New Training and Education Resource

NSSC is pleased to announce the launch of the Food Industry Training and Education Resource. The training resource is designed to profile human resources and skills development training initiatives available across Canada. The purpose of this resource is to offer users a consolidated, easy to use guide that allows access to all industry related training.

The programs featured are offered by various national and provincial colleges, universities, councils, associations, and other institutes. In creating the training resource tool, each training program was evaluated on the provision of eight key HR training needs; Leadership/supervisory training, Health and safety, Food safety, Skills specific/technical training, New Canadians training, Youth worker/work ethics/business attitudes, SME ownership/management training, and Documentation/regulation training. Each organization listed in the training resource has a table provided outlining the availability of a program or resource that meets one or more of the above mentioned HR needs.

NSSC hopes that you will find the training resource useful and easy to use.

To access the training resource please visit www.nssc.ca/training/

Future of Canadian Seafood Lies in Aquaculture

Canada – Increasing global salmon prices are counter-balancing declining harvesters in traditional fisheries and an expected increase in global demand for seafood will boost demand for sustainable aquaculture.

And, Canada is well positioned to meet such growth as the weak US dollar is forcing seafood
exporters to look to alternative markets, says Glitner, the globally leading supplier of financial services to the seafood industry.

A new report on Canada’s seafood industry, released October 29, 2007 provides an analytical overview
of the current main trends and developments in the Canadian seafood industry.

To read the rest of this report go to www.glitnir.is/seafood

National Seafood Sector Council’s President has a paper published by the International Association of Fish Inspectors

The International Association of Fish Inspectors (IAFI) with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has published a paper by NSSC’s president Johanna Oehling. This original paper was presented at the Sixth World Congress on Seafood Safety, Quality and Trade in Sydney, Australia in September 2005. This paper is about human resources in seafood processing: the Canadian experience.

Click here to read: Human Resources in seafood processing - the Canadian experience.pdf

Food Facts Website

Keeping in line with NSSC’s HR Skills Initiative towards the Food Processing Industry, NSSC has launched a Food Facts Website. The website which can be accessed from www.nssc.ca is a gateway for manufacturers, producers, educators, trainers, and anybody interested in gaining more information on the Canadian food processing industry. The website offers everything from industry career and educational information to general industry information and specific NSSC activity in the industry.

Please note that on the NSSC’s new splash page, visitors can choose one of four options; Food Processing Facts, National Seafood Sector Council, Ergonomics or the Essential Skills Website.