Partners

The most important skill we provide to our students is the ability to function under urgency and pressure, to step-up and meet deadlines.

Skill alone is not enough, pride in ones work and a "can-do" attitude are the traits employers look for.

We have in the past and continue to receive overwhelming support from the Calgary business community.

Having the ability to secure substantial mill work and construction contracts allows us to maintain maximum productivity in our shop. 

While sharing these contracts with our industry partners such as supplies, contractors and mill work shops.

Business

What makes the Trades Guild awesome and radically different than anything else?

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Social enterprise and ethical business

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We are well on our way to becoming "self-sustaining" allowing us to maintain operations without complete dependency on grant funding.

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The Trades Guild is more of a fully operational business than another burden on our society.

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Providing real world job training and experience based o the requirements of our commercial and industry partners.

Skills

Starting in the fields of carpentry and cabinetmaking.

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The future is bright for Trades Guild to be involved in several of the needed trades of our city.

Trades Guild will help vulnerable youth gain valuable experience.

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When they have developed confidence in their work, the students will be assisted in finding full-time permanent employment.

If a trade is the vocation the student will be assisted to become indentured into the trade of their choice.