December 2008 – December 2009
Industry need: Often internationally educated medical laboratory professionals have to wait years to receive their certification or they may not receive it at all. These professionals have valuable skills they can transfer to the bio-economy workforce where these skills are in demand.
Objective: To assist internationally educated medical laboratory professionals who are in the process or have not been successful in obtaining certification by the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) transfer their skills into the Canadian bio-economy workforce.
Preceding project leveraged:
- “Bio-economy Skills Profiles I”
- “Workplace Skills Development for Foreign Trained Professionals”
Results:
- Bio-economy Skills Profile and Summary Tool
Funded by the Government of Canada’s Foreign Credential Recognition Program.