{"id":6415,"date":"2018-10-03T13:05:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/?p=6415"},"modified":"2018-10-03T13:07:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T17:07:22","slug":"boilermaker-nuclear-tripartite-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/boilermaker-nuclear-tripartite-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Boilermaker Nuclear Tripartite Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joseph Maloney, Boilermakers International Vice-President, addresses the conference and confirms that Boilermakers are committed to meeting the demand for competent and qualified tradespeople to service Ontario's nuclear sector<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The skill and availability of Boilermakers are key to the refurbishment of Ontario\u2019s nuclear power plants. That was the consistent message presented at the Boilermaker Nuclear Tripartite Conference hosted by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakesr (IBB) and the Electrical Power Systems Construction Association (EPSCA) on September 12th.<\/p>\n

With demand in Ontario growing to over 2,000 Boilermakers by 2020, IVP Joseph Maloney called for a face-to-face meeting with key industry stakeholders including representatives from Bruce Power, Ontario Power Generation (OPG), EPSCA, various contractors and the IBB.<\/p>\n

The one-day conference provided attendees the opportunity to discuss regulatory training documents, the overlap of training standards between the ICI and EPSCA sectors, Nuclear Qualified Worker requirements, shift schedules, security clearance protocols, as well as supply and demand data.<\/p>\n

The presentations and conference speakers provided a very clear picture of the challenges and opportunities facing the nuclear industry in light of the upcoming multi-year and multi-unit refurbishments. In spite of the conference having a focus on nuclear projects, the attendees were not shy in voicing the need to supply qualified personnel to all Boilermaker projects including those outside of the nuclear sector.<\/p>\n

Traditional apprenticeship programs and the extensive use of the IBB\u2019s dispatch and travel card system are the preferred methods of furnishing highly trained and competent Boilermakers to our projects. In addition to these traditionally effective recruitment and supply measures, there will be a need to establish greater recruitment and training capacity in order to adequately prepare for the tremendous number of Boilermaker man-hours that will be realized within the province\u2019s nuclear sector.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the Darlington Refurbishment<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn more about the Bruce Power Life-Extension Program<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Alex Lolua, EPSCA General Manager, applauds the Boilermakers for their dedication to servicing Ontario's Nuclear Sector<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bill Owens, VP for Refurbishments at OPG, explains that the future of the Canadian nuclear industry will hinge on the success of refurbishments<\/p><\/div>\n

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Robin Granger, EPSCA consultant, provides a comprehensive supply & demand analysis<\/p><\/div>\n

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Joseph Maloney, Boilermakers International Vice-President, speaks to the need for appropriate shift schedules that take in account both local members and travelers alike<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The skill and availability of Boilermakers are key to the refurbishment of Ontario\u2019s nuclear power plants. That was the consistent message presented at the Boilermaker Nuclear Tripartite Conference hosted by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakesr (IBB) and the Electrical Power Systems Construction Association (EPSCA) on September 12th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6415"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6436,"href":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415\/revisions\/6436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boilermaker.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}