11/5/2007 1:49:56 PM
CNA wins national award
College of the North Atlantic has been honoured with the Educator of the Year award from the National Seafood Sector Council (NSSC).
This national award is presented to the educational institution that has delivered the most NSSC training courses.
“The college won the award because 375 students received training in 21 of the NSSC training courses. These courses were delivered from September 1, 2005 to August 31, 2007,” explains Clara McCue, business development officer for provincial contracts.
The college delivered the NSSC training courses at its St. Anthony, Corner Brook, Gander, Clarenville, Marystown and Placentia campuses.
“It was the dedication of business development officers from each campus and the regional representative for the NSSC that allowed the college to deliver so many courses throughout the province,” says McCue.
CNA has been a member of the NSSC for two years and McCue says the college is providing much needed training for this industry.
“The NSSC provides a forum for the seafood processing industry to address human resource development issues. It is a national organization led by seafood industry partners and is staffed by a team of dedicated personnel,” says McCue.
“The council assists large and small companies across the country in meeting their training needs. Membership in the council allows us to cost-effectively bring NSSC training courses to fish and food processors throughout the province. These are nationally certified courses and are of great value to the industry.”
CNA has been helping the NSSC deliver a range of course topics such as Quality Management for Production Workers, Factory Clean-up, Food Safety, etc.
“Our success is due, in no small part, to the great relationship we have developed with the past and the current NSCC regional representative,” continues McCue.
“The NSSC records all training courses that take place across Canada. By completing a query on their database, the number of courses and participants taught by each educational partner is easily obtained.”
CNA was nominated along with the Marine Institute and Quin-Sea Fisheries for the award.
“The college only recently became a member of the NSSC – we began marketing and delivering NSSC courses just two years ago. The award win is a great result for such a new member. There are sector council representative and industry partners in all provinces except Saskatchewan,” McCue says.
“The membership of NSSC consists of 160 companies, associations, government and training institutes, but we couldn’t have done such a good job without the business development officers at various campuses and the persistence of NSSC’s regional representative at the time.”
McCue, who attended the NSSC annual general meeting and awards ceremony in Halifax in October, accepted the award on behalf of the college.
“It was a great experience and the NSSC were very happy that we were able to be there to accept the award in person. It’s good news for the fishing industry – it shows that the sector in this province is active and developing itself.”
Johanna Oehiling, president of NSSC, says hard work goes into delivering the NSSC courses.
"Congratulations to CNA for being nominated and winning the award from NSSC as Educational Trainer of the Year for 2007. Many hours of hard work and commitment from all involved with training for the industry has without a doubt been a great benefit for all,” says Oeling. “In addition, I would like to congratulate the other Newfoundland and Labrador nominees; working together to up-skill and educate our industry will benefit Canadian companies and Canadians will prosper.”
Finally, Denise Hann-Hicks, NSSC NL Regional Representative, also congratulated CNA on their win.
“Congratulations to CNA for being nominated and winning the award from NSSC as Educational Trainer of the Year for 2007. It has been a wonderful opportunity over the last two years working with the college to promote and deliver NSSC courses throughout the province. I appreciate the assistance from the business development officers and look forward to their continued support in the further growth of the college’s relationship with NSSC.”
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For more information contact:
Glenda McCarthy
Public Information Officer
College of the North Atlantic
(709) 643-6408
glenda.mccarthy@cna.nl.ca