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and it’s being extended to non-bargaining union

apprenticeship systems for contractors that have a

need for administrative staff, planners, schedulers
and security.

“Sometimes a veteran will tell us, ‘I’m getting out, SAFETY FIRST

but I don’t want to be a construction worker.’ Their

training in the military was in administration or
“Unionized contractors serving
logistics or scheduling or planning. Construction
the construction users of
employers require all those categories, besides their
tradespeople,” explains Maloney. “We’ve expanded Sarnia/Lambton and Ontario”

the program to allow our registered employers to

post those types of opportunities.”

Maloney adds the program is doing quite well, with
Sarnia Construction Association
the help of Veterans Affairs Canada, the Ontario

government, and the unionized construction sector

in Canada. Joe Maloney, Founder & National Executive Director Electrical Contractors Association of Sarnia

“It’s a very sad state of affairs in General Contractors Association of Sarnia

Canada that there’s a very high

percentage of homeless veterans in Mechanical Contractors Association of Sarnia

IUBAC IS the homeless community.”
IUBAC IS
PROUD TO HELP —Joe Maloney, founder and national 954 Upper Canada Drive Sarnia, Ontario N7T 7J4
PROUD TO HELP
MILITARY SERVICE executive director of Helmets to Hardhats
MILITARY SERVICE
MEMBERS TRANSITION sca@bellnet.ca
MEMBERS TRANSITION
TO CAREERS IN
TO CAREERS IN
MASONRY. http://www.sarniaconstructionassociation.ca
MASONRY.
It’s free for veterans and employers to register

with Helmets for Hardhats, which they can do

on helmetstohardhats.ca. The website, which

is updated regularly, includes the newest job

opportunities and links to its job bank to connect

BACWEB.ORG career seekers and employers.

10 SEP 2020 | BUSINESS ELITE CANADA