The field of trades is being more recognized than ever before, as more students enroll in trade related fields. University College of the North (UCN) has been a leader when it comes to providing education and training in the field of trades, and recently one of their instructors was nominated for an Apprenticeship Manitoba Awards of Distinction Instructor the Year.
Emile Paradis has spent many years working in trades from an early age and holds a few different tickets in various sectors of the trades.
“I started working in trades at a really early age,” said UCN Instructor Emile Paradis. “I worked at a welding fabricating shop close to my home community in Ste. Rose, where I grew up. I left home at 18 years old and went north, where I began working in the mining industry. I ended up going into the apprenticeship program when I was 19 years old, and then four years later I became a Red Seal Journeyman Millwright.