Welcome to the AHBRSC Website

The Atlantic Home Building & Renovation Sector Council (AHBRSC) is a human resource sector council funded by industry and government and is governed by a board of directors.   The Sector Council is responsible for the development of a readily available and skilled work force to meet the needs of the home building and renovation industry in Canada’s four Atlantic Provinces.

The industry’s continuing training program is coordinated and delivered by the Atlantic Home Warranty Program. To learn more about the courses being offered in 2010, please contact Jennifer Howard at the continuing education office at  (902) 450-5028, or toll free at 1 800-320-9889, or you can visit   http://www.ahwp.org/training.html.

Please check back regularly, and send along any feedback. Thank you for your interest!
 

Province of Nova Scotia Certification and Licensing in Residential Construction.

The Atlantic Home Building & Renovation Sector Council has dedicated more than six years to research and consultation with its industry partners concerning development and introduction of a mandatory licensing system for home builders and certification system for carpenters in Nova Scotia.  During the past three years, the Sector Council has been working with the Province of Nova Scotia in order to identify and address issues that might arise from the introduction of a mandatory licensing system and to evaluate both industry-driven and government-driven models for a licensing system.  The Province of Nova Scotia has recently indicated that it expects to make a decision by March 2011 as to which model of licensing system will be established. 

To learn more about the industry-driven licensing system as developed and proposed by AHBRSC in partnership with the residential construction sector, industry associations, educators and public sector partners,

Read the Professionalization Action Plan Downloadable PDF (316 KB)

To learn more about the history and development of the plan for professionalization in Nova Scotia, please follow this link:

Learn more about professionalization in Nova Scotia.