AGRICULTURE notes

Employment Services

The P.E.I. Agriculture Sector Council Employment services are available for employees and employers for free. We will be happy to help you with your employment needs. Please call Charlottetown at 1-866-892-1091.

Training

The P.E.I. Agriculture Sector

Council is taking names for other dates for 3A Training that may be offered. If interested, people should get their names on the waiting list for the next training sessions, which may be offered between October and December.

From field to road… Do you have employees that drive your trucks, but don’t have their licenses? The P.E.I. Agriculture Sector Council is looking for experienced drivers that would like to obtain their Airbrakes and Class 3A license. It will be facilitating these two courses through JVI and Access.

This project will be processed through the Canada Job Grant and Skills P.E.I. Here’s a draft schedule: Day 1- Airbrake theory; Day 2- Review of Airbrakes and airbrake test, written on site, preform a pre-use inspection; Day 3- Driving and testing for Class 3A (time scheduled test on site); Day 4- Driving and testing for Class 3A (time scheduled test on site). Requirements are as follows: Applicants must have valid truck driving experience, but not licensed as well as medical completed and returned. For more details on registration requirements, contact Robin or Laurie at 902-892-1091. To sign up, contact the P.E.I. Agriculture Sector Council at 902-8921091 or e-mail info@P.E.I.agsc.ca. For more information on any of these events, please contact the P.E.I. Agriculture Sector Council at 902-892-1091.