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Page 1: Canadian Council of Porfessional Fish Harvesters · Canadian Council of Porfessional Fish Harvesters Inside this Issue ... Contact either, Joe Bauer, George Chaffe, Rachel-Josée

102 Bank Street, Suite 202, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5N4, CANADATel: (613) 235-3474 Fax: (613) 231-4313 E-mail: [email protected]

Canadian Council of Porfessional Fish Harvesters

Inside this Issue• Professionalization in

Southern Gulf• Certification Conference• Health and Safety

Conference• Small Fishing Vessels

(CMAC)• Essential Skills• Regional Reports

Next Issue• Professionalization in

Southern Gulf• Report of the Certification

Conference• Report of the Health and

Safety Conference• Regional Reports• And more

Vol. 1, Issue 2 Electronic Newsletter November 1, 2004

Professionalization of Fish Harvestersin the Southern Gulf

Southern Gulf Professionalization Project

A major initiative aimed at establishing a professionalcertification program in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrencehas been underway over the past year. Three provincesand three fleet sectors are involved affecting about 13,000fish harvesters in the region. Fleet sector working groups,provincial professionalization committees and a southerngulf steering committee working with the organizationsrepresenting fish harvesters have developed a programand structure for professionalization in the Southern Gulfthat promises to create the opportunity and capacity forfish harvesters to deal with the significant human resourceissues they face in today’s fishery.

An extensive validation process has been in place andsome fleet sectors are now ready to implement acertification program. Administrative arrangements andsome further work on governance issues will soon providethe basis for completing validation. Discussions withDFO and provincial governments that will provide theformal recognition of the certification systems areunderway. It may soon be a reality that the SouthernGulf becomes the third region following Newfoundlandand Labrador and Quebec to have established a harvesterled professionalization certification system.

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Fifth National Conference on Professional Certification

for Fish Harvesters

Want to know more about how fisheries certificationis evolving in other regions? Want to find out howothers are dealing with training issues similar toyours?

You can learn all this and more at the fifth NationalConference on Professional Certification for FishHarvesters, on November 3rd, 4th and 5th in Halifax,N.S.

This year, the organizing committee, composed ofthe CCPFH members and representatives from thecertification boards across Canada, is bringingtogether a variety of partners to help build linkages,address the specific needs and challenges of eachregion and to develop a strategic plan to set commonobjectives for the coming year.

The specific topics to be discussed at this year’sconference will be:

• Canadian Fish Harvesting SectorStudy: Presentation of findings

• Labour Mobility• Training in the Fish Harvesting

industry and Labour MobilityDevelopment Agreements

• The Benefits of Professionalization

The conference will be held in the Compass Roomat the Casino Nova Scotia Hotel.

If you have any questions or comments, pleasecontact Nathalie Paquette at 613-235-3474 or bye-mail at [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you at the conference.

* * *

CONFERENCE AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3

Conference Introduction

13:00 Registration14:00 Conference Opening

§ Official Welcome§ Introduction of Participants§ Review and approval of agenda

14:20 Review of Report from 2003Conference and Report on Actions Taken

§ CCPFH Human Resources Committee

14:45 Break

Regional Reports

15:00 Progress reports from regionalprofessionalization bodies and theCCPFH

§ British Columbia§ Québec§ Southern Gulf

17:00 Adjournment

Welcoming Reception

18:00 - 20:00 Welcomingreception - Casino Nova Scotia Hotel,Halifax Room

§ Guest Speaker – The Honourable Chris d’Entremont, Nova Scotia Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4

THEMATIC 1 – Sector Study

9:00 Canadian Fish Harvesting SectorStudy: Presentation of Findings

10:30 Break10:45 Plenary discussion on the Sector Study12:00 Lunch

(Continued on page 3)

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(Continued from page 2)Regional Reports (continuation)

13:00 Progress reports from regionalprofessionalization bodies and theCCPFH-CCPPH§ Scotia-Fundy§ Newfoundland§ Canadian Council of

Professional Fish Harvesters14:30 Break

THEMATIC 2: Labour mobility in theFishery14:45 Presentation on Labour Mobility15:15 Workshop on Labour Mobility16:00 Plenary Session and Discussion on

Labour Mobility17:00 Adjournment19:00 Banquet – Casino Nova Scotia

Hotel, Halifax Room

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5

THEMATIC 3 – Training in the FishHarvesting Industry

9:00 Panel on Training in the fishharvesting industry and the labourmarket development agreement

9:45 Presentation from the departmentof Human Resources and SkillsDevelopment Canada (to beconfirmed)

10:10 Questions and discussion10:30 Break

Developing the Action Plan

10:45 Review of the Discussions11:00 Workshop on the action plan11:45 Report from the workshops12:05 Plenary discussion on actions to be

taken12:30 Lunch

THEMATIC 4 – The benefits ofProfessionalization

13:00 Panel on the benefits ofprofessionalization

13:45 Plenary discussion and questions

Closing of the Conference

14:15 Report on the Conference15:35 Other business14:50 Closing remarks15:00 Adjournment

Health and Safety Conference late November

in National Capital Region

Commerc ia l f i sh ing is one of the mosthazardous occupations in Canada. To addressthis issue and to identify solutions for fishharvesters, a Health and Safety Conferencewill be held on November 25 and 26 at theHoliday Inn Plaza Chaudière in Gatineau,across from the Parliament.

The conference, entitled “Building a Culture ofFish Harvester Health and Safety”, will bringthe indust ry and government par tnerstogether to look at action steps to reduce theunacceptable numbers of fata l i t ies andinjuries in the industry.

The findings of the Health and Safety Study -which will be sent on registration - will bepresented and reviewed at this conference (asmentioned in our previous newsletter). Duringthe conference, the participants will alsoidentify action priorities to make measurableimprovements in health and safety for fishharvesters; and look to in i t ia te a newpartnership to implement the agreed uponaction priorities.

A limited number of standard guest rooms forconference attendees have been block reservedat a rate of $100 per room per night. Formembers of the CCPFH and ProfessionalCertification Boards and Committees, pleasereserve your room through Diane as soon aspossible. For all other attendees, please makeyour reservation directly with the hotel and tellthem you are with this conference.

(See agenda on page 4)

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HEALTH AND SAFETY CONFERENCEPRELIMINARY AGENDA

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH

08:30 Registration09:00 Welcome09:15 Opening Remarks – Bill Broderick,09:30 Review of the Agenda09:35 Keynote Speaker - A Strategic

Approach to Ensuring Fishing VesselSafety

10:00 Topic #1 - DFO FishingRegulations and the Impact onFishing Vessel SafetyPanel presentationSmall working groups

12:00 Lunch13:00 Speaker – Review of the CCPFH

Health and Safety Report – JamesLesliePlenary Discussion – Questionsand Answers

14:00 Topic #2 – Improving the Cultureof Safety in the Fish HarvestingIndustryPanel PresentationSmall working groups

15:45 Report Back on the Questions from theWorkshops

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH

09:00 Presentation by SafetyNet Project –Memorial University, NFLD

10:00 Topic #3 – Training and MandatoryTransport Canada CertificationPanel Presentation

Small working Groups12:00 Lunch13:00 Workshop report back13:30 Next Steps

Presentation and Small Working GroupDiscussion

• Develop agreement on thenext phase of the research

• Develop agreements on therole of the CCPFH.

14:30 Plenary Review of Recommendationsand agreements

Small Fishing VesselsProposed Safety Regulations

Transport Canada Marine Safety (TransportCanada) has just recently ended a cross-country public consultation process with fishharvesters to discuss proposed safetyrequirements to be applied to Small FishingVessels. These consultations were part of theongoing regulatory reform initiative to proposechanges to the Canada Shipping Act, whichgoverns fishing vessel safety and operationsstandards.

The purpose of the consultations was toencourage fish harvesters’ input into therevisions of the safety requirements to SmallFishing Vessels. The consultation findings areto be used to refine proposed changes to thenew regulatory system, which will bepresented at the next Canadian MarineAdvisory Council (CMAC).

Prior to the CMAC, the CCPFH will have theopportunity to review the proposed changes,regulations and curriculum for the trainingprogrammes and put forwardrecommendations to Transport Canada.

The CCPFH is pleased that these consultationswith fish harvesters have taken place giventhe significance of these changes to fishharvesters. However, the regulationsgoverning fishing vessel safety are complexand the changes could have potentialdamaging impacts on fish harvesters fishingoperations. This is why the CCPFH wants toensure that the final product will be new clearregulations and standards that can providean acceptable level of safety, and that canreasonably be implemented an managed byfish harvesters.

The proposed changes will have an effect onexisting regulations governing, among others:Voyage Classifications; Carriage of LifesavingEquipment; Inspection & Compliance Regime;Stability & Associated Seaworthiness; FishingVessel Technical Standards; and PersonnelCertification & Training.

If you are interested in knowing more aboutthis reform initiative, you should contact yourCCPFH Health and Safety committee member.Contact either, Joe Bauer, George Chaffe,Rachel-Josée Chiasson, Brendan Condon,Mark Dolomount, Bob Grant, RuthInniss,Daniel Landry, Bruce Logan, GarthMirau, Ricky Nickerson, Keith Paugh, or KayWallace.

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Coming soon!

Online module coursesfor fish harvesters!

The CCPFH will soon be offering four onlineessential skills module courses for fishharvesters.

These courses are intended for fish harvestertrainers and all fish harvesters who want tolearn or improve essential skills that they canuse on a day-to-day basis.

The four modules, which are entitled: GetConnected!; Landing Quality Groundfish;Marine Emergency Duties; and Charting theCourse!, will be offered online from the CCPFHWeb site at www.ccpfh-ccpp.org. Also availableis the Essential Skills Guide, a handbook thatwill help fish harvester trainers get the mostfrom the modules.

The Council strongly believes that the learningof essential skills should be open to everyone.For this reason, we are happy to make theessential skills course modules available to anygroups (e.g. associations, colleges, literacynetworks etc.) that wish to use them for teachingor learning purposes.

THE MODULES

Fish harvesters believe that essential skills aremost easily learned when the topic of discussionis something that relates to their workenvironment. This is why the modules have beendesigned by fish harvesters so that the topicsand themes are built around the fish industrytopics. You can download complete versions ofthe modules on the Council’s web site atwww.ccpfh-ccpp.org.

INSTRUCTIONS TO DOWNLOAD

Once on our web site, enter the “training” sectionappearing on the upper navigation bar and thenclick on “Essential Skills”. Each module includesa participant guide and a facilitator guide.

Here follows a short description of the modules:

LANDING QUALITY GROUNDFISH

This module uses a fish-handling course tohelp participants develop a broad range ofessential skills related to job task planning,finding information, organizing, problemsolving and decision-making, based on realfisheries situations. The course has beendesigned with a special emphasis on findinginformation in a text, as this essential skill wasidentified as a priority by our members.

GET CONNECTED!: how to usecomputers

This course is on how to make use ofcomputers, e-mail and web sites.More specifically the goals of the coursemodule will be:• To familiarize participants with the various

uses of computers and of electroniccommunications

• To up-grade basic skills in setting up apersonal computer, choosing and installingsoftware, getting connected to internet anddoing basic communications

• By the end of the course to have everyparticipant able to use the Internet tocommunicate with his peers and withindustry organizations and to participatein further training activities throughelectronic communications

CHARTING THE COURSE!: using math forthe fishery

The primary purpose of this module is thedevelopment of skills necessary to applymathematical operations and problem solvingtechniques to fishing industry situations andtasks. More specifically, this module will helpdevelop the:• Use of whole numbers, fractions, and

percentages• Knowledge of calculators and mathematical

applications• Relevance of math skills to mapping and

navigational equipment(Continued on page 6)

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(Continued from page 5)MARINE EMERGENCY DUTIES: preparingfor the marine emergency dutiescourse

Improvement of the participants’ language skillsis this module’s most basic objective, one thatis critical to the development of literacy.

Some other goals of this module will be:

• To increase rate of reading speed andunderstanding

• To increase the ability to spell well• To increase confidence when speaking in

public groups• To build the confidence of harvesters so

that they can succeed in future trainingprograms such as the Marine EmergencyDuties Course

ESSENTIAL SKILLS GUIDE: a handbook forfish harvester trainers

The Canadian Council developed this guide toexplain, to fish harvesters training fish harvestersand other trainers, what essential skills are andhow to use the modules. The guide is meant forthe trainers to use it on their own.

REGIONAL NEWS

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and LabradorCertification Board hits the 4000

mark for basic safety training

The Professional Fish Harvesters CertificationBoard of Newfoundland and Labrador has beenproviding a 5-day safety-training course toapprentice fish harvesters since March 2002.To date an excess of 4,000 apprentices havecompleted the one-week course.

Response to this “community based” safetytraining has been extremely well received, withclasses having been delivered in more than 120different communities throughout the province.

The 5-day course includes 2 days of Basic Safety(safe fishing vessel operations, generalseamanship and stability), 1 day of MarineEmergency Duties (MED A3) and 2 days ofMarine Advance First Aid. The delivery approachtaken is “fisherman teaching fisherman”,whereby experienced Level II fish harvesterswere trained to deliver the program to theircolleagues.

The safety program evolved in response to agrowing concern about the number of accidentsin the industry and to satisfy the Board’s criteria,which requires all apprentices to complete abasic safety-training course. The program wasdeveloped through a partnership between theBoard, Canadian Coast Guard, TransportCanada, Human Resources and Skil lsDevelopment Canada, Marine Institute, and theFFAW/CAW.

Training will continue throughout this fall andwinter for those apprentices who entered thefishery in 2004. For more information feel freeto contact the Newfoundland and LabradorProfessional Fish Harvesters Certification Boardat 709-722-8170.

Look for our third issue to be published in December 2004

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