MEIA is excited to announce a new partnership with ECO Canada. This partnership will focus on providing ISO 14001 training and EP certifications to organizations across Manitoba as we work towards our mandate of supporting workforce development in the natural resources, energy and environment sectors in Manitoba .
“We are eager to further deepen our strong relationship with MEIA and join forces to provide even better support for training and EP certification in Manitoba” – Kevin Nilsen, President and CEO of ECO Canada
Research suggests sector growth and retirements will account for 173,000 net environmental job openings by 2025. Manitoba has a strong environmental workforce and conservative forecasts suggest that 5,200 jobs – or 24% of 2020 employment levels – will be created to meet sector growth in the province by 2025.
Many of these roles will likely be filled by emerging professionals and job seekers looking to transition into the sector who may need additional training. This partnership aims to help provide additional training through the promotion and delivery of ISO 14001 training and EP certification throughout Manitoba.
With our combined experience of delivering and facilitating this training and MEIA’s network of environmental organizations, we believe this partnership will help ensure Manitoba’s workforce will continue to grow. In addition, working together to provide our Environmental Professional (EP) certification will help to elevate the credibility of environmental professionals and their work.
“We are excited to formalize what has been a long-standing relationship between MEIA and ECO Canada to cross-promote programs like the Environmental Professional Certification. Having a national organization like ECO Canada to work with on like-minded programs benefits our members and industry stakeholders with quality training recognized across the country and it helps keep us plugged into what is happening in other provinces in the environmental sector” Jack Winram – Executive Director for MEIA
About ECO Canada
From job creation to wage funding, to training and post-secondary accreditation, through expert labour market research and customized human resources solutions for business, ECO Canada champions the environmental sector, and the end-to-end career of environmental professionals.