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EDUCATION/CULTURE--APPRENTICESHIP CONFERENCE
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Government, business and industry will meet to discuss
partnerships and the development of a highly skilled and
competitive workforce at the 1996 Provincial Apprenticeship Board
annual conference.

"Emerging Roles And Needs of Industry In Workplace Training" is
the theme of this year's two-day conference Friday and Saturday.

The apprenticeship board held several open houses across the
province last year to gather input on the issues facing
apprenticeship in Nova Scotia. The groups most under-represented
at these sessions were business and industry. Since approximately
80 per cent of apprenticeship training is done on-the-job,
business an