Second Career Update

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Employment and Training Division Ministry of
Training, Colleges and Universities

• Second Career Update
• SDAG
• August 18, 2009

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Table of Contents

• Second Career Statistics
• Second Career Training Profile
• Client Profile
• Next Steps

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Second Career Statistics

• More than 10,000 Ontarians are now benefiting
  from Second Career as they retrain for new
  careers that will help them prosper and help
  Ontario grow.
• The program is well subscribed as applications
  continue to come into our offices.
• Average program duration is almost one year.

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Second Career Training Profile
Top Training Occupations (Cumulative) 1.
Community Social Service Workers
8 2. Computer Network Operators
8 3. Bookkeepers
7 4 Medical
Secretaries
5 5 Gas Fitters
4 6. Administrative
Officers 4 7.
Paralegal Related Occupations
3 8. Medical Lab Technicians
3 9. Registered Nursing Assistants
3 10. Welders

3 This list represents 46 of approved clients
starting in 2009/10.
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Second Career Training Profile

• EI Status
• - Active EI 66
• - Reachback 28
• - Non-Insured 6
• Average Age 40 years
• Sex
• - Female 49
• - Male 51

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Client Profile

• A 44 year old father with a high school diploma
  was laid off after working 10 years as a machine
  operator in the manufacturing sector. He is
  currently volunteering in a mens shelter and
  feels that training in social work to be come a
  worker in addictions and family counselling will
  provide him with marketable skills. MTCU has
  approved training for the Addictions and
  Community Services Worker diploma program at a
  private career College.
• A 37 year old father, married with one child was
  laid off from the auto manufacturing sector. He
  has his high school certificate and Second Career
  will allow him to attend a public college to
  obtain a two-year diploma (67 weeks) in Computer
  Networking and Technical Support.

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Next Steps

• Building on the success of this program, MTCU is
  focusing on the completion of Second Career
  graduates through the following strategies
• Assist graduates and potential graduates in
  finding employment opportunities.
• Build awareness of the Employment Ontario (EO)
  training programs with the employer community in
  order to create appropriate linkages in
  communities that will support employers to hire
  skilled workers.
• Conduct a client analysis survey and focus groups
  to examine training completion and client
  satisfaction in the first year of program
  implementation.

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