$ 250 million to train 5,000 future construction workers

Hydro-Québec and the Ministry of Education will invest $ 250 million in the next three years to train 5,000 additional construction workers. An investment deemed necessary to meet the growing needs of the Crown Company.

The Ministry of Education will spend 150 million to train in particular carpenters -men, surveyors, crane-handers and heavy machinery mechanics.

We will increase the number of places, we will train more students. With this money, we will train more cohorts, we will modernize the equipment, we will buy more equipment. We will probably also offer training in service centers that do not already offer themindicates the Minister of Education, Bernard Drainville.

Hydro-Québec will invest 100 million to support the training of line and electricians, who represent almost 30 % of the organization’s labor needs.

With this announcement, the government plans to double the number of line editors formed in the province each year.

It is an important partnership in order to obtain the specialized workforce necessary to make success the action plan of the Crown Companyexplains its president and general manager, Claudine Bouchard.

To carry out its 2035 action plan, which provides for the addition of 5,000 kilometers of new electricity transport lines, Hydro-Québec will need to recruit 35,000 additional construction workers. This plan will require investments of $ 200 billion in the next ten years.

The Minister of Education explains wanting to demonstrate very flexible To meet the needs of Hydro-Québec. The number of funds funded could be influenced according to demand, in the coming years.

We will adjust to the needs of labor. There are a certain number of professions that will be funded with today’s announcement, but it may be aware that, for certain training courses, there is a stronger demand than expected and at that time, we can adjust the number of places that are available.

Funded training will not be accelerated training, however, the Minister specifies.

We change absolutely nothing to the number of hours that are requiredhe mentions.

Concrete supportbut still unknown is planned to promote the access of First Nations and Inuit to future projects related to the energy transition, specifies the state -owned company.

With the collaboration of Colin Côté-Paulette