.” The college will continue to follow


industry trends and consider expansion into other areas as new needs arise within the province’s various trades and industries. In the mean time, both new


programs, Baker Apprenticeship and Plumber Apprenticeship, have experienced success and growth, and Lethbridge College is looking forward to the continuing expansion of them to benefit both the college and surrounding communities. Jeremy Lauzen, Chair of School of


Construction Trades, said that the college is willing to continue to pursue change and additional programming because it has been proven, in its experience, that growth begets growth. “One of our mandates is to be able


to look and see what other tradeswe can potentially add in,” he said. “It’s not about adding extra courses but building upon the ones that are seeing success.”


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