Options Skilled Trades Career Fair

Mark Your Calendars! Options 2023 is happening Wednesday, May 31.

Options, Algonquin College, Pembroke Campus

The award-winning Options Skilled Trades Career Fair program has introduced youth in Renfrew County to skilled trades career opportunities for almost two decades.

After two years of holding skills competitions within high schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, Options 2023 will bring the event back to its roots as a community showcase of skilled trades careers. Students will compete in trades such as culinary, welding, carpentry, automotive, and hairstyling.

_DSC0574-smallIn 2007, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities recognized Options with an Award of Excellence for its grassroots effort to encourage more young people to pursue apprenticeship training to address the province’s critical shortage of skilled trades workers. Since then, hundreds of students who participated in Options have gone on to successful careers in the skilled trades.

Special thanks to Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Junior Achievement for joining us as sponsors for this year’s Options event.