About Us
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Board of Directors
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Edmund Benoit
Chairman
Edmund's Contracting Ltd.
Michael Senz
Vice-Chairman
A & H Renovations
Peter Greenwood
Secretary-Treasurer
Clayton Developments
Limited
Michael Hennigar
Director
Mike Hennigar's General Construction Ltd.
Mike Young
Director
Berkshire Developments
Pat Mulcahy
Director
Atlantic Home Warranty
Jane Morgan
Director
Newport Holdings Ltd.
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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:
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Labour market planning and
adjustment
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Industry certification and
apprenticeship training
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Career counseling for the
seasonally unemployed
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Customized approach to
industry health and safety
issues
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Development of consistent,
national standards for
industry training
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