Wataynikaneyap Transmission Project Training
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Line Crew Ground Support Program
Line Crew Ground Support (LCGS) is a 15-week work-ready powerline construction training program delivered in Thunder Bay that provides classroom and hands-on skills with over 25 transferable certificates. Graduates of this program have secured work in powerline construction and are working as powerline ground crew, tower assemblers and powerline technician apprentices.
Other LCGS training is occurring in the region and everyone is welcome to apply.
To register for OSLP’s Line Crew Ground Support Virtual Reunion,
please fill out the registration form below and e-mail it to:
Laura Calmwind, Training Manager
l.calmwind@oslp.ca
You can also fax it to OSLP at (807) 474-3213.
Download Registration Form Here
Left to Right: Lucas Toft - Lac Seul First Nation, Curtis Lawson -McDowell Lake First Nation, Dakota Goodman - Sandy Lake First Nation, Richard Spade - Mishkeegogamang First Nation, Jobby Strang - Poplar Hill First Nation, Dorwin Strang -Pikangikum First Nation, Ryan Meekis - Sandy Lake First Nation
All-Woman Line Crew Ground Support Training
An all-woman course was offered for 14 weeks in the Fall of 2021 to encourage women to join the powerline work crews!
Congratulations to the graduates who completed the All Woman Line Crew Ground Support course in the Fall of 2021! We celebrate these strong women with their families, friends and community leadership. This is the only course of its kind in Canada, specifically organized for First Nation women from Wataynikaneyap Power’s owner communities. Course structure from Canada’s Infrastructure Health and Safety Association provided graduates with 25 transferable certificates. Thank you to the training team and all the trainees who earned certificates over the course of the 14 weeks.
(LtoR) Jamie Keeash, Weagamow First Nation, Sophie Mekanak, Bearskin Lake First Nation, Carrie Lyon, Bearskin Lake First Nation, Shirley King, Pikangikum First Nation
