Need for Skilled Trades Expected to Skyrocket

The Kenora District is facing a severe shortage of workers, especially if the mining industry takes off as expected.

The Northwest Training and Adjustment Board released its statistics in a 10-year mining hiring requirement forecast.

Labour Market Economist Jamie Wolcott says this forecast will help those in education, industry and government make decisions.

The report indicates the Kenora District will need nearly 33-hundred workers by 2022, 17-hundred in the trades industry alone.