b'COVID-19NETCO Strategic DirectionFour Strategic Focus AreasNETCO LaunchesRed Seal/ FundingNew Strategic Direction Apprenticeship Innovation &GovernmentAdvocacyStandards Relations & Policy Onboarding ofPartnerships Industry The "Go TLeadership o"new stakeholders organization highlightedtheimportanceofmovingtoWe are well into the planning stages of aIf you would like more information on how more flexible training delivery models. Withconferencethatwillfocusoninnovativeto become a NETCO stakeholder and take the cancellation or postponement of classes,solutions for our stakeholders. You will notadvantageofourmanypartnerbenefits, not only in our partner facilities but publicwant to miss this so mark the date in yourpleasecontactMelissaYoung,Executive institutionsaswell,apprenticeshavebeencalendar now! With a full Maritime themeDirectoratMelissa.Young@netco.org,or unabletoadvanceintheirapprenticeship,and the backdrop of beautiful Nova Scotia,visit our website www.netco.org and follow with those in their final year behind in theirwe hope to see everyone get their tartan on! us on Twitter @NETCOCanada.goaltoachievecertification.Advancement in apprenticeship has an impact on industry withthedisruptionofcompletionsof newly certified journeypersons in the labour market that are to be supervising the next wave of incoming apprentices. To that end, apprentices are not receiving their incremental increasesforwhichtheyhadfinancially planned. NETCO is committed to assisting our stakeholders to get back to business and isworkingdiligentlytoadvocatefornew and innovative resources to be available to our partner training centres and contractor stakeholders.Thisincludespromoting alternative delivery models for apprenticeship technicaltrainingandensuringour stakeholdersarepreparedtoovercome anysuchfuturedisruptiontotraining, andNETCOwillpromotetheneedfor uninterrupted apprenticeship completions.NETCOwasverydisappointedtohave cancelledtheir2020NationalTraining Conference that would have been held in May in Calgary. There is good news on the horizon. NETCO is pleased to announce the Save the Date for our 2021 conference on May 8 & 9 in Halifax, NS. If there are still travel restrictions in place, NETCO is also preparing to host this conference virtually. Ontario Electrical Contractor15'