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Essential Skills and the Northern Oil and Gas Workforce Final Report and Resource Guide
Comments
Conference Sessions:
♦ Excellent speakers, very useful to my work.
♦ Disappointing to see there were no Aboriginal speakers.
♦ Glad there were opportunities to ask questions.
♦ I have a better idea of the types of jobs available on pipeline construction …and the
importance of certification so that workers can get other jobs after the pipeline is built.
♦ Overall, excellent presenters and hosts. Look forward to another conference.
♦ Will share the information with other organizations in my community.
♦ Dialogue was extremely interesting.
♦ Interested in the Literacy Council work. Very applicable to small communities.
♦ Great discussion end of day two. It is important for people to understand that TOWES is
just one assessment tool and not meant to be the ‘be all and end all’.
♦ Will share the information with Deh Cho ASEP/AHRDA groups and use with our training
programs.
♦ Need a follow-up.
♦ Would have liked to learn more about how to integrate essential skills into training.
♦ Would really like to see a workshop around the psychological impacts of relocation for
people from remote communities and ways to off-set the effects of the dislocation.
♦ George Tuccaro is a superb moderator and time keeper.
♦ John Pahl was excellent.
♦ Linkage Model very interesting and effective.
♦ Felt there was a lot of honesty in the room.
Other
♦ Room too small, too hot, too noisy.
♦ Not enough room to move around.
♦ Very well organized.
♦ Lots of fun, good networking.
♦ Great networking opportunity.
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