b'BREAKFAST PANELMODERATOR:Darryl Harrison,Winnipeg Construction AssociationPANELISTS:Ellowyn Nadeau,InstructorDepartment of Civil Engineering Technology, RRC Polytech Kelly Wallace,Vice President & District ManagerWinnipeg, PCL Constructors Canada Inc.Shawn Henry,General Manager, WescanSUPPLY CHAIN LABOUR SUPPLYWe are seeing the majority We do a lot to try to attract people One of the things I really like thatthat may not normally considerIm seeing is more diversityboth of things coming back intoconstruction as a career. Up untilgender and cultural. But when normalization. Pre-COVID, lightingnow, apprenticeship would allowyou have a province that wants to was a six- to eight-week deliveryone journeyperson to mentor andbuild out a lot of infrastructure, I after approved shop drawings.oversee two apprentices. Now,think tradespeople are going to be It went up to about eight to 12;going forward, thats been cut inour limiting factor. Im challenging theyre now back to normalization.half. A journeyperson now canour teamhow do we build some Electrical panels, same thingonly mentor and oversee a singlegender diversity into tradespeople, Mechanical equipment has reallyapprentice. We think thats goingdominant. - Kelly Wallace, PCLbecause its still very male-come back in line. One thing thatto be counterproductive to trying is still not back in line is buildingconstruction. - Darryl Harrison, WCA This was a big reason why maintenance componentsa lot ofto get people to choose a career inmanufacturers dont have a good stock of spare parts becauseOne of the biggest issues with [theManitoba Women in Construction theyre putting everything theycame into existence about 11 can into new builds and into thechange in apprenticeship ratio] isyears ago. For the last number of production line. that with the way the apprenticeshipyears, they have been putting on - Shawn Henry, Wescan structure works now, I will only beUnlocking the Toolkit, an event that able to mentor two people in 16invites 90 Grades 5 and 6 girls to come to WCA and go from stationWe always try to work closely withyears Thats going to put us in ato station and try the trades. Theyre big hole in this province. And we our clients and figure out producthave a lot of tradesvery specialtyexposed to female journeypeople selection to de-risk the schedule,skilled trades, like HVAC technicians,who are doing these trades in the because ideally you want to haverefrigeration mechanicsthat haveindustry, and they get to ask them your building occupied and up andbig holes. Were producing all thesequestions. They get hands-on running, so sometimes you mightpeople to take care of them. experience. And that has been buildings, and we dont have the want to buy something thats morephenomenal for those students.off the shelf. - Kelly Wallace, PCL - Shawn Henry, Wescan - Ellowyn Nadeau, RRC PolytechIssue 4 | Winter Edition | 2024 / 2025 BUILD MANITOBA 23'