Our industry is awesome . There ’ s a lot of potential and great people .
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Cheque presentation to Jessie Andrais by Gary Bianchini , provincial president and Tony Borsje , vice president of SMCAA
Our industry is awesome . There ’ s a lot of potential and great people .
When asked why someone should choose to become a sheet metal worker , as opposed to another trade , Bungay pauses before answering .
“ That is a hard question to answer ,” he says . “ I think any job in the trades is a good career move . The good news about sheet metal workers is that we are paid fairly well by industry standards . We typically work indoors and there is a lot of opportunity . Your percentage of getting hired on in the sheet metal industry is typically higher than other trades because there are less people applying for these jobs .”
Scholarship Criteria
Applicants for the SMCAA Scholarship Fund are required to meet the following criteria in order to be considered :
• Must be currently ( at the time of submission and award ) employed by a member company in good standing with SMCAA .
• The member company must submit the application and a letter of recommendation on applicant ’ s behalf .
• The applicant must have attended the sheet metal apprenticeship training and passed all provincial requirements set out in the Alberta Apprenticeship Program .
• A copy of the applicant ’ s transcript must be included with the application .
• The applicant must have been enrolled in the apprenticeship training program , in any of the intakes between April 2015 and February 2016 .
• All applications must be submitted to SMCAA by the May 02 , 2016 deadline .
• All applications must be complete . Incomplete applications will be removed from the selection process .
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Scholarship recipients are chosen by the committee based on their marks and recommendation by their employer . ( The 2016 scholarship applications were emailed out to membership on March 2 , 2016 , applications are also available on our website www . smcaa . ca ) This year SMCAA is proud to offer 10 $ 500.00 scholarships for the 2016 intake .
In 2014 , there were 13 applicants from which four recipients received $ 500 scholarships . In 2015 , there were 11 applicants from which eight recipients were chosen .
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