Our Story
Founded in 2016, Northwest Skills emerged in response to overwhelming demand from manufacturers to improve workforce skills and productivity. We are a private training institute focused on ensuring industry has a well-skilled, productive and safe workforce.
STRENGTHENING KEY SKILLS
Given our industry origins, we are a training organization that is driven by employers to address the needs of the industry that cannot be met by vocational colleges and universities. We work with employers, both union and non-union shops, along with industry associations, to successfully upgrade workforce skills to improve business competitiveness. We respond quickly to deliver solutions for both technical and soft skills.
Our experience is diverse. We have provided training to manufacturers, printers, apparel and garment workers, plastic and rubber, cabinetry, food and beverage, grape growing and wine production, construction, supply chain and logistics, tourism, hospitality and retail.
We offer technical skills training for various safety, productivity, and equipment utilization topics.
Our soft skills and supervisory topics include leadership, project management, communication, and administration best practices.
EMPOWERING JOB SEEKERS
It started with supporting new refugees to Canada and expanded to include helping migrants, barriered individuals, Indigenous youth, previously incarcerated individuals and now, anyone needing a helping hand. We also work with social organizations to support the creation of new employment pathways to bring groups of new individuals into the workforce.
These training and employment programs, delivered under Industry Ready, are geared specifically for resolving critical job vacancies and high-demand occupations in priority industry sectors.
Our partnerships with hundreds of employers and dozens of associations help rapidly define essential skills needed by employers so they remain competitive and successfully contribute to economic growth. In parallel, we ensure that trainees who will be entering the workforce have the skills to contribute to a role, earn a living, and be safe. Our partnership approach makes students more qualified and ready for work, improving labour force attachment. Our services are provided in multiple languages.
Over the last 8 years, we have trained over 5,000 people and placed individuals with 450 employers.
PERSONAL SKILLS GROWTH
We also offer direct to consumer learning for individuals who wish to upgrade their own skills on their own time, covering more than 800 topics. We use a robust online platform to deliver courses globally.
Preparing you for success
The Northwest Skills Institute is an industry focused training organization.
Our programs are geared specifically for industry, making students more qualified and READY FOR WORK.
It's time to upskill your employees and solve your workforce problems.
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NW Skills acknowledges and respects the traditional territories of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples upon which we and our partners carry out our work across Canada. We thank the hereditary First Peoples who continue to live on and care for these lands.