About Us

Established in 1991, we are a sector council for the residential construction industry in the Atlantic Provinces working in conjunction with federal and provincial governments, and the industry and its many stakeholders.

A Board of Directors provides governance of the Sector Council and its resources with representation from builders, renovators and organizations active in industry training and education including the provincial Home Builders' Associations and the Atlantic Home Warranty Program.

We provide a vehicle for effective industry participation in identifying and addressing human resource issues in all sectors of the residential home building and renovation industry. We promote increased awareness within the industry of the need for an ongoing commitment to skills development as a key investment in its future viability.

Canada is recognized as a world leader in housing technology. We work with a variety of public and private partners to ensure the development and delivery of high quality, state-of-the-art training programs to support a more effective use of this technology in better building practices in the Atlantic Region. Several courses developed by the Sector Council have become a standard for training elsewhere in Canada and have been delivered overseas.  In 1994, the Atlantic Housing Professional Studies course was taken to Russia as part of the Team Canada initiative to develop housing entrepreneurial skills among soldiers returning from military service.  In 1996, our courses were included as part of a centre for Canadian educational and technical resources with a pilot renovation project in Lithuania.  More recently, we have been working as a member of a consortium, identifying training to support the export of high quality Canadian manufactured housing to Europe.

In Atlantic Canada, more than 7,000 builders, renovators, sub-trade workers, carpenters, labourers, designers and inspectors have taken our courses.  We provided exposure to expert industry trainers from across Canada, while at the same time establishing closer working relationships with community colleges in our region.  We are committed to cooperating with the public education institutions in the Atlantic Provinces to ensure an ongoing transfer of industry knowledge and expertise into their training programs.  We view this as an opportunity to assist the colleges in upgrading their industry curriculum and the skills of their instructors.

We have also initiated and led several public-private sector consultations in the following areas:

• Labour market planning and adjustment

• Industry certification and apprenticeship training

• Career counseling for the seasonally unemployed

• Customized approach to industry health and safety issues

• Development of consistent, national standards for industry training

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