Prairie Rose Public Schools and Medicine Hat Public School District with help from CAREERS are bringing our Trades students to one place at one time next April 8th in the hopes that our students will be able to get jobs for the summer. These grade 10 students are part of a dual-credit course called Intro to Trades with the Medicine Hat College. They are on track to either get into RAP or a pre-employment program to be able to graduate high school with the first full year of a registered apprenticeship. 

By April, our students will have had one full-day instructional lab in seven trades: carpentry, pipe trades, welding, auto-service tech, heavy equipment tech, electrical and power engineering (connected to trades). Now they are looking to broaden their experience and develop more skills in a specific "favourite trade" in preparation for year two of the program where students will choose a cluster of two trades to learn more about. 

We are looking for industries that might want some extra help throughout the summer that would be interested in hiring a student. There will be approximately 40 students at this event. We are going to need a lot of help from you! We know the demand is high for experienced trades professionals in our community. We have many eager students wanting to get into the skilled trades. Now we are hoping you can help!

Please circulate this poster to all of the businesses you think may be looking for summer student employees. Many of these students may be able and willing to continue working once summer ends. 

For information about how CAREERS can provide financial incentives for businesses that take on student employees please check out the Youth Internship Incentive Program.