EMPLOYERS
Environmental Job Funding & Training for Employers
Wage Subsidies to Help You Onboard and Train New Talent
In the next 10 years, the demand for environmental skills and roles will continue to increase. Replacement demand coupled with new investment in clean technologies, sustainability and climate change adoption is requiring Canadian organizations to shift priorities and find talent that can support these important trends.
ECO Employment Programs
For over 20 years, we have been connecting environmental employers and skilled junior talent through wage and training funding programs to drive valuable on-the-job work experience and essential skills development.
Thanks to the support of our funders – Natural Resources Canada, Climate Change Canada, Social Development Canada, and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada – we can offer you dollars to increase organization capacity and support your business participation in the green economy.
By helping your team with wage and training costs, we make hiring new talent more attractive.
Benefits for Employers:
- Increase work capacity
- Access talented youth with new ideas & skills
- Increase employee retention
- Reduce staff training costs
- Strengthen overall business operations
- Support the growth of new qualified environmental workers
Benefits for Participants:
- Program provides initial work experience in participants field of study
- Many secure permanent positions within the organization post program
- Networking opportunities for establishing lasting connections with organizations beyond reach through exposure to diverse opportunities
- Funding enables unique opportunities: conferences, external training
- Participants gain invaluable learning experience
- Acquire practical, real-world experience by applying learned skills and developing new ones
- Overcoming financial challenges for participants and employers
- Enhancing job prospects and positioning for future success
Science and Technology Internship
Up to 80% for wages and training to hire junior professionals in natural resource roles related to Forestry, Mining, Earth Sciences and Energy.
Student Work Placements
Hire Students for short-term roles. Up to 75% of wages to hire emerging practitioners in STEAM and business roles.
Digital Skills for Youth
We cover 50% of wages and training for environmental jobs that require digital abilities such as programming, data analysis and website development.
Science Horizons Youth Internship
Up to 80% of wages to hire junior professionals for positions in climate change, environmental protection and sustainability.
Growing your teams
We are invested in the future of the Canadian environmental workforce
Therefore, we are invested in every aspect of this program’s success.
From making the initial connection between employers and talent, to conducting in-person visits, and supporting with customized skills training, we are focused on ensuring ECO Employment Programs support the growth of our country’s environmental workforce.
The value of these programs is founded in our commitment to championing the end-to-end careers of Canadian environmental workers. The benefits reach educators, students, new practitioners, environmental professionals, and employers across the country.
Explore Each Funding Stream and Apply Online
Learn more about each of the available wage and training funding streams, your eligibility and get started with your application.
How it Works
- Take the Eligibility Quiz and complete the application to get approved by our team
- Find a Candidate for the approved position and have them apply
- Employer Hosts and Approved Candidate are linked and contracts get issued
- Send back contracts to our team and start the position!
- Complete reports, webinars and send pay stubs to receive your wage funding.
As an approved Host Employer, you are committed to the success of the placement, the candidate and the overall growth of qualified environmental workers in Canada. We look forward to working with your team to meet these objectives!
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