$15,000 Grant Available for Employers

Six $15,000 Transition Assistance Grants Available for Environmental Companies

ECO Canada now has 6 more grants of up to $15,000 available for companies who hire an employee from another sector for an environmental job.

Background

The Environmental Career Transition Project is a pilot project that aims to develop a comprehensive system to enable environmental employers to access and integrate displaced workers from other sectors into the environmental sector. ECTP host employers and transitioning workers will be helping to develop a national framework to assist workers from declining sectors find long-term meaningful employment in the environmental industry. More information about the project can be found at the ECO Canada ECTP website.

How To Apply

Applying for the grant is easy. Just email transition@eco.ca with the following documentation:

• Job description highlighting environmental competencies
• Transitioning workers' resume
• Job offer
• Skills development plan based on ECO Canada template

Application deadline is May 31st, 2009. Please email transition@eco.ca to receive a template of the skills development plan.

Requirements of the Funding

• Grant money would be used toward a combination of internal mentoring and external skills upgrading for the new employee
• Worker must fulfill ECO Canada criteria as a transitioning worker and last job cannot be environmental
• Employers would be required to contribute a minimum of $30,00/year to the worker's salary
• Municipal government jobs, research associate positions at post-secondary institutions, and industry jobs are all eligible

Advantages

8 companies have already taken advantage of this transition assistance grant through ECO Canada’s Environmental Career Transition Project (ECTP). The transition project has many advantages including bringing in workers with solid transferable skills such as management, team work, and marketing skills to enhance your company’s broad knowledge base. Examples of the companies and transitioning workers funded through ECTP include:

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