2012 Tax Year Documents
The Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC) has mailed out documents pertaining to the 2012 Taxation Year. - T2202A ‘Tuition, Education and Textbook Amount Certificate’ forms were mailed out on February 19, 2013 - T4E ‘Statement of Employment Insurance and Other Benefits’ forms were mailed out on February 20, 2013
Read More»Soup’s Blog – Tape and Dope
Jack’s safety orientation took longer than expected. Not because of anything he did – it was just another crew of people from various trades and service industries who needed to get officially ‘oriented’ to the site. Or maybe it is orientated? Either way, construction sites can be dangerous places if you get careless or lazy [...]
Read More»SIAST and SATCC Add Electrician Apprentice Intakes
In response to high demand for technical programming, SIAST is working with the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC) to offer Level 1 Electrician apprenticeship training year-round. Additional intakes will be provided at SIAST Palliser Campus in Moose Jaw this summer. Read more.
Read More»Liz’s Blog – Done Properly in the First Place
When working on a house, there may be some designated people to do certain tasks. These people may include a concrete crew, a framing crew, an insulating and vapor barrier crew, and so on and so forth until the house is done and turned over to the new owner. What we need to remember is [...]
Read More»Gordon’s Blog – Safety Manual Review
Yesterday we reviewed the mine site’s safety manual. This is something we do annually. I don’t think it is regulated that we review it, but it is a good idea. We were able to get through half of the review in our safety meeting. Wow, is there ever a lot of changes. In the past [...]
Read More»Ryan’s Blog – Work/Life Balance
Life in the trades can be a busy place. Life is what we make it, but this time of year always seems to get busier for me. The weather gets nicer and more and more people start wanting work to be done. It is the nature of the beast. As the work comes in, I [...]
Read More»Gordon’s Blog – Nuclear Density
As part of my trade we have to deal with nuclear density meters. To the average worker who is never exposed to any of these there is always concern for the fact that there is the possibility of Radiation close by. To work on the nuclear density meters, we have to take an eight-hour course [...]
Read More»Gordon’s Blog – Workplace Characters
Every workplace has their characters. Mine is no exception. This goes back before I started at the mine, and will continue on long after I’ve gone. We had the “Pigeon Man” – sure he had pigeons, but not the guy you’d think. He was a tough Yugoslavian guy that you’d never mess with. There is [...]
Read More»Congrats Riley!
Congratulations to Riley Gamble, the winner of the All About Apprenticeship contest. The contest ran from January 28th to April 14th. Riley was randomly selected out of the participants who answered all 10 questions correctly to win an iPad Mini. Thank you to all of the participants!
Read More»Ryan’s Blog – Tool Addiction
There are many things I love about carpentry. Building things, working outside when the weather is nice, finally coming up with a solution to a problem. One of the things that excites me the most about carpentry is the tools we can use. I know it may sound lame, but I am really excited about [...]
Read More»Gordon’s Blog – Fixing the Instruments
“Let’s play train tracks Dad,” I hear as I walk in the door from work. She’s four years old and likes trains and cars. We play it every day. So I tell her that we have to eat supper first, just like I tell her every day. After supper it’s on to the train tracks. [...]
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