Mandate Erectors and Welding Ltd. – Donald Robert
Mandate Erectors and Welding Ltd. views the NB Apprenticeship program as a critical part of the welding and fabrication industry. Apprenticeship provides greatly needed experience. The "hands on” approach prepares the apprentices early and ensures a higher level of quality production and productivity. These are key to our industry’s future success.

McCain Foods Ltd. - John Walker – Maintenance Manager
The apprenticeship program existed when I started with this company 25 years ago and we have extensively used many of the development programs available. The time had come that employers were in need of tradespeople with a much broader scope of abilities. The apprenticeship program met this demand.

Midway Kenworth Limited - Kendell Pelkey
Apprenticeship training has been one of Midway Kenworth’s greatest training aids. It has been the arena from which the majority of our technicians come. Apprenticeship training allows us to train technicians over time. This reduces the burden placed on our shop when people are out on training.

Saxon Electric – Darren Sutherland
After my five years of apprenticeship were over, I obtained my journeyperson qualifications and started my own company. That was 16 yeas ago…Now I work with the program to bring employees through the apprenticeship program so that they too can become journeyperson electricians. I have started people right off the street and seen them through to getting their license. I think that with the apprenticeship program, employers have an easier time finding employees who are truly interested in the trades.

Apex Industries - Paul Leger, Journeyperson Machinist
The partnership between employer, apprenticeship program and employee helped me get my diploma of apprenticeship and certificate of qualification. After working in the trade with the same company an opportunity for a management position became available. I moved from the position of Shop Foreman to Production Manager.

Department of Training and Employment Development - Jean- Marie Michaud – Journeyperson Carpenter
Apprenticeship opened doors for me. I started out as a Carpenter apprentice, became a certified journeyperson. I went from being a company foreman to owning my own construction company. Now I am working with Apprenticeship developing curriculum and exams for apprentices.