(Submitted Photo/Carlton Trail College)

By Ben Tompkins

Capital Funding

Carlton Trail College receives $800K to expand regional trades training facility

Apr 18, 2023 | 8:00 AM

Trades education opportunities in the northeast will soon be improving.

Carlton Trail College (CTC) recently received $800,000 to expand its regional trades training facility, courtesy of capital funding in the Government of Saskatchewan’s 2023-24 budget.

“We’re appreciative the Government of Saskatchewan recognizes the need for enhancing trades training opportunities within our region,” said Amy Yeager, CTC president and CEO. “This facility expansion will help us continue to deliver high-quality, skills-based, and industry training programs that support our economy.”

The facility, which is located in Humboldt, is the college’s primary trades training building. It provides classroom and shop space to both CTC students and Horizon School Division secondary students, as part of a working agreement between the two institutions.

The building teaches trades such as welding, electrician, industrial mechanics (millwright), and others while exposing high school students to early schooling within the industry.

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The expansion is also a physical one as roughly 4,200 square feet will be added to the building. The college views this as a reaction to the job shortages across the province.

“Recent investments into key regional sectors, such as mining, agriculture, and construction, indicate that there is a strong need to engage individuals in the trades,” the college said in a release.

According to Yeager, the expansion could allow the college to offer new courses and programs, that were previously unavailable.

She believes this will directly correlate with the opportunities currently out there.

“Over one-quarter of all our provincial job vacancies were for welders and 6,000 related job openings are forecasted in Saskatchewan,” she added. “Those are the types of things that we need to address and we need to support our government. Not only does it support our province, but also our region.”

The college is hoping to begin construction later this summer (around August), and is optimistic that by this time next year, it will be finished.

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