Up to a 70% discount on Technical and Essential Skills Training

Reduce training costs and enhance workforce capacity

Training is critical to organizational growth, yet limited funding and time can make it challenging for employers to fully achieve their goals. In collaboration with the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC), BioTalent Canada is providing a new time-limited opportunity for bioscience employers to receive financially supported, industry-recognized training as a part of a new pay-for-performance project.

Employers participating in this project are able to:

  • Remove financial barriers by receiving up to a 70% training reimbursement
  • Provide employees with industry-recognized training opportunities through BioTalent Canada’s Essential and Technical Skills Fundamentals courses bundle
  • Free up more time and increase capacity to provide training to employees
  • Improve employees’ skill development in several key areas of essential and technical competencies
  • Access tools and supports to maximize skill development and enhance job performance
  • Invest in workforce growth to attract and retain top talent

This project is a critical step in supporting the investment in workplace training, rewarding success and improving workers’ skills for small to medium-sized enterprises (SME).

Employers participating in this project can be reimbursed up to 70% (including tax) on the cost for BioTalent Canada’s Essential and Technical Skills Fundamentals courses based on the completion of three simple milestones – all of this training support with minimal administration from organizations.

Training Overview

Participation includes access to the following industry-developed courses:

  • Essential Skills Fundamentals
    • Introduction to the Bio-economy
    • Reading Fundamentals
    • Writing Fundamentals
    • Numeracy Fundamentals
    • Document Use Fundamentals
    • Communication Fundamentals
    • Collaboration Fundamentals
    • Problem Solving Fundamentals
  • Technical Skills Fundamentals
    • Scientific Report Writing Fundamentals
    • Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Fundamentals
    • Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Fundamentals
    • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Fundamentals
    • Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Fundamentals

Milestones for reimbursement

Employers will receive up to 70% reimbursement after completing three key steps from pre- to post-training, as outlined below:

  1. Pre-training
    • Participate in a training needs discussion with a BioTalent Canada team member
      • Purchase of the Technical and Essential Skills courses
      • Register for the project by signing a SRDC contract
  2. Training and support
    • Complete an online survey to plan training support
  3. Post-training survey
    • Complete a post-training survey

Employee participants will be asked to complete pre- and post-training surveys  to gain additional insights from the training but are not mandatory. Training is also not mandatory to complete in order to receive the reimbursement, it is based on achieving the deliverables outlined above.

Milestones need to be completed no later than September 1, 2025.

This is a time-limited opportunity to access this financially supported training from BioTalent Canada, would you like to talk to a member of the team to explore? If yes, please contact Soufiane at [email protected].