London Energy co-op lets kids try multiple jobs during term amidst skilled trades shortage Share Traditional high school co-ops often focus on the placement of one student at one employer over a series of months. In Kincardine, 26 teenagers are getting to experience as many as 25 potential occupations over four months. "This is the first time we've done this.
And this is kind of the first time in Ontario that a co-op has gone from being four months of one thing to just exploring an industry. Just kind of, very introductory level, but just getting a taste of each career path and then moving on to the next thing," said Phillip Craig, director of the Nuclear Innovation Institute's Explore Program. Kids enrolled in Kincardine's Energy Sector Co-op are learning about everything from pipefitting to firefighting, welding to project management, robotics to building scaffolding, thanks to the partnership between the Bluewater District School Board, Nuclear Innovation Institute, UBC Local 2222, and more than 28 local energy employers.
"I've definitely learned like new subjects and new things from this co-op I never would have probably done in my life, such as, let's say, welding or pipefitting. It's definitely a new experience and definitely something I've never really done before," said Grade 11 Energy Co-op student Pravit Joshi. Students participating in Kincardine’s “Clean Energy Co-op” on June 6, 2024.
(Scott Miller/CTV News London) While the focus of the co-op program is abo.
