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FEBRUARY 2015 • VOL. 1, ISSUE 11 Learning today for real jobs tomorrow
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That proverb, perhaps almost as old as fi shing itself, is one of the simplest explanations for social investment. Why feed a person once if you can teach them to feed themselves forever?
LNG Canada, using the template set in earlier projects by its primary stakeholder Shell Canada, has an extensive social investment plan for Kitimat - they are looking at laying the groundwork to make the community, as a whole, stronger.
One of the company’s leads for social investment is Daria Hasselmann, who is a Social Performance Advisor. Her job is to make sure Kitimat and Terrace are supported as they face a large LNG proposal.
To give a sense of how many people may be involved in the project if it reaches a fi nal investment decision in favour of construction, there could be up to 4,500 in the fi rst construction phase, up to a potential of 7,500 or so. You would need almost four of Kitimat’s Tamitik arena, fi lled to seating capacity, to fi t all of those people.
Once done about 300 to 450 people will be needed in the fi rst phase of operations, up to perhaps 800 at a full build.
In short, that’s a lot of human resources, and one of the reasons social investment is so important.
“For us, social investment really is about trying to ensure that we create a positive legacy in the communities [in which] we hope to operate,” said Hasselmann. “We try to focus on more strategic social investment than the more transitional, philanthropic kind of donations.”
That’s not to say smaller community groups haven’t received donations from the company, but Hasselmann says they’ve really been working with the Kitimat and Terrace Community Foundations as they are umbrella groups that are most in touch with community needs.
Since 2012, LNG Canada has invested over $500,000 in Kitimat and Terrace, she said. Even the rumour of a big company coming into a small community, she said, is enough to cause some early effects, and working with the community groups helps the towns deal with things like housing and counselling.
Included in the half a million dollars the company has invested in the community is the sponsorship of scholarships for high school students. She said starting in 2013, the company has offered $20,000 a year for four $5,000 scholarships for students going into trades programs, and the company has committed to sponsor the scholarships up to 2016.
On the safety side, LNG Canada has also worked with and fi nancially supported the Kitimat Fire Department with contributions to training equipment and communications equipment.
The Kitimat Marine Rescue Society has also benefi tted from contributions.
“We really are looking at that strategic partnership,” said Hasselmann about how they approach community investments.
The bottom line, she said, is that even without any fi nal investment decision yet, the contributions the company has made to the local communities means that they are stronger and better prepared than ever for the work that is still to come.
““For us, social investment really is about trying to ensure that we create a positive legacy in the communities[in which] wehope to operate.”
LNG Canadagets social in communityGive a man a fi sh, he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fi sh, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.
Daria Hasselmann, Social Performance Advisor, LNG Canada
You aboutasked LNG
Working closely with First Nations and local communities, BG Canada is considering an LNG project on Ridley Island.For more information, visit www.princerupertlng.ca, or come by our local office at 610 2nd Avenue West, Prince Rupert, BC.You can also call us at 250-624-4914.
What will the pipeline look like?
BG Canada has partnered with Spectra Energy on the Westcoast Connector Gas TransmissionProject, a proposal to build an 850-kilometre (525 mile) natural gas pipeline from productionareas in Northeast British Columbia to BG Canada’s proposed LNG export facility on Ridley Island.Spectra Energy has over 50 years of experience in Western Canada.
What will the pipeline carry?
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The pipeline will carry BC natural gas. Much like helium in birthday balloons, you can’t smell it or see it and it rises quickly into the atmosphere. The pipeline will not carry oil.
At Ridley Island, giant industrial freezers would chill the natural gas until it turns into the cold, clear liquid we know as liquefied natural gas, or LNG.
There will be two terrestrial pipelines (mostly buried) and up to two submerged pipelines placed on the seabed in a common corridor. The terrestrial sections would be up to 48 inches in diameter with marine segments up to 42 inches in diameter.
What will happen when the gas arrives at Ridley Island?
Reclaimed pipeline sitePhoto courtesy of Spectra Energy
Former Smithers Mayor Jim Davidson probably said it best when the Galore Creek Project was put on hold fi ve or six years ago, “Those rocks aren’t going to go bad ... it’s just a matter of time.”
The on-again, off-again nature of major resource development projects is not only understandable, but in the long view, reasonable.
Global market fl uctuations that have impacted Northern B.C. commodities such as gold, coal and now energy — natural gas and oil to be specifi c — are not only normal but to be expected.
But unlike an banana left out too long, these resources are not going to go bad.
For these projects to move forward, timing is everything.Let’s face it, regardless of one’s opinion of resource extraction and its
delivery, people the world over will still need minerals mined, energy provided and the jobs that go hand-in-hand, to build their smartphones, power their transit, heat their homes, grow their food and pay the taxes to provide social services.
Some grow frustrated with the long delays often associated with major projects whether it is due to market conditions, increasingly diffi cult red tape or politics of the day. It’s understandable, but again timing is everything.
Late last year, there were some delays announced in the LNG sector, and even some shutdowns in the forestry and coal sector. The Chicken Littles will tell you this is a harbinger of doom for the industry sector.
Instead, those who prefer their cups half full, say some of these announcements will give Northwest B.C. a chance to catch up, especially on the training front.
In this issue, N2K’s Martina Perry reports on the BG Group, who despite announcing they were delaying their project, were not delaying training. Instead, the LNG company put its money where its mouth is and ponied up every penny to kickstart the Pathways to Success program. A program that is true to its name — a success.
So, while there may be some delays, this may just be the window of opportunity for hundreds of Northwest B.C. people — many less fortunate — and companies to position themselves to take advantage of the economic boom that is not only coming, but in some cases, already here.
The time is now.Todd HamiltonN2K Publisher
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ON THE PATHThe Pathways to Success program almost didn’t
happen, but with support of the BG Group, 14 aboriginal graduates are well on their way
to � lling high-paying jobs associated with LNG development on the North Coast.
In December, Pathways to Success graduates celebrated their completion of the program, which has led to most of them landing employment.
“I can’t tell you how proud BG is to be a partner of Pathways to Success, and how delighted we are at the quite extraordinary success of this � rst program,” Madeline Whitaker, BG Canada president, said at the graduation event.
Simon Nish, vice-president of sustainability for the BG Group, noted “like all good things, it took the e� ort of quite a lot of people to make it happen”.
Pathways to Success was made possible through a partnership between the Aboriginal Mentoring and Training Association (AMTA), Hecate Strait Employment Development Society and the Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla First Nations Bands, with the BG Group sponsoring 100 per cent of the program.
It all started when the Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla First Nations identi� ed a need for aboriginal people to receive the training needed to qualify for high-paying jobs associated with lique� ed natural gas development in northern B.C.
Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla formed a relationship with the Aboriginal Mentoring and Training Association to deliver a program to address the issue.
“All three of the partners recognized that what will occur in the Northwest in the next year, maybe year and a half, is what we call the perfect labour market storm,” Tom Harwood, regional manager of AMTA and the Pathways to Success program, explained.
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“What will occur in the Northwest ... is what we call the perfect labour market storm.”
- Tom Harwood
By Martina Perry
BG Canada Group helping build a pathway to success
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“� e � ne balance is so unequal that it’s absolutely critical to have Aboriginal inclusion in the labour market.”
BG to the rescueHowever, on the Friday before the program was due to
start, AMTA announced its funding was no longer secure and it would be closing its doors.
But the BG Group, along with Chris Sankey of Lax Kw’alaams and Ryan Leighton of Metlakatla, were able to come up with a solution. Harwood decided to move ahead with the course, � nding more support from Brenda Leighton of the Coastal Training Centre.
“We found out on the Monday that the program had started and we came in behind Tom and Brenda and agreed to work with them to do whatever it takes to make the program happen,” said Nish.
“We picked up the pieces and everybody pulled together as a team. We kept the course going and it was subsequently a great success,” Harwood said.
A concern the BG Group had heard from aboriginal leaders during consultation was that the lack of available training and high unemployment levels in their communities would cause band members to miss out on the opportunities surrounding lique� ed natural gas
projects. BG began working with First Nations communities to
develop an Aboriginal Employment and Training strategy. “� ey’ve clearly told us previous developments in the
Northwest haven’t shared the bene� ts equally,” Nish said.From those discussions, the BG Group learned
First Nations bands felt they were le� out in previous experiences with industry.
“We want to demonstrate that we’re going to work with First Nations to make sure people don’t miss the bus and that they will be positioned to make the most of energy opportunities,” Nish said, noting that in community engagements the issue brought up the most a� er environmental protection is access to jobs.
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“We’re going to work with First Nations to make sure
people don’t miss the bus...”
- Simon Nish
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Whitaker said BG has committed to hire locally for its Prince Rupert LNG Project.
“The leaders of the First Nations bands told us that’s not going to be possible unless you do some of this kind of training. We have a commitment to hire First Nations in our project, so this program needed to happen,” Whitaker said.
Because the program was being supported by industry instead of government, there was no criteria for participant eligibility. Any aboriginal person that was unemployed and wanted to be part of the program was welcomed to apply, with 14 people from Kitkatla, Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla being selected for the six-week course that was completely free of cost.
When Pathways to Success started in November it was housed in the Coastal Training Centre, with PAC 10 Tutoring and the Hecate Strait Employment Development Society providing content for the course.
For the academic component of the program, three instructors from PAC 10 Tutoring led the class through lessons, with industry guest speakers also coming in to talk to participants, along with First Nations elders.
Throughout the life of the course, participants were able to obtain 10 industry-based certifications facilitated by Hecate Strait, including Transportation of Dangerous Goods, Fire Safety, WHMIS, H2S Alive, Bear Aware, Construction Safety Training Systems, OFA Level 1, Transportation Endorsement, Life Skills, Essential Skills Upgrading, Numerical Upgrading, Documents and Numeracy Upgrading, Money Makes Sense and Serving it Right.
At the program’s half-way mark, representatives from the BG Group flew up from Vancouver to meet with participants and facilitators.
“They just flew up for the night to have dinner with everyone and asked how things were going. You could feel everything change among the 14. There was a new respect,” Harwood said, adding he had never witnessed all of the 14 participants talk like they did during that dinner.
“Usually in a group of people there’s a lot of introverts, but everybody was talking and expressing their concerns and what was working. They felt the BG Group genuinely cared and that was nice to see,” he said.
“I’ve been doing this for 30 years and I’ve never seen that before ... you could see trust developing and a relationship between the BG Group and the participants. That really turned the tide; I could see the motivation changing.”
It was obvious program participants were deeply engaged in all they were learning, demonstrated through attendance.
“It was rare to have 100 per cent attendance for that duration of a program. But the attendance was phenomenal; everybody was attending every day,” Harwood said.
The Pathways to Success cohort officially graduated on Dec. 12, with a celebration of completion being held in Prince Rupert on Dec. 18.
“We all bonded during the six weeks with each other and with our instructors ... we are very honoured and blessed to have this opportunity to be the first class to finish [Pathways to Success],” Treena Reece, valedictorian of the Pathways to Success class, said at the graduation celebration.
“This course gave us so many more options, gave us more confidence in ourselves. We knew we could do it, but having excellent sponsors like BG Group gave us more than we expected. We are so very thankful,” said Reece.
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Martina Perry photo“You could feel everything “You could feel everything change among the 14. change among the 14.
There was a new respect.”There was a new respect.”
- Tom Harwood
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� e program readied its participants for entry-level jobs, in hope that when BG is in need of labour workers, Pathways to Success graduates will have the experience to � ll those jobs.
“� e BG Group knows this is going to happen in two, three years or less, so they’re investing in local aboriginals to be active participants in some of the labour that’s going to happen here,” Harwood said.
“� ey’re laying the foundation and opening the doors for them to be part of that ... accessing the aboriginal labour supply is critical. I think BG understands that more than most industry.”
Harwood performed in-depth assessments of the participants and helped guide them through job search strategies and career development work. � e program gave participants direct access to employers, which led to many landing jobs.
“� is was an awesome course and is a big stepping stone in our lives, taking us all on a great journey on a better path to employment to � nd our goals,” said program graduate Reece.
“� e BG Group’s strategy is to really get the Aboriginals in a position where they have the skills to be competitive in applying for the jobs,” Harwood said, adding aboriginal people want to be a part of the LNG workforce.
“We have the labour supply here, we just need to get them at the skills level so they can participate.”
Industry sponsoring 100 per cent of an employment
program is something Harwood had never seen before, and he believes the BG Group deserves a lot of credit for taking this leadership role.
“For me, coming into a place where now there’s no government funding it’s all industry, it’s like day and night,” he said.
Nish said the program was really successful, beyond BG’s expectations, with the company intending to continue its support for the program in the future.
“We’re committed to expanding it. We really want to see it expand in Prince Rupert and Terrace,” he said, noting there’s already a waiting list for a second cohort.
Harwood is certain this was the � rst of many Pathways to Success classes.
“We’re very con� dent we’re going to move forward with more programs,” he said.
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“We really want to see it expand in Prince Rupert
and Terrace.”- Simon Nish
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If you buy something in northern B.C., there is a good chance it spent some time in a truck owned by the Bandstra family.
Smithers-based Bandstra Transportation Systems has grown from a two-truck operation started by patriarch John Bandstra Sr. into a vital transport company with 100 highway tractors, 50 smaller delivery trucks and 220 trailers. Th e 60-year-old company was passed on to the next generation and now employs 350 people, including 150 highway drivers that supply the North with anything from groceries to freight for the burgeoning resource industry.
Phil Bandstra is one of the second-generation owners. His dad Dick was a partner of John Sr. when he started the company, then called Smithers Transport.
He said that since partnering with Canadian Freightways last January to take over its operations in northern B.C., there has been a signifi cant increase in deliveries for Bandstra trucks.
“General merchandise for all the businesses up and down the highway. General retail goods, industrial goods, anything that’s not a full truckload; just one skid or one reel,” explained Bandstra on the type of business the
partnership has brought.Any place west of Prince George in the north is handled
by Bandstra Transportation for Canadian Freightways. Bandstra terminals in Vancouver and, since 2012, Edmonton serve as departure points to bring in freight west and north and to take in deliveries. Th e company also owns terminals in Kamloops and Prince George.
“Th ere are a lot all through the North,” said Bandstra.Th e most experienced drivers get the job of supplying the
growing number of remote mines in the North with trucks outfi tted for the job, including having tire chains ready to go and satellite communications to reach drivers wherever they might be.
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By Chris Gareau
Family trucking fi rm growing by leaps and bounds
It’s worked well and we like to It’s worked well and we like to keep it that way.”keep it that way.”
- Phil Bandstra
“We take extra care to get the right specifi cations for it so we can go off -road with them,” said Bandstra.
Supplying mines has been a steadily growing part of the business, parallel to the growth in the mining industry since the late ‘70s according to Bandstra. Other industrial growth in places like Kitimat and Prince Rupert means more goods need to be moved and Bandstra Transportation’s trailer doors have been open and ready for pulp, chemical, and fi sh delivery.
Sawmills from Williams Lake to Prince Rupert still call
company dispatch in Smithers when product needs to move. Despite huge growth since John Sr. made his goal as a newly-arrived immigrant from Holland a reality in 1955 with those two trucks hauling groceries east from Prince Rupert, the family has kept its head offi ce in Smithers.
“It’s worked well and we like to keep it that way. We live here … Smithers has been a great place to start a business and run a business. (It’s the) livability,” said Bandstra.
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If one were to simply look at the numbers, 2014 may not look like a year to celebrate for the Prince Rupert Port Authority.
Overall tonnage dropped by 10 per cent, from just under 22 million tonnes in 2013 to just under 21 million tonnes in 2014, bringing an end to a streak of consecutive record-breaking years.
But, as is often the case, the numbers only tell a small part of the story. And for Prince Rupert Port Authority president and CEO Don Krusel, the story of 2014 is one of success that will lay the groundwork for even brighter
years ahead. “Overall the tonnage isn’t a record year, but in many
respects it is a record year. The container terminal set another record, which is very significant as we had more than 618,000 TEUs. It has been operating for seven years and there has only been one year in which there wasn’t year-over-year growth and that is very significant. Prince Rupert Grain — congratulation to the management team out there — since its creation, they had a record year of more than six million tonnes. The only reason we’re really down is because the coal volumes,” he said,
alluding to an almost five million tonne decline in shipments from Ridley Terminals Inc.
The story of 2014 is also one that goes beyond simply the comparative shipments made from Prince Rupert. In fact, 2014 could very well be remembered as a lynchpin year for the Prince Rupert Port Authority with the completion of the Ridley Island road, rail and utility corridor, something Krusel pointed to as the highlight of the past 12 months.
“It’s such a large capital project, but more importantly it enables this port to move forward with volume expansion
in the future. We now have the infrastructure in place to attract more terminals, more bulk facilities to Prince Rupert,” Krusel said.
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2014 - the launchpad year for Prince Rupert Port AuthorityBy Shaun Th omas
“Prince Rupert Grain ... they had a record year.”
- Don Krusel
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Road, Rail, Utility Corridor
“It opens up all of Ridley Island and sets the stage for this port gateway to add 50, 60, 70 million tonnes of additional capacity ... the completion of the road, rail utility corridor is a major achievement on that very long-term 2020 Gateway vision. It sets the stage for this port to move forward and expand,” he said, adding the project also showed just what the North Coast is capable of.
“We can’t lose sight of the fact that it is the largest joint-venture project with First Nation involvement in Canada, which is a big achievement. It also demonstrates that we here in Prince Rupert have the load capacity to respond to those types of large infrastructure projects. Th at was important in not only preparing the port gateway from an infrastructure perspective, but it was also to develop the human capacity locally to respond to upcoming projects.”
Along with signing a long-term lease agreement with Canpotex that demonstrates the company’s commitment to Prince Rupert as its chosen location for a potential potash terminal, 2014 was also the fi rst full year of operation for Pinnacle Renewable Resource’s Westview Terminal.
“We have a brand new terminal in this port gateway, which is part of the diversifi cation in adding a whole
new commodity that moved 500,000 tonnes in the fi rst year of operations and may grow to 700,000 to 900,000 tonnes in the following years,” said Krusel.
“I am very happy with the results of 2014 ... we had a major accomplishment with the road, rail, utility corridor and had a major accomplishment with bringing on a new terminal and developing a project cargo facility. It was a very positive year and it sets the stage for continued growth.”
2014 also saw the port authority expand on its commitment to ensuring the environment around Prince Rupert isn’t negatively impacted by the growth of port developments.
“We have invested a lot to ensure the ongoing safety of vessels entering and leaving the harbour so we are setting up tidal monitoring stations, wave monitoring stations, weather monitoring stations and connecting them in real time so the pilots and local mariners can access that information ... we’re setting up air quality monitoring stations and noise monitoring stations to both monitor the activities of the port so we can respond as an agency to changes, but also to demonstrate to the public that it is being monitored and it is being taken seriously. We’re really pleased with where that is heading,” he said.
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“It is a really important objective to us. It wasn’t something many years ago we had to think about, but as the port is growing so rapidly and there is spillover of port activity with the public, we have to really pay attention to that. We are investing a lot in both the environmental sustainability initiative and the general community investment.”
2015 even better?
As for 2015, Krusel said he expects the new year to begin with a bang with the announcement of the Fairview Terminal expansion.
“I think one can anticipate some type of very positive announcement some time in the fi rst quarter of 2015. It’s inevitable, you just have to look at the numbers. We as a port community, we can’t sustain this kind of growth without expansion moving forward. We have had the road, rail, utility corridor and I can see for the next 18 months having the Fairview container terminal expansion moving forward,” he said.
“Th ere is room at the terminal, but it’s getting tight. We don’t know what the ultimate capacity is, but the terminal operator thinks it is north of 750,000 TEUs so we still have well over 100,000 TEUs of capacity. But it does demonstrate that expansion is necessary.”
It isn’t just the expansion of Fairview Terminal that Krusel and the management team at the Prince Rupert Port Authority have their eyes on. Th e reality is the
potential for growth in the new year is quite considerable. “We would see an expansion of Fairview container
terminal being initiated, it would be nice to see a fi nal investment decision by one of the LNG facilities moving forward and the new project cargo facility is now basically completed, though not fully commissioned, and we expect to see volume moving through it starting in the fi rst quarter of 2015. Th at will be another form of diversifi cation. We would also see continued growth in container traffi c through Fairview and, depending on the crop year, we hope to see Prince Rupert Grain continue to show growth,” he said, adding an expansion of port authority lands is also on the agenda.
“We’re continuing to work with the provincial government to see if we can unlock some provincial crown lands for the expansion for intermodal activity and a logistics park. Th at has been a major initiative and will continue to be one; the need for the Prince Rupert gateway to expand into logistics services is quite high and that requires land. It is something we need to work with some of our government stakeholders to unlock.”
With a record year at Fairview Terminal and Prince Rupert Grain on the books, the launch of a new terminal and the completion of a project that opens up an entire island for future growth, 2014 cannot be looked at as anything but a major success for PRPA.
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Custom metal creations can be diffi cult to construct let alone look attractive, but not for employees of Shaper Sheet Metal (SSM) in Vanderhoof, BC.
Instead of mundane duct work, SSM creates functional artwork, Malcolm McLeod said, part owner and certifi ed air-system designer.
“It takes a special degree of engineering and design to do the challenging jobs we do, the type of job none else can,” McLeod said.
Known for their originality and precision, SSM employees make everything from metal signage to extravagant personalized duct work. Nearly every store in downtown Vanderhoof has hired them at one time or another. It’s no wonder the small family-run metal shop has been open since 1983 with a growing resume consisting of no-dog-pooping signs and cowgirl cutouts to intricate custom ventilation and heating systems.
“We’ve done commercial, residential, industrial and institutional projects. We even did the individual ventilation units at the high schools in Vanderhoof and Fort St. James which saved them nearly $1 million with our custom design. It’s 15 years later and some of those units are still operational,” McLeod said.
Th eir most recent project is a state-of-the-art geothermal heating system installed in at the Vanderhoof Curling Club rink. For it to be as effi cient as possible the pipes needed to gradually decrease in size so the pressure of air remains the same throughout the entire structure. Typically, a metal company would fi t the pipes with clunky reducers to make them smaller and smaller, but SSM made it smooth and all one piece, McLeod said.
“Th e pipe runs both sides of the rink and reduces consistently. Most people wouldn’t think of it but it’s much more pleasing to the eye,” McLeod said.
Out of fi ve employees, three labourers help with
installation. Cameron Bailey, McLeod’s nephew and one-year apprentice, worked on the $230,000 curling rink project which took approximately 1,000 hours of design and over a year of on-and-off working to complete.
“Everything we do here is unique in it’s own way,” Bailey said. “Even the hangers for the pipe were custom made so the pipe can rest on the wall [comfortably] with ‘SSM’ cut out on each one.”
Multiple cutting and fabricating machines help to make each project detailed and exact. A slitter cuts long strips, a lock former puts seams on metal and a break machine bends the metal. And although most things at SSM are made from scratch, it doesn’t necessarily mean they all take a long time to make. Some machines have hundreds of abilities but the plasma cutting table is what makes SSM able to do things in a timely manner. It cuts designs generated from a blueprint and what would take a tradesmen an hour to do by hand, it can be done in less than fi ve minutes, McLeod said.
“We were the fi rst in the north to get [a plasma cutter] in 1991 for $100,000 as one-of-fi ve in B.C. We just brought all the parts into the next century too with a $20,000 upgrade. With the new head computer we will get rid of the paper blueprint all together,” Mr. McLeod said.
Like any business time is money, so having a smaller staff works great for SSM, Jacquie McLeod, part owner, said.
“Aft er the NDP was in power in the ‘90s, businesses either needed to become small or very large. Th ere is also a severe shortage of trades people to do the jobs we do and the training takes quite a bit of time and investment. We hardly take time off but when it’s your own business you have to be there to make it go. Th ere are extra challenges working with family but we have a team here and it takes all of us to get the job done,” she said.
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The Cheslatta Carrier Nation, located on the south shore of Francois Lake, is making plans to construct and operate a new sawmill in the Burns Lake area.
Mike Robertson, Cheslatta Carrier Nation’s senior advisor, said Cheslatta “are looking at some options” for their industrial site at Ootsa Lake.
In a request for proposal, the “Cheslatta are seeking an experienced partner who will bring sawmill construction and operational expertise, product marketing excellence and additional capital”.
Th e request also states that Cheslatta Carrier Nation have “signifi cant sustainable green timber holdings, previous sawmilling experience and capital including fi nancial and other assets such as industrial lands”.
Every worker goes home safely every day.
For Houston’s Canfor it’s not a motto, it’s a duty.“Th e tragic incidents at Babine Forest Products
and Lakeland Mills forced the entire industry to review their dust management practices and come up with new and innovative ways to deal with combustible dust,” said Matthew Franks, Canfor human resources manager.
Since 2012, Franks said there’s been ongoing improvements in dust extraction systems, misting systems and dust containment.
Th ey’ve also been making improvements on how they
install and guard equipment so employees handle lumber and material less frequently, reducing the likelihood of injuries.
Ultimately, Franks said employers are responsible to ensure the health and safety of its workforce and the main way they do so is hiring safety personnel and educating employees.
Canfor also provides personal protective equipment and supervision for employees to do their jobs safely.
Franks said unsafe conditions are remedied as they’re identifi ed and safety committees make regular recommendations about safety concerns based on injury trends and observation. Canfor also employs an Hourly Safety Designate who works solely on improving safety.
Canfor partners with Worksafe BC, the B.C. Safety Authority and the Ministry of Environment to improve safety.
“Th e open and honest approach we have with them gives us the chance to use their knowledge and input to improve the safety of our operations,” Franks said.
Canfor also uses safety resources from other Canfor mills to identify best practices, support divisional safety initiatives and share information and key learnings between the mills.
“Canfor has always viewed safety as a core value in its business,” Franks said.
Striving for zero incidents, Canfor “fi rmly believes that all workplace incidents are preventable” and their safety program and standards refl ect that.
In the event of an injury, Franks says they look for ways to reduce the likelihood of a similar incident in the future.
“We are here to make lumber, but doing that safely is the most important task we have. Th ere are many hazards in a sawmill, as with most primary industries but we take great care to minimize our employees exposure to those hazards through engineering, guarding, training and personal protective equipment,” he said.
“Our priority is to have all of our employees return home safely from work each and every day.”
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The Kitimat Modernization Project, which should secure smelter operations for another 60 years in the northwest, certainly has its spin-off
benefi ts.While the more obvious benefi ts include
employment and full-up local hotels, Kitamaat
Village was provided one, perhaps seemingly random, donation from the aluminum company: concrete slabs.
Th e 75 concrete slabs have a value of approximately $30,000.
Haisla Nation Council Chief Councillor Ellis Ross said the slabs will be a major part for an overall plan to renovate the marina in Kitamaat Village.
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In the run-up to what could be tens of billions of dollars being spent in northwestern B.C. on liquefi ed natural gas plants and on the pipelines to provide the raw product for
those plants, a wide variety of companies from outside have set up shop to off er the services, expertise and supplies as part of the needed groundwork leading to fi nal investment decisions.
Many of those newly arrived companies over the past several years bring with them established relationships with the international industrial players who hope to develop LNG plants and other industries.
One of those companies is Swift Worldwide Resources, an employee search fi rm with 27 offi ces around the world and a presence in 36 countries.
It’s focussed on the oil and gas industry and has had an offi ce in Calgary since 2007 and has now opened an offi ce on the second fl oor of the former Terrace and District Credit Union building on Lazelle Ave. in Terrace.
“We’re here in B.C. just because of all of these projects,” says Swift ’s one and only – for now – Terrace employee, Katja Lenihan.
“Where the client is, we go.”Lenihan herself speaks to the international nature of oil
and gas industry employment. Originally from England, she spent time with Swift in its Perth, Australia offi ce before the local posting.
Swift began in England but its headquarters is now in Houston, Texas, the heart of the American oil and gas industry. Its Calgary location speaks to that city being the oil and gas industry hub for Canada.
Swift ’s northwestern B.C. client list includes Chevron, which has a 50 per cent stake in Kitimat LNG, one of two major LNG projects under consideration for Kitimat.
It also services other companies in the region as well, the engineering fi rm of Hatch and companies connected to Rio Tinto Alcan’s Kitmat smelter modernization project.
Swift will fi nd and hire a full range of employees of all kinds of skill sets.
“What I’ve been doing is getting the [Swift ] name out there, attending various functions, generally introducing myself and the company. People are asking who are you and why are you here? I’m raising the profi le,” says Lenihan.
Swift provides two types of employees to its clients – those that will be permanently hired by the client and those that remain within Swift and are provided on a contract basis.
“We have a huge database at our disposal,” explains Lenihan of the CVs and resumes on fi le.
While one arm of Swift works with clients to fi nd the people the client needs, another arm of Swift keeps track of the people it has working for clients.
“We’re always updating,” says Lenihan. “We want to make the [recruitment] process as seamless
as possible. What our teams do is at least three months in advance of a contract ending is to start speaking with that person of where they might want to go or whether they might want to stay.”
One of Swift ’s recruitment tenets is to fi nd people who have at least one non-monetary motive for employment.
When it comes to Canadian projects, Lenihan says it looks for qualifi ed Canadian applicants fi rst locally, then nationally and then Canadians working abroad.
Lenihan describes Swift , which has 400 employees, as an open company with accessible lines of communication.
“Our key is fl exibility and to act quickly when needed,” she said.
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Qualified applicants must hold a Heavy Duty TQ and possess strong electrical and hydraulic diagnostic skills.
Strategically situated on the great circle route from Asia, Prince Rupert is also North America’s deepest natural harbor. As such, the Prince Ru-pert Container Terminal is able to comfortably handle the world’s larg-est container vessels in a highly productive and efficient manner.
All resumes must be forwarded to [email protected]
Qualified applicants must hold a Red Seal Ticket.
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Maintenance Superintendent
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is seeking applications for Maintenance Superintendents at the Pinkut Creek Salmon Spawning Channel project and the Kitimat River Hatchery.
Applications can be made online at www.psc-cfp.gc.ca or contact Markus Feldhoff, Watershed Enhancement Manager, Kitimat River Hatchery, Box 197, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2G7 ph: 250-639-9888 / fax: 250-639-9220.
Closing date for applications is midnight, February 16, 2015. Applica-tions by mail cannot be postmarked any later than February 16, 2015.
www.sd50.bc.ca.Please send complete application package along with
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)
Tolko Industries Ltd. is a private, Canadian-owned forest products company based in Vernon, BC which manufactures and markets forest products to world Since its beginnings in 1956, Tolko has grown from a small sawmill to become a company diversified by geography and products, with over 3,000 employees in operations across Western Canada. Tolko’s manufacturing operations produce lumber, unbleached speciality kraft papers, panel products, co-products, biomass power and a number of specialty wood products. For more information, please visit our website at www.tolko.com.
Tolko is interested in seeking individual proposals for a non-replaceable Log Hauling Contract with an annual volume of up to 300,000 tonnes. The work will be based out of Vernon, BC with the majority of the work taking place within the Southern Interior of BC.
Prior to obtaining a Request for Proposal (RFP) package, contractors must provide a prospectus with the following information:
1. Company name and contact information, including a phone number and an email address. 2. Brief description of your company and services offered. 3. Previous work history with dates that would pertain to this RFP.
Once we have received your prospectus, a package will be sent to you with instructions on how to submit a complete proposal. Tolko reserves the right to reject in whole or in part, any or all proposals for any reason. Completed proposals must be submitted by 5:00pm (PST) on Friday, January 30th.
Until a formal purchase order or other contractual document is finalized, signed and accepted by Tolko, Tolko does not intend to create any contractual relationship (either express or implied) with any entity submitting a proposal or other response to the Tolko request for quotation. As a result, those who submit a proposal are free to modify or withdraw their proposal as they deem appropriate. The successful recipient will be considered an independent contractor.
Company Prospectus and Contractor Proposal(s) can be faxed or emailed to:
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OLD MASSETT VILLAGE COUNCILEmployment Vacancy
BAND ADMINISTRATORPOSITION SUMMARY: Under the direction of Chief and Council, the Band Administrator is responsible for planning and administering Old Massett Village Council’s annual operating budget, implementing Band Council Resolutions (BCR’s), and directing a team of managers, professionals and support staff on a daily basis. The successful candidate ensures that activities are carried out in accordance with policy and directives as approved by council.
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Veresen is looking for a full time hydroelectric Plant Operator. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day operation and maintenance of two hydroelectric run-of-river power plants currently under construction near Terrace, BC. Besides the care for the generating facilities, the work includes maintenance of a logging road network and transmission-line right of way.
Qualifications
For consideration, please e-mail your resume & cover letter to [email protected]
- Grade 12, BC driver’s license.- Journeyman millwright, mechanic, machinist or comparable qualification.- Self-sufficient, independent, requires little supervision.- Hands-on trouble-shooter with a wider technical knowledge of electrical and mechanical equipment.- Ability to travel for training and occasional work for up to two consecutive weeks at other facilities within BC.
School District No. 50 (Haida Gwaii) requires the services of Teachers Teaching
replace regular teachers when they are absent. Individual assignments may last from half days to a few weeks.
and able to meet the individual needs of students are encouraged to apply.
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Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Fraser Lake and Burns Lake areas. Work early in the morning and afternoon with the midday off. When the kids are out of school, you are too. The starting wage is $24.36 per hour as per the current CUPE Collective Agreement.
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JUNE 2014 • VOL. 1 ISSUE 3
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SEPTEMBER 2014 • VOL. 1, ISSUE 6
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AUGUST 2014 • VOL. 1, ISSUE 5
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with new terminal planswith new terminal plans
Forest futureEnsuring a sustainable Ensuring a sustainable
supply of timbersupply of timber
OCTOBER 2014 • VOL. 1, ISSUE 7
Why Does LNG Matter to Me?New local jobs will give young people and future generations more opportunities to stay in northern BC instead of having to move away to find good jobs.
JOBS AND TRAININGWe’re committed to hiring as many local workers
as possible for construction and operations jobs
at our facility. To support this important goal, we are developing training programs for local workers
interested in working in the LNG sector. Pacific
NorthWest LNG will create new vendor opportunities
for businesses and contractors in the northwest.
We will be posting more details of these programs, including how to apply, on our website
www.PacificNorthWestLNG.com in the near future.
A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR NORTHERN BC
Key Facts about Pacific NorthWest LNGWHAT IS LNG?LNG is short for “liquefied natural gas” – which is
natural gas that has been
chilled to -162 degrees Celsius, converting it from
gas to a liquid.
WHAT’S NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT?Natural gas produced
in northeast BC would
be transported to our
proposed facility in Port
Edward by the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission
Pipeline. The pipeline
would carry natural gas in its vapour state, which
would not cover or coat
surfaces if a pipeline
event occurred.
WHY IS BC EXPORTING NATURAL GAS TO ASIA?The demand for energy is increasing, and
natural gas is a cleaner
fuel source than other fossil fuels. Liquefying
natural gas allows us to
access new markets for
BC-produced natural gas,
creating and protecting jobs for BC families.
A LNG train
B Power generation
equipment
C Storage and
maintenance buildings
D Natural gas
metering station
E Flare stack
F Prince Rupert Gas
Transmission pipeline
G LNG carrier berths
H LNG carrier
I Trestle
J Suspension bridge
K LNG storage tank
L Materials offloading facility
M Security checkpoint
N Administrative
buildings
O Lelu Island Bridge
An artist’s interpretation of what Pacific NorthWest LNG may look like if constructed. For demonstration purposes only.
PacificNorthWestLNG.com Canadian Energy. Global Reach.
Pacific NorthWest LNG would generate approximately
$1 billion in annual new tax revenue
income that could be used to provide public services
in BC communities.
330 long-term careers operating the facility
up to 4,500 jobs during construction
300 spinoff jobs in the community
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