b'HARMONIZATION INITIATIVEHarmonizing the roofer tradeBy/par Warren HeeleyHarmonisation du mtier de couvreurI ts been a long wait, but the Roofer Red Seal Apprentice- L attente a t longue, mais le programme dapprentis-ship program is finally in the process of being harmonizedsage Sceau rouge pour les couvreurs est enfin en voie by the Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeshipdtre harmonis par le Conseil canadien des directeurs (CCDA). CRCA and its provincial affiliates are doing their bit:de lapprentissage (CCDA). LACEC et ses affilis provinciaux they are working with the Council to provide the necessaryfont leur part : ils travaillent avec le Conseil pour fournir le support to get the job done. The finish line, as they say, is insoutien ncessaire pourfaire le travail . La ligne darrive, sightcompletion of the harmonization process for the tradecomme on dit, est en vuele processus dharmonisation is anticipated by 2021. devrait tre termin dici 2021.TheCanadianroofingindustryhasbeenwaitingfor Lindustrie canadienne de la toiture attend cette harmo-thisstepformanyyears,saysCRCAexecutivedirectornisation depuis de nombreuses annes , dclare le directeur BobBrunet,IdentificationoftheneedforharmonizationgnraldelACEC,BobBrunet. Ladterminationdela of the apprenticeship program and the initial work on thencessitdharmoniserleprogrammedapprentissageet processrequiredsolidteamworkbetweenCRCAandthele travail initial sur le processus a ncessit un solide travail provincial organizations. dquipe entre lACEC et les organisations provinciales. Brunet notes that the roofer trade was not initially on theM. Brunet fait remarquer que le mtier de couvreur ne list for harmonization by the CCDA. However a concertedfigurait pas initialement sur la liste dharmonisation du CCDA. effort by the roofing industry across the country resulted inToutefois, un effort concert de lindustrie de la toiturethe Council agreeing to include the trade in Phase 6 of thelchelle du pays a amen le Conseilaccepter dinclure process. Improving the mobility of roofer apprentices to fillle mtier dans la phase 6 du processus. Lamlioration de positions across all provinces and territories is a key reason forlamobilitdesapprentiscouvreursdanslensembledes the industry pushing hard to harmonize the trade. provinces et des territoires est une des principales raisons Keydriversofthisharmonizationprocesswerethepour lesquelles lindustrie insiste fortement pour harmoniser industrieswhorepresenttheRedSealtrades,statesJeffle mtier.Ritter, CEO of Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and chair of the Lesprincipauxmoteursdecetteharmonisation CCDAHarmonizationCommittee.Theseindustriesweretaient les industries qui reprsentent les mtiers dsigns 26 ROOFING CANADA FALL/WINTER 2019'