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STAR AWARDS PROGRAM
Time is running short!! You need to act now!!
Don’t miss the chance to win some nice prizes!!
Dear Sisters and Brothers,
The STAR Awards Program was announced earlier this year and you all received letters and pamphlets explaining the rules and the chance to win prizes.
As the year went by, the STAR Committee listened to you the members and made some changes to try and recognize those members who had taken training outside of our Training Centres, especially if that training helped them to be more employable.
The Committee decided to recognize other types of training such as:
- EPSCA site training,
- Sarnia’s Industrial Training Co-op (Valley Training),
- The North’s (NorCAT Training),
- Hamilton’s (Nanticoke Industrial Training Centre)
We will recognize any such training if it is the same type of training as provided by our Training Centres and required under the STAR Program.
If you have taken this type of training, you need to contact your Union Rep and provide them with proof of that training. They can tell if it will be counted!
We may be able to give you credit towards your STAR Award Program prizes.
DONT WAIT!! DO IT NOW
STAR Program for all IUPAT Members in Ontario Training programs that are specific to industrial Ontario IUPAT members that are employed will be accepted. The local Union Representative may approve the specific Health & Safety training in the area. Safety is an employee and employer benefit that creates a competitive advantage and is certainly not a cost of doing business. It is a profitable benefit for businesses and employees. The Safety Training and Awards (STAR) program that is so popular to IUPAT members and employers in the U.S. is coming to Ontario. On September 6th a delegation appointed by OCP President, Bill Nicholls attended the STARS awards program in District Council 14, Chicago, Illinois. Locals 1494/1590 Business Manager, Kevin Elliott, DC 46 Representatives, Ken Burley, Jim Micks and Ray Preston are the committee that volunteered to initiate the STARS program for IUPAT members in the province. Essentially the program will award and recognize members for participation particular to Health & Safety training programs. The program is eligible to all journeypersons in all crafts represented by the IUPAT in Ontario. It is a possibility skills training will be part of the STARS program in the future. A member will receive a credit on a point system for every training program he/she attend. The qualifying training that will be required for entry to STAR eligibility will be all or more of the
following; - Fall Protection - Power Elevated Platforms- Standard First Aid/CPR
- WHMIS - Suspended Access - Propane In Construction
- Propane For PEWP - Hoisting & Rigging Basics - Ladders & Scaffolds
- Respiratory Protection - Confined Space Entry - Confined Space Rescue
- Lead Abatement - Asbestos Worker (Types 1-3) - Asbestos Supervisor
- Forklift - Klimer (Mast Climbing Platform) - Mould Remediation
Contact your local representative to learn more click here or email us at: info@iupat.on.ca |
