Contract Work Success Stories

By far, the greatest successes of our Work Program are the achievements of our program participants.  Our approach has been, and continues to be “hands on” realistic vocational training, skills development and “real” employment opportunities.  Our Work Program is based on a competitive market model and we do not pay our program participants “training” wages.  The following are an example of the successes we have enjoyed and continue to build upon.

Participants in our Work Program have demonstrated their abilities by assembling regulators for a large public utility company and to date, we have assembled almost 14,000 regulators.

Another contract was the milling, buffing and assembly of over 22,000 quick-coupler components for a Cayuga, Ontario company.

The packaging of components for an automotive after market products company, based in Welland, Ontario resulted in packaging of over 16,000 instruction/hardware kits and 24,000 tail gate locks for pickup trucks.  We reclaimed and re-cycled 19,000 distributor caps (which were then re-used in the manufacturing of new products).

In addition, to date, we have manufactured over 8,000 dunnage boards for three transport companies, two based in Hagersville, Ontario and the other in Hamilton, Ontario.

The Work Program was involved in the manufacturing of lawn/garden furniture (“English style” garden benches and chairs, arbors, Muskoka chairs, picnic tables and custom orders).  This component of the Work Program proved to be very successful, and of note is our involvement with the Dunnville Lions Club and the Hagersville Lions Club.  The Dunnville Lions Club ordered picnic tables for Camp Dorset, a camp for Ontarians’ who require dialysis, and the Hagersville Lions Club ordered dining room tables and benches for Camp Trillium, a camp for children and young adults diagnosed with cancer.

Over the last 19 years, the Work Program applied each year to Service Canada (formerly known as Human Resources and Development Canada) for summer students, and we were successful each year with our application to hire a student under the Summer Career Placements project.